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Kings of footpaths are encroachers: pedestrians in peril
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Kings of footpaths are encroachers: pedestrians in peril

February 6, 2024

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
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Gandhi and Shastri Jayantis celebrated in city

October 2, 2023

Mysore/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…

Man bludgeoned to death
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Man bludgeoned to death

November 11, 2022

Mysore/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
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Udaipur beheading: Hindu organisations and traders take out joint rally

July 2, 2022

Mysore/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
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Flowers Bloom at ‘Bapu’ Square

June 28, 2021

Mysore/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
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Fire due to short circuit partially destroys Bank in city

January 4, 2021

Mysore/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
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Women’s group stage candlelight protest against atrocities

December 7, 2019

Mysuru: 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
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Mysureans witness Modi swearing-in on giant screen at Gandhi Square

May 31, 2019

New 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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