International oil expert says MCC should approve people-friendly project without any misgivings Mysore/Mysuru: The move to put hurdles on the ambitious gas pipeline project by a section of Corporators and elected representatives is unfortunate and will go down in Mysuru’s history as a chapter of infamy. This is nothing but betrayal of the city by…
Mysuru-Kushalnagar four-lane Highway: Land, forest hurdles hamper road works
January 29, 2022DC, officials assure all impediments will be cleared in a time-bound manner Mysore/Mysuru: A special meeting was called at the Mysuru Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Office this morning regarding the implementation of the Mysuru-Kushalnagar four-lane, 93-km National Highway (NH) parallel to the existing NH-275. The meeting took into account certain hurdles that have to be cleared…
No night curfew from Jan. 31
January 29, 2022Bengaluru: In a big relief for business and commercial establishments and the people at large, the State Government has decided to lift the night curfew from Jan. 31. Announcing this at a press briefing at Bengaluru this noon, Revenue Minister R. Ashoka said the Government has decided to do away with night curfew (10 pm…
MP and MLA assure of saving Kalastawadi temple on Highway
January 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the popular Anjaneya temple at Kalastawadi on Mysuru-Benglauru Highway faces the threat of demolition for Highway expansion, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha and Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda have assured the villagers that the temple would be saved from demolition. The two visited Kalastawadi after the villagers expressed apprehension that the temple would be…
Burnt Kannada library at Rajivnagar reopens for public
January 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Kannada library of Syed Isak at Rajivnagar 5th Cross, which was burnt down in the wee hours of Apr. 9, 2021, was inaugurated on Wednesday as part of Republic Day (Jan. 26). Interestingly, students inaugurated the library that now offers more than 2,000 books in various languages, particularly Kannada and newspapers in Kannada,…
MCC to penalise people for indiscreet dumping of waste
January 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: After creating widespread awareness against indiscreet dumping of waste and garbage, the MCC is all set to penalise the public if they are found dumping wastes in a haphazard manner anywhere in the city. MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy has asked the public to co-operate with MCC garbage collectors who arrive at doorsteps daily….
Mandya’s Hi-tech Cancer Hospital remains in limbo
January 29, 2022By M.K. Mohanraj Mandya: Thanks to official apathy and callousness of elected representatives, the Mandya Hi-tech Cancer Hospital has remained in limbo despite sanction of funds. As a convenience to patients from Mandya and surrounding districts, the Government had sanctioned a Hi-tech Cancer Hospital at Mandya in 2014 on the lines of Bengaluru’s Kidwai Memorial…
Rs. 1.27 crore sought for renovation of Old Santhepet temple
January 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With the famed Sri Prasanna Nanjundeshwara temple in Old Santhepet area of the city in a dilapidated state, the authorities have sought Rs.1.27 crore from the Government for its renovation and repair. Chamaraja MLA L.Nagendra told SOM that special pujas will be performed at the temple during the Rathotsava that will take place during…
Articles destroyed as house catches fire
January 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another fire mishap reported in the city in recent days, the first floor of a house caught fire at Alanahalli, destroying household articles. The house located behind the bus stop at Giridarshini Layout in Alanahalli, is said to have caught fire when nobody was in the house. Flames that erupted from the…
Loan against gold for less interest: N’gud Cops arrest couple for snatching gold ornaments
January 29, 2022Nanjangud: Nanjangud Police have arrested a couple for snatching away gold ornaments weighing 45 grams from another couple. The accused had asked the couple to come to Hullahalli with the gold ornaments after promising them that they would get them gold loan for a very less interest rate from a bank there. The accused are…















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