Mysuru: With the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway being widened, a portion of the building of K.R. Mills, a heritage structure on the Highway, was razed on Wednesday, to facilitate road widening. The Krishnarajendra Textile Mills, popularly known as K.R. Mills,was established by the then Maharaja of Mysore Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar in 1929,to provide employment to the people…
Tourist Guide assault case: Police launch search operation based on car registration number
October 25, 2019Mysuru: Lashkar Police, who have registered a case against unknown persons who had assaulted Tourist Guide David Alexander on Tuesday morning, have began their search operation to trace and nab the absconding accused. The Police, based on the car’s registration number, went to Bengaluru and collected the address of car owner from the RTO there. The…
Opposing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Farmers block Mysuru-Najangud Highway, taken into preventive custody
October 25, 2019Mysuru: About 45 members of Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers Association were taken into preventive custody by City Police while they tried to block Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway near the Ring Road junction, here this morning. They were taken into custody as they continued to protest despite Police asking them to vacate the place. The farmers protested against…
Chidambaram’s ED custody extended till Oct. 30
October 25, 2019New Delhi: The Special CBI Court yesterday extended the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) custody of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram in the INX Media case till Oct. 30. The investigating agency had sought an extension of Chidambaram’s custody as his 7-day custody ended yesterday. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar allowed the ED to quiz Chidambaram and…
Leopard kills 10 sheep in Nagamangala taluk
October 25, 2019Mandya: A leopardess and her cubs that entered a shed where sheep were housed, have killed ten sheep and have taken away two of them. The incident took place at the sheep shed belonging to Suresh near Kabbalamma Temple in Gowri Koppal village, Devalapura Hobli in Nagamagala taluk of Mandya district yesterday night. Villagers said…
Poachers arrested at Nagarahole
October 25, 2019Van, gun, deer meat seized Hunsur: Forest Department personnel have arrested two persons, who had killed a Sambar Deer at Veeranahosalli Range in Nagarahole Reserve Forest and seized deer meat, a Maruti Omni van and the gun used for the crime. The arrested are Shyam Manikya of Rathnapuri and Raju Lokesh of Shindenahalli in the…
UN Flag flies atop Deputy Commissioner’s Office
October 25, 2019Mysuru: As part of United Nations (UN) Foundation Day, the UN Flag was hoisted alongside the National Flag atop the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here yesterday. The State Government, based on a directive from the Union Government, had issued a circular to all the DCs asking them to hoist the UN Flag to mark the UN…
Bara-Roz-Ijlas celebrations at city Mosques from Oct. 29
October 25, 2019Mysuru: Bara-Roz-Ijlas celebrations will be held as part of Jhasne Meelad-Un-Nabi from Oct. 29 to Nov. 10 at Mosques across city. Religious lectures have been organised at various Mosques daily, which are as follows; Daily after Namaz-e-Fajar prayer: Masjid Ya Rasool Allaha at Rajivnagar 1st Stage; Madina Masjid at Muslim Block in Kyathamaranahalli; Masjid Raza…
Industrial awareness programme for specially-abled entrepreneurs
October 25, 2019Mysuru: District Industries Centre (DIC) in association with Mysuru District SC/ST Industrialists Association, Hebbal, conducted an awareness programme for prospective specially-abled entrepreneurs at its premises on Sayyaji Rao Road here this morning. Inaugurating the programme, In-charge Deputy Commissioner and ZP CEO K. Jyothi called upon specially-abled entrepreneurs to make use of various welfare schemes and…
Two go missing from city
October 25, 2019Mysuru: In separate incidents, two persons have gone missing from city. In the first incident, 29-year-old M.S. Shivaparasad, who is suffering from mental illness and left his house on Feb. 12, 2018 at about 10.30 am has since gone missing. He is 6ft. tall, fair complexioned, oval faced, normal built, speaks Kannada and English and…
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