Mysuru: Abu Zubaydah with alleged Al-Qaeda connection, who studied in Mysuru’s Sarada Vilas College, about whom a report had appeared in Star of Mysore dated Oct. 2, 2018, was neither charged nor tried, according to reports. After accusing him of being No. 3 of Al-Qaeda and subjecting him to various forms of torture, the CIA…
Day-5: Yuva Sambhrama draws crowd
October 5, 2018Mysuru: Dance performance by various college students based on the themes of patriotism, women empowerment, destruction of environment and human greed were the major attractions of Day-5 Dasara Yuva Sambhrama 2018, held at Manasagangothri Open Air Theatre in city yesterday. Dance reflecting the culture of the land was the other major highlight. Old Kannada hit…
CM meets Rajnath Singh in Delhi
October 5, 2018New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister, who arrived in the National Capital late last night, met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh this morning. Kumaraswamy, accompanied by State PWD Minister H.D. Revanna and JD(S) Supremo and former PM H.D. Deve Gowda, sought more funds for reconstruction of rain-devastated Kodagu district. Underlining the need for taking reconstruction works…
Gauri murder case one of the best detections: City Top Cop
October 5, 2018Mysuru: Cracking journalist Gauri Lankesh murder case took more than 9 months of telephone interceptions and physical trailing of suspects. Seconds before killing her on Sept. 5 last year, the attacker appears in the CCTV camera footage for a mere four seconds and the Police knew that he was a trained shooter. This was the…
Forest Minister distributes kits to Mahouts
October 5, 2018Mysuru: With the count down for Dasara festivities already begun, Forest Minister R. Shankar distributed kits containing articles of daily use to Mahouts and Kavadis of 12 Dasara elephants, at a programme organised in the Palace premises this morning. The kits contained a jerkin, a pair of shoes, uniform, belt, cap, umbrella and other articles….
Centre cuts fuel price by Rs. 2.50 a litre
October 5, 2018New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday announced that the CCentre hasdecided to effect a cumulative cut of Rs. 2.50 per litre on Petrol and Diesel, with the Centre absorbing Rs. 1.50 of this and oil marketing companies Re. 1. All rate cuts have come into effect from last midnight. Arun Jaitley has also asked…
Job Mela at Nanjangud tomorrow
October 5, 2018Nanjangud: As part of Gandhi Jayanti celebrations, the Congress party will be organising a massive Udyoga Mela (Job Fair) at Vidyavardhaka grounds in Nanjangud town tomorrow (Oct.6). Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, former Nanjangud MLA Kalale Keshavamurthy said this was the first time that the Congress party has organised this Mela aimed…
Ex-DGP Dinakar no more
October 5, 2018Bengaluru: – Former Deputy General of Police (DGP) C. Dinakar (77) passed away in the wee hours of Thursday at Manipal Hospital. According to Police officials, the retired DGP had slipped and fallen inside his bathroom five days ago. Police received information about the same and broke open the bathroom door and rushed him to…
Missing hotelier’s son traced in Hyderabad
October 5, 2018Mysuru: City hotelier’s son, who had gone missing since Sept. 14 from city has been traced in Hyderabad. The missing youth is identified as Yashwanth, son of Ashok, proprietor of Hotel Hanumanthu in Mandi Mohalla and a resident of Chamundipuram in city. As soon as the family members received information that Yashwant was in Hyderabad,…
10 inmates from Mysuru Central Jail walk free
October 5, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru Central Jail this morning released 10 inmates (technically 9 as one inmate has completed his jail term) convicted in petty crimes (that attracted simple imprisonment) as part of the amnesty scheme offered by the Centre on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. The 10 inmates were among the 45 inmates who…
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