Siddharamaiah, Pratap Simha, G.T. Devegowda speak against move Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration and the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) move to demolish over 93 identified illegal religious structures at public places including roads, junctions and parks has snowballed into a major controversy with leaders from all political parties taking objection to the move. In August,…
Demolition of religious places: Congress takes exception to MP’s remarks
September 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing BJP MP Pratap Simha of inciting communal hatred over the issue of evacuating unauthorised places of worship constructed at public spaces, city Congress leaders maintained that the evacuation is being undertaken by the District Administration following a Supreme Court order. Addressing a press meet at Congress Bhavan here on Thursday, NR MLA…
Tribal Institute building works to be completed in two months
September 12, 2021President to be invited for inauguration Mysore/Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha said that the ongoing works on the construction of new building of Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute (KSTRI) coming up at Kergalli in the outskirts of the city will be completed in a couple of months. Speaking to press persons after carrying out an inspection…
Gajapayana on Sept.13
September 9, 2021Traditional welcome to jumbos at Mysore Palace on Sept. 16 Dasara inauguration atop Chamundi Hill on Oct. 7 ‘Utsavamurthy’ procession from Hill temple to Palace ‘Jumboo Savari’ procession in Palace premises on Oct. 15 Palace to be illuminated from 7 pm to 9.30 pm during Navarathri Mysore/Mysuru: With ‘Nada Habba’ Dasara festival, which is to…
Piped cooking gas a reality by 2023: MP
September 8, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The woes of booking cooking gas cylinders, waiting for supply and carrying it to top floors will all be things of the past soon. The dream of procuring cooking gas through pipeline at home — Piped Natural Gas (PNG) — will be realised by 2023 as over 40,000 homes will get the supply in…
Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-Lane Economic Corridor: Rs. 8,066 crore project cost to exceed by Rs. 700 crore
September 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The construction of 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Economic Corridor is in full swing and it is scheduled to be completed by October 2022. But the estimated cost of Rs. 8,066 crore might exceed by another Rs. 700 crore. The corridor comprises a six-lane access-controlled carriageway for traffic to move at a high speed and a two-lane…
Bengaluru-Mysuru highway work: War of words between MP and Congress intensifies
September 5, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A day after Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha met Mines and Geology Minister Halappa Achar at Bengaluru and sought to remove departmental hurdles for expediting the ongoing Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Highway, the ‘Credit war’ over the Highway expansion has escalated with Congress leaders challenging the MP for an open debate in the presence of media on…
Rename Rajiv Gandhi National Park after Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa
September 3, 2021Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha writes to CM and Forest Minister; cites popular online campaign Mysore/Mysuru: After the Assam Government decided to remove late Rajiv Gandhi’s name from Orang National Park, the same can be expected in Karnataka as well. Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has written to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to rename Rajiv Gandhi National…
E-tenders soon for pending Chamundi Hill works
September 1, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The stalled development works due to paucity of funds atop the Chamundi Hill will begin soon as the State Government will call for ad-hoc e-tenders soon. The projects were initiated in 2019 October by the then Mysuru District Minister V. Somanna on the lines of the hill shrine of Tirupati. Already many development works…
MP writes to DC over protocol violation in the inauguration of Hootagalli CMC Office
August 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A day after Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda inaugurated the office of Hootagalli CMC (City Municipal Council) at High Tension Double Road in Hootagalli along Hunsur Road, MP Pratap Simha has sought disciplinary action against Hootagalli CMC Commissioner for reported violation of protocol by not inviting District Minister S.T. Somashekar and him (Simha) as the…
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