A coal power plant for Mysore
There have been efforts by the state govt. to set up a coal-based thermal power station in Chamalapura near Mysore. This opinion article calls for a series of meetings of the interested/ concerned people to discuss all the relevant issues, and come to an objectively considered opinion whether to support such a project, which is generally considered all over the world as highly polluting project...full coverage

Royal Legacy - An extraordinary journey through History

Kannada Vrinda has done it again! Over the past few years it has brought to Houston scholars, both Indian and non Indian, who have shed light on different aspects of Indian history, art, architecture, and literature, particularly those pertaining to the State of Karnataka...full coverage

Mysore Agarbathi firm wins export award
The Mysore-based N. Ranga Rao and Sons, makers of agarbathies and manufacturers of incense, has been awarded the ‘Niryat Shree Award’ by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India...full coverage

Mega building material show in Mysore
The mega mega event of showcasing the entire range of building materials, equipments, finishes and interiors, organized from December 7, concluded on December 13 in Mysore. It attracted over 150 stalls comprising several leading companies from across the country...full coverage

In memory of Jaya Chamaraja Wodeyar
Jaya Chamaraja Wodeyar, the last ruler of the Mysore royal family died 25 years ago on September 23, 1974. His death brought an end to the nearly five and a half century long dynasty of Yadu Vamsha...full coverage

Jaya Chamaraja Wodeyar - A princely scholar
Jaya Chamaraja Wodeyar was a prince among princes. A student of history, politics and economics, he did not confine his interest to only these three subjects, but extended his search for knowledge to other areas of interest...full coverage

Site registration made easy at MUDA
The Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) became
the first urban development authority in Karnataka to have a separate registrar’s office to speed up registration of sites allotted by it to the general public...full coverage

CFTRI develops two new technologies, obtains two patents
Prestigious Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) of Mysore has developed two new technologies, an improver mix for bread, bun and rolls, and an automatic continuous cooker. It has also obtained two US patents for detection of harmful bacteria and fungi in foods...full coverage

Hundreds witness ‘Mastakabhisheka’ at Gomatagiri
Hundreds of pilgrims witnessed the colourful Mastakabhisheka of 16-foot statue Gommateswara at
Gomatagiri, 20 kms from Mysore. While preparations are going on for the famous Maha Mastakabhisheka of the 57-foot Gommateswara at the well-known Jain pilgrim centre, Sravanabelagola in Hassan district due in February 2006, the small Jain centre at Gomatagiri turned active bristling with pilgrims for the annual anointing ceremony...full coverage

IT package for school students
Mysore-based Raman International Institute of Information Technology (RiiiT) has developed innovative teaching material package for students and teachers honing IT skills. According to RiiT CEO and Managing Director S.V. Venkatesh, the package is of international learning standard with reading text, graphics, audio, video and animations...full coverage

Mysore's famous Devaraja Market to be Renovated
Mysore's landmark, the over a century-old Devaraja Market building is to be renovated. The renovation proposal has been taken up by the Mysore City Corporation, under its new Mayor, Mr. Dakshina Murthy...more>>>

Sthree Kala Shakthi awards for 2005 announced
Gayathri Shankar and Savithri Gopinath Shenoy bagged this year's Sthree Kala Shakthi Awards instituted by SSMP for Dolls and Garden Show respectively...full coverage

2005 Dasara events at a glance

-Inauguration atop Chamundi Hills at Chamundeswari Temple on the morning of October 4
-9-day music festival at Palace Grounds (in front of the Maharaja’s Palace) from Oct. 4 to 12
-9-day cultural events at Jaganmohan Palace Auditorium from Oct. 4 to 12...full list

Damden Introduces Independent Flats in Mysore

To fulfill Mysore's demand, Bangalore based Damden Properties today announced the launch of its first residential property in Mysore, Vontikoppal. The project - Damden Beryl, with its eco-friendly independent-flats concept, passive air-cooling and natural-light uses environmentally sustainable resources...full coverage

Infosys builds world's biggest training centre in Mysore
Renowned IT company, Infosys Technologies has built the world's biggest corporate training facility for IT professionals in Mysore.The Rs. 260 crore corporate training centre has been set up by Infosys, which adds 12,000 employees every year...full coverage

