Ex-servicemen oppose MCC’s plan for recreational facilities at solemn site Msyore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has launched a Rs. 1 crore project to redevelop a park near the War Memorial at the NCC Parade Grounds, close to the old Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Office. However, the move has sparked opposition from the ex-servicemen community. The…
Veterans seek park redesign to preserve War Memorial dignity
April 27, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: K.P. Diwakar, President of Mysuru Ex-Servicemen Association and a member of the War Memorial Committee, speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, said the Association would launch a formal protest demanding that the Rs. 1 crore park project be revised to preserve the dignity of martyred soldiers. “The MCC must immediately suspend the work….
Landscaped park set to transform War Memorial
November 27, 2025Panchaloha emblem being prepared by city-based sculptor Arun Yogiraj Mysore/Mysuru: The final phase of construction and beautification of the War Memorial at the NCC Parade Grounds, near the old Deputy Commissioner’s Office in city, is progressing steadily. The main Memorial structure has been erected, with only the installation of the emblem pending. Granite slabs have…
Mysuru’s War Memorial work nears final phase
April 28, 2025Mysuru: The final phase of the construction of the War Memorial at the NCC Parade Grounds near the old Deputy Commissioner’s Office in city is advancing at a swift pace. Currently, granite slabs are being installed on the memorial’s base and the final polishing work is underway to prepare the monument for its inauguration. Six…
War Memorial gains momentum with polishing work in full swing
February 22, 2025Mysuru: The construction of the War Memorial at NCC Parade Grounds near the old Deputy Commissioner’s Office along Mysuru-Hunsur Road in the city, which had been progressing at a slow pace, has now gained momentum. The polishing of large black stone slabs, meticulously carved for the memorial, is currently underway. The memorial’s construction had been…
City’s War Memorial to be completed by 2025 R-Day
December 15, 2024Final polishing work underway for granite slabs; engraving work next Mysuru: The construction of the War Memorial at the NCC Parade Grounds near the old Deputy Commissioner’s Office along Mysuru-Hunsur Road in the city has reached its final stage. Work has begun to polish the slabs, which will complete the War Memorial in time for…
War Memorial unveiled at T. Shettigeri in Kodagu
September 10, 2023Virajpet MLA A.S. Ponnanna promises to raise the problems of Ex-Servicemen with State Government Mysore/Mysuru: A new War Memorial was recently inaugurated at T. Shettigeri village in South Kodagu by Virajpet MLA A.S. Ponnanna, who also serves as the Legal Advisor to the Chief Minister. The purpose of this memorial is to honour the martyrs…
City War Memorial works resume after a poll break
June 19, 2023By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Embellishing green granite stones arrive from Hassan; Aug. 15 inauguration target Mysore/Mysuru: After a break for over five months due to pre-poll preparations, enforcement of the election Model Code of Conduct, the election per se and the subsequent assuming of power by the new Government, the work on War Memorial being…
Foundation laid for War Memorial
July 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: At last, the 22-year-long wait for the construction of a War Memorial in city ended this morning with Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra laying the foundation stone for the Memorial at the NCC Parade Grounds adjacent to the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here, in the absence of District Minister S.T. Somashekar. Speaking on the occasion, Nagendra…
War Memorial: Officials inspect site
July 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With District Minister S.T. Somashekar scheduled to lay the foundation stone for the long-awaited War Memorial at NCC Parade Grounds close to the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here tomorrow at 12 noon (July 29), officials led by Senior KAS Officer C.L. Ananda visited the site this morning and reviewed the preparations. The programme is organised…















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