Appeals to maintain sanctity of Chamundi Hill; targets politicians for lack of work ethics Mysuru: Celebrated Kannada novelist and Saraswathi Samman awardee Dr. Santeshivara Lingannaiah (S.L.) Bhyrappa inaugurated the 10-day Dasara Naada Habba-2019, atop Chamundi Hill by offering floral tributes to the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari (Utsava Murti) at 9.35 am in the auspicious Vrischika…
WELCOME lights atop Chamundi Hill invite visitors for Dasara
September 29, 2019Mysuru: With Dasara festivities inaugurated today, installation of WELCOME sign in English and SUSWAGATA in Kannada atop Chamundi Hill is completed and the lights will invite tourists and visitors for Dasara for 12 days. The lights would be switched on every day from 7 pm to 10 pm and the lights are installed in such…
Unauthorised shop-keepers atop Chamundi Hill vacate voluntarily
September 25, 2019Mysuru: With the authorities setting Sept. 25 deadline to vacate unauthorised shops, more than 50 shop-keepers atop Chamundi Hill voluntarily vacated their shops on Tuesday night. The shops were located close to Mahishasura statue and the bus stand. Following directions from District Minister V. Somanna, the Revenue, PWD and Gram Panchayat authorities had cleared 97…
Car driver commits suicide at Chamundi Hill
September 25, 2019Mysuru: A car driver, said to be mentally depressed, committed suicide by hanging from a tree on Uttanahalli side forest of Chamundi Hill yesterday. The Police have identified him as Muralidhar (52), residing at the Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama quarters. On Monday morning Muralidhar who had left his home in the car did not return even…
No more water crisis atop Chamundi Hill
September 23, 2019Rs. 6.9 crore water project to be completed by November this year Project implemented to cater to the demands till 2050 Mysuru: The decades-old acute water scarcity atop Chamundi Hill will be solved in three months and from next summer, Hill residents need not block roads and resort to other forms of agitations like they…
District Minister inspects ongoing works atop Chamundi Hill
September 17, 2019Mysuru: As Dasara is nearing, District in-charge Minister V. Somanna visited Chamundi Hill early this morning to inspect the ongoing development works. He inspected the multi-level car parking facility where 600 cars can be parked at a time and then moved to see the progress at the Commercial Complex where the work on 116 shops…
Kurubarahalli Sy. No.4 and Alanahalli Sy. No.41: Tahsildar stalls civil works at a fenced land at Chamundi Foothill
September 17, 2019Mysuru: Even as the Government is yet to resolve the long-standing Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41 row, with property and land owners in the two Survey numbers severely inconvenienced by the restraint on property transactions, it has now come to light that Revenue authorities have stalled land levelling works that were…
After Operation Demolition atop Chamundi Hill… Vendors given temporary permission till Oct. 17
September 17, 2019Mysuru: District in-charge Minister V. Somanna, bowing to the demand of the roadside and petty shopkeepers selling flowers, fruits and coconuts on the road leading to the Chamundeshwari Temple atop the Chamundi Hill, where their shops were demolished on Sept.12, gave them temporary permission to sell the puja items till Oct.17 in view of Dasara…
Risking Mud & Horns
September 17, 2019MLA G.T. Devegowda being helped to come down from a mound of mud and debris during their inspection atop Chamundi Hill this morning as District Minister V. Somanna and DC Abhiram G. Sankar wait for their turn. Picture above shows Minister Somanna, MLAs L. Nagendra and G.T. Devegoda and DC Abhiram Sankar avoiding a run-in…
97 shops atop Chamundi Hill DEMOLISHED
September 12, 2019Many shops illegally allotted to Govt. servants, VVIP kin Mysuru: In an early morning pre-planned demolition drive atop the Chamundi Hill, the District Administration razed 97 shops including 45 licenced and 52 unauthorised ones to the ground. Surprisingly, many of the shops were illegally allotted to the relatives of elected representatives and all these years,…















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