Vibrant colours spotlight sporting Brindavan fountains
The famous Brindavan Gardens at Krishnaraja Sagar has come back alive with vibrant colours and shapely fountains. The Cauvery Niravari Nigam (CNN) has more or less completed the Rs. 3.52 crore facelift programme, bringing back the original glory of this popular tourist-destination...full coverage

Hebbal Industries’ Assn new office-bearers
Former Mayor and industrialist P. Viswanath has been re-elected President of the Hebbal Industrialists’Association. Suresh Kumar Jain will continue to be the General Secretary.The term of the new office-bearers is two years...full coverage

Indian Museologist elected to World Committee
Dr B Venugopal, working as a Scientist at the Regional Museum of Natural History (Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India), Mysore, was selected as an Executive Member of the International Committee for Education and Cultural Action (CECA) of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) during the triennial conference of the ICOM which was held in Seoul...full coverage

Pranic Healing Course
A Pranic Healing course is being organized on 12th and 13th of February 05 in Mysore. Those interested may contact Meditation and Pranic Healing Center, #510 13th main 6th cross Saraswathipuram Mysore Phone: 2545679; 98452-72963

'Access government information'
Despite the world becoming a global village and information of all kinds accessible from any corner of the world at the finger-tips without cost, information on the governance of governments is yet to readily available for the common man...full coverage

KRS illumination for longer hours
While Mysore is being sprused up and programmes are being chalked out for the ensuing Dasara celebrations, authorities have announced that the colourful illumination of the world-famous Brindavan Gardens in Krishnarajasagar (KRS), about 18 kms from Mysore, will be for longer duration between October 21 and 25...full coverage

EDUSAT - Indian Satellite in Education - A Brief from Mysore's Prof G. L. Shekar
Thanks to the EDUSAT project, a bold initiative of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in Karnataka became the largest connected technical university in the country...more>>>

Two City Lakes Regain Their Glory
Two famous lakes of Mysore City – the Karanaji Lake and the Kukkarahalli Lake – are back in a new splendour. Both the lakes, which remained neglected and the lakes polluted since a few years, have been restored and developed with improvements and new attractions to attract more Mysoreans and as well tourists visiting Mysore...full coverage

Women in Small Enterprise form Organization
Women heading small industries and businesses in Mysore have formed an organization. They have come together under the banner of the Mysore Chamber of Commerce & Industry to form 'Women in Small Enterprise" (WISE)...more>>>

Veteran Andhra Scholar Felicitated
The Kavyaranjani Sabha of Mysore felicitated veteran scholar of Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sharma, at a function in Mysore on June 7. The programme was arranged in memory of Kannada scholar, late Pandit B.V.Narayana Sastry...more>>>

Vontikoppal Temple Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
Sri Chandramoulishwara Swamy Temple in V.V.Mohalla, Mysore, popularly known as Vontikoppal Eswara Temple, celebrates diamond jubilee, 61st Jayanthi and Vimana Gopura Sthapane (Setting up of a tower on Sanctum Sanctorum) from June 18 to 29, 2004 with all religious fervour...more>>>

Mysore's Bishop Rev. Roy Passes Away
Rev. Dr. Joseph Roy, the Bishop of Mysore, is no more. He has died of a massive heart attack. Rev. Roy, 79, was admitted to the local J.S.S. Hospital on April 18 for treatment of a coronary problem...full coverage

Mysore Gives One Seat to Each Political Party
Mysore City has shared its three Assembly seats with three major political parties in the elections held on April 26. The results, which came out on May 13, after an anxiety filled wait of 17 days, threw up surprises not only in Mysore City, but also in Karnataka Assembly as well as Lok Sabha polls...more>>>

Wodeyar to Contest Again
Mr. Srikanta Datta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, scion of Mysore royal family, has decided to contest again for the Lok Sabha seat from Mysore. He has set aside rumours that his wife, Mrs. Pramoda Devi Wodeyar, would be replacing him in the Parliamentary elections...full coverage

‘Nage Mallige’: Non-stop Humor Festival
The Sthree Sakthi Mahila Prathishtana is organizing a state level non-stop humor festival ‘Nage Mallige’ on Saturday, 4th April starting 2 p.m...full coverage

