Congress, BJP stick to their stand Mysore/Mysuru: With the Mayoral Polls just two days away (Sept. 6), the two National parties: Congress and BJP, have decided to stick on to their stand of contesting independently, while the JD(S) has adopted a wait and watch policy, with none of the two parties (Congress and BJP) coming…
JD(S) works out plans for bagging Mayor’s post
September 2, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With the MCC Mayoral polls just four days away (Sept. 6), political activities in all the three major political parties have gained momentum. The JD(S), which ruled the MCC in coalition with the Congress for the first two terms of the current tenure of the MCC and let the post go to the BJP…
Ashraya Housing Scheme: Calling applicants
August 30, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), while scrutinising the details of those who had submitted applications for sites under Ashraya Housing Scheme in Chamaraja constituency during the year 2000 to 2004 by paying advance amount of Rs. 5,100 and Rs.10,100, found that a total of 1,258 are now not residing at the address given in the…
Special drive to link Aadhaar-Voter ID
August 27, 2022MCC aims to link 10,000 voters in each Ward during the day Booth Level Officers go door-to-door Initiative aims to curb electoral fraud, avoid voter duplication Mysore/Mysuru: A day-long special drive for linking Aadhaar card with Voter ID card of citizens began this morning across the city. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is carrying out…
Ganesha Festival: MCC’s appeal to idol-makers, sellers and citizens
August 26, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: As an eco-friendly measure, MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy has appealed the citizens to worship only eco-friendly clay Ganesha idols. In a press release, the Commissioner said that use of chemical paints, thermocol and Plaster of Paris in the making of Ganesha idols has been completely banned. Warning against use of banned articles in…
Mayoral polls on Sept. 6
August 26, 2022Activities begin in all three major political parties Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the Government announced the reservation category for Mayor posts concerning MCC and nine other City Corporations across the State for the next term of the current tenure, the Mayoral poll process has been set in motion with the authorities announcing that the Mysuru…
Irresponsible citizens turning Cleanest City into a garbage dumping yard
August 26, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru which had bagged the ‘Cleanest City in India’ tag twice seem to be clueless about handling garbage menace. While civic workers are doing their best to keep the city clean and tidy, irresponsible people are discarding garbage all around the city making the efforts civic workers go waste. Heaps of garbage can be…
A pothole-ridden grand Dasara 2022 !
August 25, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The official machinery, the elected representatives and various Sub-Committees are leaving no stone unturned to celebrate this Dasara in a grand manner after a gap of 2 years. But in their enthusiasm to attract more and more tourists, they are ignoring one crucial aspect of the city infrastructure — pothole-filled roads. As the 2020…
Mysuru Mayoral polls: Reservation announced
August 24, 2022General category candidate for Mayor, BCA (Woman) for Deputy Mysore/Mysuru: Exactly six months after the incumbent Mayor Sunanda Palanetra functioned as In-charge Mayor of Mysuru, the State Government has announced the reservation category (matrix) for Mayoral polls, thus setting in motion the process for conduct of Mayoral elections for the next term of the current…
MCC cracks down on PoP Ganesha idol-makers
August 19, 2022Teams conduct surprise checks; seize environmentally harmful idols Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) wants Ganesha idol-makers to refrain from making Plaster of Paris (PoP) idols for the festival and has tightened its noose on the use of PoP. But artisans continue to make big Ganesha idols using PoP and chemical colours unmindful of the…
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