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A Helplessly Crumbling Mysuru!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The recent collapse of a second portion of the famed, more than a century old, Maharani’s College building in our city has claimed the life of…
9 Feb 2025 · 5 min read
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Shortage of Fire Engines puts Mysuru at risk
Summer fire threat looms... Mysuru: With winter ending and summer setting in, the scorching sun is expected to be harsher this year, increasing the risk of fire accidents across Mysuru. Vulnerable areas…
9 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
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NHAI blocks exits to curb toll evasion on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
Mysuru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has intensified its crackdown on toll evasion along the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway-275, blocking key highway exits at Bidadi and Srirangapatna to prevent motorists from…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
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Aided PU College employees’ problems: MLC to approach government
Mysuru: Stating that employees of aided PU Colleges in the State were facing one or the other problems, MLC K. Vivekananda assured that he would take up the matter with the Government…
9 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
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Mysore Co-operative Bank polls: Independent candidates score significant win
Mysuru: The anxiety over the results of city’s The Mysore Co-operative Bank polls has ended with the counting of votes yesterday, in which independent candidates, who had not aligned with any of…
9 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
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HDK inaugurates 'Rashtriya Ekatmata Yatra'
Mysuru: North-eastern States which are home for varieties of cultures and traditions are not just a part but form the heart of our country, said Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel…
9 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
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Kaveri 2.0 glitch fixed but non-auto transfer of data new error
Sub-Registrars offices hit by fresh technical issue, hampering the services again Mysuru: Even as the registration of properties resumed at the sub-registrar offices in the State only recently, following the fixing of…
9 Feb 2025 · 3 min read
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Former FKCCI Chairman Sudhakar Shetty urges MUDA to issue E-Khata
Mysuru: FKCCI (Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry) past Chairman S. Sudhakar Shetty has urged MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority) to itself issue E-Khata certificates to sites in Privately developed…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
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Two persons including stepfather sentenced to jail
Mysuru: City’s POCSO Special Court has sentenced a man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 25,000 and has also sentenced the stepfather of a minor girl to five…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
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Hazardous cleaning of sewers, septic tanks banned
Mysuru: The Executive Engineer of Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC’s) Water Supply and UGD Division has banned pourakarmikas from getting into septic tanks and manholes for cleaning them without using safety gears as…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
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Kushalnagar among five new airstrips under UDAN scheme
Bengaluru: Under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) scheme, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has identified five locations in Karnataka to construct new airstrips (mini airports). Responding to a question by…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
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Prize winners of JSSLC Intra-Collegiate Moot Court Competition 2024-25
Mysuru: The final round and valedictory of JSSLC Intra-Collegiate Moot Court Competition 2024-25, organised by JSS Law College (JSSLC), Mysuru, in association with Moot Court Society, was held at the College premises…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
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Farmers convention in memory of Prof. MDN
Mysuru: Vice-President of State Farmers Association A.L. Kempegowda has said that a farmers convention is being organised at Town Hall premises in the city at 12 noon on Feb.13 in memory of…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
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ATME College of Engineering receives NABL accreditation
Mysuru: ATME College of Engineering has received the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accreditation for Civil and Mechanical laboratories. NABL accreditation is a formal recognition of a laboratory’s…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
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Mysuru to get a dedicated silk cocoon auction market
Mysuru: The time is ripe for establishing a full-fledged silk cocoon auction market in Mysuru district. In response to the growing demand, the District Administration has earmarked two acres of land at…
9 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
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CII’s Capacity Building Programme on Business & Financial Excellence for Entrepreneurs
Mysuru: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mysuru Zone and the CII Centre of Excellence on Employment and Livelihood, will be organising a transformative two-day Capacity Building Programme on Business & Financial…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
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Kumbha Mela from Feb. 10 to 12: Triveni Sangama in T. Narasipur ready for mega event of South
T. Narasipur: Preparations have been all made for the three-day Kumbha Mela at Triveni Sangama here from Feb. 10 to 12. The Maha Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, continues to…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
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MDCDWA observes World Cancer Day with awareness drive and poster release
Mysuru: The Mysore District Chemists & Druggist Welfare Association (MDCDWA), in association with the Drug Department, observed World Cancer Day by conducting an awareness programme at the Drug Controller’s Office, Vijayanagar in…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
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Major fire breaks out at Sewage Farm
A major fire broke out at the Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram this noon, engulfing five to six garbage mounds, including plastic waste. The fire spread rapidly due to intense heat, triggering prompt…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
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Dr. Sujatha Akki Theatre Festival begins
Rangayaana Trust felicitates folk singer H. Nataraju Folk singer H. Nataraju was felicitated during the inauguration of the three-day ‘Dr. Sujatha Akki Natakotsava’ (Theatre Festival), organised by Rangayaana Trust, Mysuru, in collaboration…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
Voice of The Reader
Rampant burning of dried grass causes pollution
Sir, There has been rampant and unscientific burning of dried grass and waste materials in the open space near Falcon Tyres on KRS Road. This causes severe pollution, with smoke and ash…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
Obituary
Lt. Col. (Retd.) K.M. Muthanna
Virajpet, Feb. 9- Lt. Col. (Retd.) Kuppanda M. Muthanna (86), a resident of Virajpet, Kodagu, passed away on Feb. 2 in Bengaluru. He leaves behind his son K.M. Kalappa, daughter Seethamma, daughter-in-law…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
Obituary
Jayamma
Mysuru: Jayamma (73), wife of late Gowdegowda and a resident of Saraswathipuram, passed away on Friday in city. She leaves behind one daughter, two sons and a host of relatives and friends.…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
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H.T. Govindaraju
Hunsur: H.T. Govindaraju (60), Proprietor of Venkataramana Saw Mills in the town, passed away on Friday. A long-time resident of Hunsur, he had recently shifted to Vijayanagar in Mysuru. He leaves behind…
9 Feb 2025 · 1 min read