Mysore/Mysuru: Footpath encroachments in the heart of the city is back to trouble pedestrians. The general public and road users are demanding the authorities to permanently rein in the encroachers along with roadside vendors to address the menace. The footpaths around K.R. Circle extending towards Devaraja Market on Sayyaji Rao Road, Gandhi Square and surroundings…
Gandhi and Shastri Jayantis celebrated in city
October 2, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The city remembered the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and Second Prime Minister of Independent India Lal Bahadur Shastri by paying tributes to the two great leaders at programmes held in different venues across the city this morning. Garlanding of Mahatma Gandhi statue at Gandhi Square and an all-religion prayer meeting, marked Gandhi…
Echo of barricade removal on Makkaji Chowk Road: MCC and private firm move Court; petition quashed
June 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Following the eviction of barricades and fencing on the road from Gandhi Square to Sayyaji Rao Road via Olympia Theatre in Mysuru as per the directive of the Court, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Maverick Holdings and Investment Pvt. Ltd. approached the Mysuru District Court. However, the Judge quashed the petition. It may…
Fencing on Makkaji Chowk road cleared; open for movement
June 8, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The barricades and fencing laid by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) on the road from Gandhi Square to Sayyaji Rao Road via Olympia Theatre have been cleared this morning, following a High Court order. The fencing on Makkaji Chowk Road was removed in the presence of Court Ameen (Bailiff) M.H. Nagaraj. It is a…
Man bludgeoned to death
November 11, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In a ghastly incident, an unidentified middle-aged man was found bludgeoned to death on Uma Talkies Road near Gandhi Square in the heart of the city early this morning. The man, aged about 45 years and whose identity is yet to be established, was found lying in a pool of blood after being bludgeoned…
Udaipur beheading: Hindu organisations and traders take out joint rally
July 2, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly condemning Rajasthan’s Udaipur incident where a tailor was brutally beheaded, hundreds of members of various Hindu organisations and traders of Marvari community from Rajasthan and Gujarat, took out a massive rally in city this morning, urging the Government to ensure that such incidents do not recur and to further strengthen laws against terror…
Flowers Bloom at ‘Bapu’ Square
June 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mahatma Gandhi, who stands tall at Gandhi Square in city, gets to see himself being adorned with garlands probably only once in a year — on Gandhi Jayanti Day. Now the scene is different, thanks to closure of Devaraja Market, the flower vendors have surrounded the Bapu’s Statue at Gandhi Square. The Statue Square,…
Fire due to short circuit partially destroys Bank in city
January 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Fire due to short circuit at the UPS room has partially destroyed a Bank yesterday afternoon. The incident took place at Bank of Baroda in Gandhi Square and the fire has destroyed two computers, tables, chairs, false ceiling, windows and door. As yesterday was a holiday for the Bank, the Bank was closed. Luckily,…
Women’s group stage candlelight protest against atrocities
December 7, 2019Mysuru: Alleging that atrocities and crimes against women are on the rise in the country, members of Maanaviya Mahila Seva Trust staged a candlelight protest at Gandhi Square in the heart of the city yesterday. Claiming that Nirbhaya rape and murder case, the recent rape and murder of a veterinary doctor in Telangana, the Unnao…
Mysureans witness Modi swearing-in on giant screen at Gandhi Square
May 31, 2019New Delhi / Mysore: Narendra Modi was sworn-in as the Prime Minister of India for the second term last evening after a landslide victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. With the cream-and-red sandstone dome of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the backdrop, President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office and secrecy to Narendra…
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