Mysore: South Western Railway (SWR) Mysuru Division has undertaken major yard re-modelling work at the City Railway Station Yard from 7.6.2019 to 23.6.2019 including up-gradation of signalling system to ease operational constraints and enhance safety in train operations. The works involve connectivity of Road 5 and 6 towards Chamarajanagar end. Presently, it was possible to…
30 trains cancelled from June 15 to 23
June 13, 2019Mysore: A total of 30 trains will be cancelled, 15 trains partially cancelled and a few others diverted and rescheduled between June 15 and 23 as the South Western Railway (SWR) will be taking up Non-Interlocking Work (Signal and Engineering Works) from June 16 to 23 for remodelling of Mysuru Yard and connecting Road 5…
DIG Ravikanthegowda to head SIT for probing IMA scam
June 13, 2019Bengaluru: With the Bengaluru-based IMA Jewels scam hitting national headlines, the State Government on Wednesday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the State Police to investigate the scam. The SIT will be headed by DIG B.R. Ravikanthegowda. The Team comprises 10 other Police officers who include Bengaluru DCP S. Girish, Bengaluru CCB ACP Balaraj,…
Kanaganamaradi bus mishap: Centre announces compensation of Rs.2 lakh each to 30 victims
June 13, 2019Mandya: Nearly seven months of Kanaganamaradi bus mishap, the Centre has announced a compensation of Rs.2 lakh to the family of each of the 30 victims. Thirty passengers of a private bus were drowned when the bus fell into Visvesvaraya Canal at Kanaganamaradi in Pandavapura taluk on Nov.24 last year, following which the State Government…
Three persons electrocuted
June 13, 2019They had rushed to help accident victims of a car that had rammed into an electric pole Mandya: Three persons, who rushed to the help of accident victims of a car which had rammed into a roadside electric pole near Manigere last night, were electrocuted while eight others have suffered serious injuries. The deceased are…
Youth cooks up his own kidnap story!
June 13, 2019Mysuru: A youth from Kolkata, who had come to city to write SSB exam, cooked up his own kidnap story by making someone call his mother and demand Rs.50 lakh for his release, was traced by Lashkar Police at Mandya. The youth is identified as Shobhit Jina. Shobhit’s mother, after receiving the ransom call, called…
Youth arrested for stealing gold ornaments from house
June 13, 2019• Gold ornaments worth about Rs.2 lakh and silver articles recovered • The accused used to enter houses in the name of ‘vastu’ corrections Mysuru: Lakshmipuram Police have arrested a 26-year-old youth on charges of stealing gold ornaments and silver articles from a house and have recovered 30 grams gold ornaments and silver articles besides…
National Lok Adalat on July 13
June 13, 2019Mysuru: The Rashtriya Lok Adalat will be held under the aegis of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) in city on July 13. Announcing this at a press meet at the new Courts Complex in Malalavadi (Jayanagar) here this morning, Principal District and Sessions Judge Suresh K. Vantigodi said that the National Lok Adalat will…
Inauguration of Minorities Welfare Schemes Info Centre tomorrow
June 13, 2019Mysuru: An Information Centre, pertaining to the welfare schemes for minorities by the Government, will be inaugurated at Masjid-e-Azam on Ashoka Road tomorrow at 2 pm. MLA Tanveer Sait, who is also the Member of the State Wakf Board Committee will inaugurate the Centre in the presence of Mysuru District Wakf Board Committee Chairman Arif…
Shops selling tobacco products fined for violating COTPA
June 13, 201930 cases booked, Rs.4,700 fine collected in Mysuru Foreign cigarettes worth about Rs.1.5 crore seized in Bengaluru Mysuru/ Bengaluru: In a move to curb tobacco menace in public places, officials of the District Health and Family Welfare Department, District Surveillance Office and District Tobacco Control Cell (DTCC), with the help of Nazarbad Police, raided shops…
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