Mysuru: In what is considered as the first litmus test for the JD(S)-Congress coalition Government in the State, the voting to the 65 Wards of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) began at 7 am today. The coalition partners are contesting the MCC polls separately even as 102 other Urban Local Body (ULB) polls including three…
Five Pourakarmikas in fray for MCC polls
August 25, 2018Mysuru: Pourakarmikas of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), who played a key role in the city getting the ‘Cleanest City’ tag for two successive terms, are now trying their hand in politics, with five of them contesting the Aug.31 MCC polls from different parties. Pooja is contesting on a BJP ticket from Ward 32 (Ghousianagar…
Corporation polls, a spring board for candidates to make it to Legislature
August 25, 2018Mysuru: Even as the city is voting on Aug.31 to elect new Corporators of MCC, an insight into the earlier polls has thrown light on how several MLAs, past and present, made it to the Legislature after contesting the MCC polls. Kempegowda, B.K. Puttaiah, B.N. Kengegowda, H.S. Shankarlingegowda, Vasu, Tanveer Sait, M.K. Somashekar and L….
SBM Manju is official JD(S) candidate for Ward No. 6
August 25, 2018Mysuru: The problem pertaining to the official JD(S) candidate for MCC Ward No. 6 has been solved with the JD(S) party announcing the name of SBM Manju as its official candidate. The problem was created as the party had issued ‘B’ Forms to SBM Manju and B. Madhu. SBM Manju had first filed his nomination…
FOODPATHS: Pushing pedestrians off the footpath
August 18, 2018A photo feature by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav Come evening and there is a Mela on certain city roads with vendors turning out in large numbers to sell everything from momos to gobi manchurian, egg, vegetarian and meat rolls to dosas, cut fruits, salted-and-peppered raw mangoes and pani-puris from their pushcarts. With people, especially youngsters and…
Raised concrete borders around trees turning into Garbage Pits
August 6, 2018By M.B. Pavan Murthy Mysuru: Major roads in the heart of the city and its footpath look spotless and it matches any international standard road in the biggest capitals of the world. It seems the authorities concerned are doing a fine job of maintaining the standards that proves Mysuru’s ‘Cleanest City’ tag is fully justified….
Provide water connections abandoned by JUSCO: MLA
August 5, 2018Mysuru: MLA S.A. Ramdas has asked the officers from the MCC to complete the water connection works abandoned in the past and asphalt the roads that have been dug up to provide water connections within 15 days at Ward Number 55, Krishnaraja Assembly segment. Inspecting the areas, the MLA directed the officers to complete the…
Banned plastic items seized from shop
July 30, 2018Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Environmental Engineer Mythri, along with Abhaya team, who raided Raj Trading Company at Shivarampet in city this morning, seized about 180 kg of the banned plastic materials from the shop and imposed a penalty of Rs.2,000 on the owner of the shop.
MCC officials seal hotel for blocking drainage
July 21, 2018Mysuru: In an early morning operation, officials from the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) sealed a hotel located in Maharajas Complex opposite the KSRTC Sub-Urban Bus Stand, for not complying with MCC notice that had asked the hotel owner not to block the drainage by dumping waste. Following complaints from the public that stinky drainage water…
Handover Aquarium to Mysuru Zoo: Minister S.R. Mahesh tells MCC
July 1, 2018Mysuru: The Aquarium near the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popular as Mysuru Zoo, half-built by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will be handed over to the Zoo for refurbishing and maintenance. The aquarium structure, built at a cost of Rs. 3 crore, is lying in a state of neglect now and has become a place…















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