KSRTC records highest Dasara ridership | Mysuru News

Mysuru: KSRTC‘s 600 Dasara special buses to Mysuru saw record ridership this year. KSRTC reported a 30% revenue increase compared to last year. The Mysuru urban division also recorded a strong response during the festive season.The Mysuru rural division earned extra revenue of Rs 6.2 crore, while the Mysuru urban division earned Rs 1.7 crore…

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Unchecked grazing, retaliatory killings turn MM Hills into a tiger conflict zone | Mysuru News

Mysuru: Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary (MM Hills), which borders Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary and Tamil Nadu, has emerged as one of Karnataka’s biggest tiger conflict zones, losing six tigers — including four cubs — in just three months. All the deaths have been linked to retaliatory poisoning of cattle carcasses, underscoring how unregulated grazing has…

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Chamundeshwari Rathotsava in Mysuru draws thousands of devotees | Mysuru News

Mysuru: Thousands of devotees witnessed the Chamundeshwari Rathotsava on Monday atop Chamundi Hills.Mysuru royal family members, including Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, Yaduveer Wadiyar, his wife Trishika Kumari Wadiyar, and Chamundeshwari MLA GT Devegowda, attended the annual car festival. Srikshetra Chamundeshwari Development Authority executive officer MJ Rupa was present.All the rituals connected with rathotsava, including Mantapatsav, Bhavanotsav,…

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Mahout’s family: 60 days filled with love, gratitude, a great experience | Mysuru News

Mysuru: As the majestic Dasara elephants depart, to their forest camps after the grand conclusion of the Mysuru Dasara celebrations, Chumi, daughter of Gundanna—the mahout of the famed elephant Bheema from Mattigodu elephant camp of Nagarhole Tiger Reserve—expressed heartfelt gratitude for the warm hospitality extended to them. She was almost in tears while going back.“Everytime…

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