Work on to plug leaking palace domes
With three domes atop the Durbar Hall, Amba Vilas and Kalyan Mantap of the iconic Mysore palace springing leaks, water-proofing work is going on at a brisk pace and the leaks are being sealed with spe
Protest sensibly, don’t attract SC ire: Gowda
JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda requested Cauvery protestors to scale down the agitation and stop passing derogatory remarks and mock Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Tamil Nadu CM J. Jayalalithaa.
Attacked Tibetan: No reason to leave
Nineteen- year- old Tenzin Dhargyal from Tibet, who was stabbed on the eve of Independence Day in Mysore, has no plans to leave the city in a panic like many from the Tibetan settlements did a while a
Dasara jumbos on a high risk trek
Mysore is no stranger to elephants running amok, but the forest department and the police have failed to take even basic precautions when taking Dasara elephants out on their daily morning walks in th
Brimming Kabini douses protest
A record inflow into Kabini reservoir following rains in the catchment area not only helped dampen the stir by farmers but even made them call it off on Tuesday. The authorities in basin districts wer
Mysore N-plant on high alert
The Rare Materials Plant (RMP), India’s lone uranium enrichment plant, located at Rattehalli on the outskirts of Mysore, which holds the key to the success of the country’s long-term nuclear commitmen
N. Indian workers rounded up, freed
As many as 98 North Indian contract workers, who were taken to custody by Railway Police in Mandya after a group of ABVP activists accused them of being illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, were released b
Mysore stampede kills farmer
A farmer died in a stampede during distribution of fertilizer at Haladamanahalli village in H.D. Kote taluk, about 15 km from here, on Wednesday. The watershed development department had organized a
Part of Lansdowne Bldg may be demolished
An expert panel, constituted to study the structural stability of 120-year-old Lansdowne Building, was on Wednesday shocked to see the condition of the building and its pathetic maintenance. Sources s
BJP bigwigs face ‘drought’ on tour
The tour of drought-hit areas in Mysore by two BJP bigwigs—former CM D.V. Sadananda Gowda and deputy chief minister K.S. Eshwarappa—proved to be a damp squib with the response from the people very poo