Siddaramaiah’s official car flagged six times for not wearing seatbelt, once for speeding; fines cleared Bengaluru, Sept. 7 (BCT)- The official Toyota Fortuner SUV, used by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the highest executive authority in Karnataka, has been caught violating traffic rules on seven separate occasions since start of 2024. These violations were captured on camera…
Engineers’ Day celebrations: Grand AI tribute: Massive Sir M.V. portrait at MITM
September 7, 2025Mysuru, Sept. 7 (GA&BS)- On account of the birth anniversary of Sir M. Visvesvaraya (Sir M.V.), celebrated as Engineers’ Day on Sept. 15, the Maharaja Institute of Technology Mysore (MITM), in association with SAI CAD Institute, Bengaluru, has planned an ambitious tribute. The Department of Civil Engineering at MITM aims to create a record by…
Mysuru land compensation: SC dismisses Infosys’ plea
September 7, 2025Delay in translating documents from Kannada to English is not a valid ground: Supreme Court New Delhi, Sept. 7 (Agencies)- The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Infosys Limited challenging the enhanced compensation awarded to the family of a landowner whose property in Mysuru was acquired for the company’s campus expansion. A Bench…
Serial accidents: Three children killed in Chamarajanagar
September 7, 2025Chamarajanagar, Sept. 7 (KS)- Three children were killed while three others sustained injuries in a serial accident between a moped, car and a truck on National Highway (NH) 948 Bypass Road near Gaalipura Layout, here yesterday. The deceased have been identified as Mehran (13), son of Farman and Adan Pasha (9), son of Ayub, both…
Develop royal cemetery Madhuvana as a memorial
September 7, 2025Mysuru, Sept. 7 (PM&BS)- N. Bhaskar, State President of ‘Samvidhana Samrakshana Horata Samiti,’ has urged the State Government to develop Madhuvana — the royal cemetery of the erstwhile Mysore Royal Family — located on Nanjangud Road, into a Memorial. He stated that the Wadiyars, who ruled Mysore State (later Karnataka), developed it into a model…
‘Research scholars must shed inferiority, enhance knowledge’
September 7, 2025Mysuru, Sept. 7 (BS)- T. Yogeesha, Director of the Scheduled Tribes (ST) Welfare Department, urged research scholars to shed any sense of inferiority and instead cultivate a sense of superiority by developing the habit of reading books with the sole aim of enhancing knowledge. He was speaking after inaugurating a 10-day Capacity Development Workshop for…
Winners of State-level News Photography Contest
September 7, 2025Caption: The prize-winning photo clicked by B. Satish (inset) during heavy rains and floods in Bengaluru. Mysuru, Sept. 7 (VNS)- The Mysuru Photo Journalist Association had organised State-level News Photography Contest as part of Dasara -2025 recently. The competition was also dedicated to late senior photo-journalist Nethra Raju. The prizes to winners will be distributed…
Income Tax Return due date
September 7, 2025Mysuru, Sept. 7- Any person who receives any income by way of Salary, Pension, Interest, Contracts Amount, Commission, Profession fee, etc., and who have NOT filed their Income Tax Return, for the FY 2024-25 (AY 2025-26), shall file on or before Sept. 15, 2025, which is an extended due date. This excludes those assesses who…
Chamundi Hill cleanliness: A cycle of effort and neglect
September 7, 2025Sir, It is heartening to see numerous volunteers and organisations putting in genuine efforts to clean the Chamundi Hill steps and surroundings. Their commitment to protecting the environment is truly admirable. However, it is disheartening to observe that within days, the Hill is once again strewn with litter. These recurring clean-up drives lose their value…
Soppu Mela begins
September 6, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: A two-day ‘Soppu Mela’ (Leafy Greens Mela), aimed at promoting greens as a wholesome, nutritious food while reviving the rich diversity of traditional leafy vegetables, began this morning at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba Road here. The event is jointly organised by Sahaja Samrudha, Hulikaadu Farmers Producer Company and ICAR-JSS Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Suttur….















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