A Church for Infant Jesus
Mysore, which is famous for its two-tower St.Philomena’s Church, has one more church. The new Church, a mixture of the famous Mogul and Mysore style of architecture, is dedicated to Infant Jesus of Prague...full coverage

Singapore NUS Students Present Cultural Programme
A group of 40 students and five teachers of the National University of Singapore (NUS) gave a colourful presentation of multi-national dances in Mysore recently. Their programme of selected dances and music was witnessed by a packed crowd at the Kala Mandira...full coverage

Golden Year Celebration of Princess
It was one more celebration in the Mysore Palace. After the nine-day-long Dasara festivities by Prince Srikanta Datta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, it was the 50th birthday celebration of his wife, Princess Pramoda Devi Wodeyar...full coverage

Four Mysoreans among 56 Karnataka Rajyotsava Awardees
Four leading personalities of Mysore are among the 56 persons and four institutions conferred the annual Karnataka Rajyotsava awards. The awards are made by the Karnataka Government on the occasion of the birth of the enlarged Karnataka State on November 1... full coverage

Relocation of Venugopalaswamy Temple
This temple appears and disappears every year. It is the act of nature which makes this event occur every year at Krishnarajasagar. The temple, in the Hoysala style of architecture, remains submerged in the waters almost the whole year...more>>>

Mysore's ex-Corporator is State Congress Sevadal President
Mr. P. Nagaraj, a senior Congressman and former member of the Mysore City Corporation, has been appointed President of the State Congress Sevadal. The former Corporator took charge of his new post in the party on June 7 in Bangalore...more>>>

Prince Wodeyar Celebrates 50th Birthday
Mr. Srikanta Datta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, scion of the erstwhile Mysore royal family and sitting Member of Parliament, celebrated his 50th birthday in Mysore on March 10. Though the prince, son of Maharaja late Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, was born on February 20, 1953...more>>>

Annual Theatre Festival at Rangayana
After the success of 'Akka' last year, Rangayana is hosting the second annual theatre festival in Mysore from January 28 next. The six-day national theatre festival is named 'Bahuroopi' this year...more>>>

RN Habbu Trust Gifts Rs. 1 Lakh to Kannada Sahithya Parishat
The R.N. Habbu Trust has donated Rs. 1 lakh to the Kannada Sahitya Parishat on December 15. At a function arranged at the new building of the Mysore District Kannada Sahitya Parishat in Vijayanagar Extension in Mysore, Parishat State President Mr. Harikrishna Punarooru received the endowment...more>>>

Special Programmes for Karthika & Dhanur Masa
The Chandramouleswara Swamy Temple Charitable Trust has drawn up an elaborate programme of special worship, music and cultural programmes for the months of Karthika and Dhanur...more>>>

‘Sundara Mysore’ - Agenda Task Force objective
The Mysore Agenda Task Force (MATF), set up by the Karnataka Government, has set up three broad-based committees on Infrastructure, good governance and...more>>>

Round Table Honours Teachers
Round Tables of Mysore - MRT-21, Heritage-109 and Amity 156 - jointly honoured two teachers by presenting them “Freedom Through Education Awards” in Mysore on January 25. Ms. L.K. Prema, Head Mistress of Government Higher Primary School, Mandakalli...more>>>

Zoo Acquires Water Monitor Lizards: Mysore Zoo has acquired water monitor lizards (Varanus salvator) from Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Mamallapuram, Chennai. The two pairs, two male and two female, are in the age group of 12 and 15 years...more>>>

Math Builds Houses for Poor in Mysore
Mata Amritanandamayi Math has launched a massive project to construct 25,000 houses all over the country. They are given free to widows, aged, disabled and destitute. Under the scheme...more>>>

Dasara Elephants in Mysore
The first batch of five elephants for participating in the Dasara procession, Jamboo Savari, has arrived in Mysore. The elephants led by the chief tusker, Balarama, are undergoing training with daily acclimatization march along the procession route - Palace to Bannimantap Parade Grounds...more>>>

Male Leopard trapped
An 8-year-old male leopard was trapped in Gokulam, one of the extensions of the city, by the Forest authorities after an hour and half operation on September 21. The wild cat had strayed into the city from neighbouring bushy area and was noticed on the morning of Friday by the local residents. An 8,000-strong crowd had gathered to witness the successful trapping operation.