Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting to decide tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: After many media reports that the iconic Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel will be handed over to the Taj Group, the issue will come up before the Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting tomorrow where a final decision will be taken to hand over the Hotel to private players. The luxury hotel…
Two-day Mysuru Divisional Meet of BJP begins
April 12, 2022Mysuru: The two-day Mysuru Divisional Meet of the State BJP to discuss organisational issues and party’s preparedness for next year’s Assembly polls, began at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel here this morning. The Meet comes following Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s direction to the State Unit to gear up for the Assembly polls in right earnest,…
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel centenary celebrations on Nov.21, says Minister
August 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The centenary celebrations of the city’s iconic Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel will be held on Nov.21, 2021 and it will be a simple affair, said District Minister S.T. Somashekar. Addressing a press meet after holding a preliminary meeting at Lalitha Mahal Hotel here yesterday, Somashekar said that the Hotel will complete 100 years on…
Tale of two Palaces
January 23, 2021Going by recent reports, Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel may very well become Taj Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel if it is leased to Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), a group company of TATA’s under which the famed luxury hotel chain, Taj Hotels are managed. Our city’s second largest Royal Palace, Lalitha Mahal Palace, has been waiting…
Wah Taj ! Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel to become Taj Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel?
January 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Will Tata Group that runs the prestigious chain of Taj Hotels take over the iconic Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel in Mysuru? According to reliable sources from Bengaluru, the Tata Group has offered to run the luxury hotel at a virtual meeting that was chaired by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. The meeting was convened to discuss…
Another perspective of Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel
January 15, 2021By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel is in the news again. The Chairman of Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR), in his news briefing, wanted to have a Centenary celebration of the building which was commissioned in 1921 by our then Maharaja for the stay of Viceroy which never materialised. Excellent…
Centenary celebration of Lalitha Mahal Palace in Nov.
January 4, 2021Details to be finalised at Jan. 6 Board Meeting of Jungle Lodges and Resorts that runs the Heritage Hotel The Palace Hotel will be let on rent for film shoots, photo shoots and weddings Mysore/Mysuru: With the city’s iconic Lalitha Mahal Palace completing 100 years this year, the centenary celebrations of the Palace, which was…
With no VVIP visit, Helipad area turns into garbage dump-yard
September 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With no VVIP movement to city, the helipad near Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel has become a dumping yard for people. Used plastic bags, water bottles, paper plates and cups are strewn everywhere thus marring the beauty of the place. The Mysuru City Corporation seems to have turned a blind eye to the garbage being…
Former General Manager of Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel Anil Malik passes away
December 31, 2019Mysuru: Anil Malik (68), former General Manager of Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel in city and presently a resident of New Delhi, passed away last night at his daughter’s residence in Bengaluru following a heart attack, according to sources. Anil Malik served as the GM of Lalitha Mahal Hotel between 1991 and 1994 when he literally…
Election Commissioners of 19 States Meet in Mysuru
December 4, 2018Mysuru: The two-day 27th National-level Conference of Election Commissioners from 19 States began at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel in city this morning. The Conference, held under the aegis of Karnataka State Election Commission, is the first one in the city and the third in the State. Welcoming the dignitaries, Karnataka State Election Commissioner P.N. Sreenivasachary…















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