Former Mayor Shivakumar appeals for urgent restoration of 11 historic structures Mysore/Mysuru: Fourteen months after the Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage in Mysuru completed a detailed survey of 129 heritage structures within the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) limits and recommended urgent restoration of 11 dilapidated buildings at an estimated cost of Rs. 96.80 crore,…
Ex-Mayor wants change of e-Khata software
July 3, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Former Mayor Shivakumar has demanded for changing the software used to issue e-Khata at Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for the inordinate delay being caused in providing service to the property owners. Addressing media persons at Patrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, Shivakumar said “About 8,000 applications towards e-Khata are pending for disposal at nine Zonal…
Congress amended Constitution 80 out of 110 times, counters BJP
April 18, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Former Mysuru Mayor Shivakumar accused the Congress of disseminating baseless propaganda suggesting that the BJP would tamper with the Constitution if re-elected to power at the Centre. Speaking at a press conference held at the BJP office in Chamarajapuram, Shivakumar dismissed these allegations, emphasising that there is no factual basis to the Congress’s claims….
MDJA Calendar and Diary released
December 31, 2022MCC must adopt online services: Hotelier P.V. Giri Mysuru: The 2023 Calendar and the Annual Diary, donated by Hotelier P.V. Giri to Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA), was released at an event held at Pathrakartara Bhavan in city this morning. Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra K.B. Ganapathy released the calendar and the…
Ahead of Dasara, Mayor’s maiden ride on horse back
September 12, 2022Training for tent pegging by Mounted Police also underway at Horse Park Mysore/Mysuru: To lead the Jumboo Savari, the new Mayor of Mysuru Shivakumar is getting a crash course in horse riding and today was the first day of the training where the basics were explained to him. Dressed in a T-shirt and pants and…
Mayor goes on city rounds on a scooter
September 9, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mayor Shivakumar earned some claps and curious looks during his city rounds on a two-wheeler this morning. He rode around the city on a scooter driven by his relative L. Nagesh to inspect the pothole-ridden roads right in the heart of the city. He hopped on the two-wheeler (Activa) and rode areas that are…
Riding a horse for Dasara will be momentous: Mayor
September 8, 2022‘I am fortunate to get a chance to shower flower petals on Goddess Chamundeshwari’ Star of Mysore (SOM): You have become the Mayor of Mysuru when Dasara is just around the corner. Shivakumar: I am fortunate for getting a chance to shower flower petals on Goddess Chamundeshwari during Mysuru Dasara, the time when the Goddess…
BJP bags Mayoral posts
September 6, 2022Shivakumar is Mayor, Dr. Roopa Deputy Mysore/Mysuru: Ending the suspense over the election of the new Mayor, with neither of the three major parties — BJP, Congress and JD(S) — having a majority of their own in the 65-member Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Shivakumar (Ward 47) of the BJP was elected as the Mayor and…
Donations pour in for Ram Temple in Ayodhya
January 24, 2021Shivakumar, Managing Partner of Shree Mahalakshmi Sweets and Proprietor of Bhima Properties, Mysuru, handed over a DD for Rs. 5 lakh at his residence in city recently to RSS leader Gurudath towards construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. District Minister S.T. Somashekar, MP Pratap Simha, MLA L. Nagendra, Muda Chairman H.V. Rajeev, BJP City President…
Mahalakshmi Sweets Owner Shivakumar lends helping hand to hundreds
April 2, 2020Corporator M.V. Ramprasad distributed foodgrains donated by Mahalakshmi Sweets Owner Shivakumar to residents of Medarkeri and other areas coming under MCC Ward No. 55. Also present on the occasion were KR Police Station Inspector Srinivasa, Station staff, leaders C. Sandeep, Renu, Venkatesh, Puttaswamy, Ravi, Mohan, Shivu, Advait and Shyam Sundar.















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