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Fraud with e-bank guarantees: Banks cheated of Rs. 168 crore; CA arrested by Bengaluru Police
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Fraud with e-bank guarantees: Banks cheated of Rs. 168 crore; CA arrested by Bengaluru Police

March 28, 2024

Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Cybercrime Police have arrested a 45-year-old Chartered Accountant (CA) Ashish Saxena from Noida, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly deceiving 11 individuals by issuing fake e-bank guarantees totalling Rs.168 crore. Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B. Dayananda stated that a complaint was filed against Saxena for providing counterfeit e-bank guarantees to contractors. Saxena targeted victims,…

Tejaswini Gowda quits as BJP MLC
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Tejaswini Gowda quits as BJP MLC

March 28, 2024

Bengaluru: With just a couple of months remaining in her tenure, BJP MLC Tejaswini Gowda tendered her resignation on Wednesday. Reports suggest that her decision stemmed from her disappointment over being denied the BJP ticket to contest from one of the Bengaluru LS Constituencies. Tejaswini Gowda met with Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti in Bengaluru to…

Sunil Bose is Congress candidate for Chamarajanagar LS seat
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Sunil Bose is Congress candidate for Chamarajanagar LS seat

March 28, 2024

Official announcement today  Mysore/Mysuru: Even before the Congress High Command officially announced the name of the party candidate for Chamarajanagar (SC) seat, the date for filing of nomination of Congress candidate from Chamarajanagar LS Constituency has been fixed as Apr. 3. However, the official announcement of Sunil Bose as the candidate will be made today….

Increase voting percentage through SVEEP activities: ZP CEO
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Increase voting percentage through SVEEP activities: ZP CEO

March 28, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and District SVEEP Nodal Officer K.M. Gayathri has given a call to increase the percentage of voting by organising Systematic Voters Enrolment and Education Programme (SVEEP) activities in a unique manner at all Gram Panchayat (GP) limits to create awareness among voters. She was speaking at a signature…

Three huge trees axed
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Three huge trees axed

March 28, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: It seems that there is an increase in tree felling in city of late with three huge trees being axed at Social Welfare Department Office premises and at SBI premises in Saraswathipuram. This incident just a few days after the Forest Department registered a case after a huge 40-year-old tree was felled near Saraswathipuram…

LS: Excise Control Rooms set up
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LS: Excise Control Rooms set up

March 28, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: As a measure to conduct the LS polls in a free and fair manner, the Excise Department has set up Control Rooms across the district to receive complaints of any illegal activities or illegalities in respect of production, stocking, transportation and distribution of liquor. Control Room phone numbers are as follows: Office of the…

LS Polls: Rs. 5.03 lakh worth liquor seized
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LS Polls: Rs. 5.03 lakh worth liquor seized

March 28, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: With Model Code of Conduct in force for the Lok Sabha 2024 polls, the Excise Department officials, on Mar. 26, have seized 6.480 lts of hard liquor and 3.900 lts of beer which was being illegally transported in a car near Gunja Narasimhaswamy Temple in T. Narasipur town. The seized liquor is valued at…

Lokayukta raids Govt. officials
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Lokayukta raids Govt. officials

March 28, 2024

Property documents, jewellery, cash worth crores of rupees recovered Mysore/Mysuru: The Lokayukta sleuths, who conducted raids on offices, houses and farm houses of three Government officials in Mysuru and Kodagu on charges of amassing wealth disproportionate to the known sources of income yesterday, recovered jewellery, cash and property documents worth crores of rupees. The raids…

101-year-old Sannamma passes away
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101-year-old Sannamma passes away

March 28, 2024

Kollegal: Sannamma (Boramma), a resident of Mutt Street in the town, passed away yesterday. She was 101. She leaves behind three sons including former Town Municipal Council member Basavaraju and former Raitha Sangha President Shivanna, four daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were held at Veerashaiva Burial Grounds near Hosa Hampapura,…

House burgled in Sathagalli
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House burgled in Sathagalli

March 28, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Burglars have decamped with cash and gold ornaments from a house in Sathagalli on Mar. 23. The burglary took place at the house of one Sundar, an employee of Vidyavardhaka College in city. As there was cultural programmes in the College, Sundar left his house early on Mar. 23 and returned at about 10…

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