Commercial Banks are giving tough competition for Co-operative Banks Nanjangud: President of Mysuru-Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Central (MCDCC) Bank G.D. Harish Gowda said that the State Government has waived off Rs. 449 crore loans borrowed by farmers in various banks of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts by the loan waiver announcement scheme. Speaking after felicitating the…
MCC’s move on two historic buildings: Furore on Facebook
February 18, 2019By Gouri Satya, Sr.Journalist The decision of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to knock-down the two historic buildings — the Lansdowne Building and the Devaraja Market — has resulted in immense consternation on the social media platform with many netizens expressing their condemnation of the decision taken by the MCC without consulting the stakeholders or expert…
Real Estate withers Namma Mysuru’s Yelethota
February 16, 2019By Ramesh Kebbehundi Brand crops from Mysuru like Mysore Vilyedele (Chigurele) and Mysore Mallige have brought a special fame to the city. However, unfettered modernisation and expansion of real estate — concrete jungle — in leaps and bounds have literally threatened the existence of these crops. If Mysore Mallige became the first victim of ungirdled…
Thousands Pay Homage in Mysuru to Pulwama Martyrs
February 16, 2019Mysuru: The city of Mysuru last evening joined the nation to pay homage to 44 martyred CRPF soldiers who were killed in a car bombing attack in Kashmir’s Pulwama by Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed. Solemn ceremonies were held across the city where people, cutting across party and religion barriers and holding candlelight vigils, expressed shock…
Series of protests held in Mysuru
February 12, 2019Mysuru: Urging for fulfilment of demands, various organisations staged protests in city yesterday. Footpath clearance drive opposed The members of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike( KRV) staged a protest outside the Office of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), condemning the civic authority’s footpath clearance drive on Shivaji Road in N.R. Mohalla and forcefully removing shops on roadsides…
Season’s first rainy spell surprises Mysuru
February 11, 2019Mysuru: Heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning lashed Mysuru and surrounding areas last night in what was the first spell of rain of the year. The downpour continued for about half-an-hour and in some areas, it rained for more than one-and-a-half hours. Heavy rain was witnessed in the heart of the city like Mysore…
Mysuru, Kodagu figure in Malabar Tourism Zone
February 10, 2019Zone to focus on health and wellness tourism Madikeri / Mysuru: A Malabar Tourism Zone has been formed including Mysuru and Kodagu by the authorities of Kannur Airport and several tourism stakeholders in Kerala to give a right direction for the development of tourism in Malabar region and to exploit the unexplored areas in Mysuru…
Mysuru among 21 air-polluted cities in Karnataka
February 3, 2019Mysuru: Weeks after the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change released the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to improve air quality by 20-30 percent in the next five years, a new report has said the NCAP uses limited data and its list of 102 cities omits a number of highly-polluted locations. The report…
‘Operation Shubhodaya’ re-launched in Mysuru
January 29, 2019To prevent early morning crimes; Provide security to morning walkers in parks, roads Mysuru: After a long gap of nine years, the Mysuru City Police re-launched ‘Operation Shubhodaya’ this morning to prevent crimes — particularly to deal with rising chain-snatching cases and to keep track on the movement of suspicious persons during wee hours in…
Tea seller’s daughter marches at Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, makes Mysuru proud
January 27, 2019Mysuru: If thirty-year-old Major Khushboo Kanwar, daughter of a bus conductor from Jaipur in Rajasthan created history by commanding the all-woman contingent of the Assam Rifles in the 70th Republic Day Parade at Rajpath in New Delhi yesterday, M.R. Chandana, the daughter of a tea vendor in Mysuru, made the city proud as she marched…















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