Bike-borne chain-snatchers flee as women scream for help Mysore/Mysuru: Chain-snatching incidents are increasing day-by-day in city with bike-borne miscreants attempting to snatch gold chains in two separate incidents in city yesterday. In the first incident, a 50-year-old woman, resident of Srirampura 2nd Stage, was walking near the tamarind tree in the locality at about 5.30…
Virajpet: A 42-year-old man, who had gone to inspect his house under construction, died after falling from the steps of the stairs of the house on the outskirts of Virajpet. The deceased is Chandapanda Anil Appanna, son of C.M. Poovaiah, residing in Arji Panchayat limits in Virajpet taluk. Anil, who was constructing a house at…
Mysuru: A suitcase found abandoned on the footpath created tension for some time as rumours of a bomb placed inside the suitcase spread like wildfire in city yesterday. The suitcase was found on the footpath opposite to Senthil Kumar Textiles on Sayyaji Rao Road. The suitcase was found abandoned at about 12.30 pm. As there…
Nanjangud: A calf was killed when a leopard raided a cow shed at Rampura village in the taluk on Monday. The calf belonged to one Manjunath, a resident of Hullahalli and he had tied the calf in the shed at his farm in Rampura village. The leopard, which entered the shed in the wee hours…
Mysore/Mysuru: Responding to a panic call from a resident in the wee hours of Monday, city’s well-known snake rescuer and wildlife conservationist Snake Shyam, not only rescued the snake from the house but also instilled confidence among the family members and explained them about snakes, their behaviour and habitat. On Sunday midnight, the residents of…
Napoklu (Kodagu): A 70-year-old man was killed in an elephant attack at Yavakapadi village in Kakkabe-Kunjila Gram Panchayat limits near Napoklu. The deceased is Kudiyara Chinnappa, a resident of Yavakapadi village. He leaves behind his wife, two daughters and one son. It is suspected that the incident may have taken place on June 15 night…
Mysore/Mysuru: The following persons have adopted the animals of Mysuru Zoo under ‘Adoption of Animals’ scheme by paying the adoption fee: Seema Anantrao Panchal, Maharashtra – Four horned Antelope – Rs. 5,000; MMK and SDM Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Mysuru – Leopard Cat, White Peacock, Love Bird and Finch – Rs. 10,500; M. Srinivas, Mysuru –…
Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 to go ahead in 2020: Due to COVID19 the Indian Premier League (IPL) like many other top sporting events which were meant to take place between March and June this year have been either postponed or cancelled. The decision to postpone the IPL was the correct one, and now government…
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about the cat’s bite, diet, behaviour and more By Maneka Gandhi Is it OK to let kittens bite? No. This develops into a bad habit but there some reasons why kittens may be biting. A kitten usually bites because of a socialisation issue. Kittens develop good manners through…
Sir, The only way to curb traffic rule violations in city is to go back to the penalties issued by the Central Government and in my opinion we should increase the punishment period. If a rider or driver is caught breaking the traffic law on three consecutive times within a period of 6 months, his…
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