New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways on Sunday said the private passenger trains will run from March 2023. “Tenders will be finalised by March 2021 and trains will operate from March 2023,” the Railways said in a statement. The Ministry’s clarification came in the background of some reports saying that private trains operations delayed and…
Three arrested for illegal transportation of sand
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The District Crime Information Bureau (DCIB) Police, have arrested three persons on charges of transporting sand from river bed and have also seized a Bolero vehicle used for transporting the sand. Following information that sand was being transported illegally, the DCIB Police, supervised by Superintendent of Police (SP) C.B. Ryshyanth and ASP Shivakumar, who…
Woman ends life over hubby’s illness
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 48-year-old woman, depressed over her husband’s illness committed suicide by hanging self at her residence in Vishweswaranagar coming under Vidyaranyapuram Police limits. The deceased is M.D. Leelavathi. She leaves behind her husband and three daughters. According to the Police, Leelavathi’s husband was suffering from illness since seven years which had depressed Leelavathi resulting…
Youth succumbs to injuries
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A youth, who was admitted to a private hospital in city with serious injures, after he fell from his bike on July 5, has succumbed to injuries yesterday morning. The deceased is Vikas S. Bharadwaj (29), son of K.S. Suresh, a resident of ‘E’ and ‘F’ Block in Ramakrishnanagar here. Vikas was an employee…
Man goes missing from city
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 43-year-old mentally challenged man, who left his house on July 8 at about 10 am, has since gone missing. The missing man is Syed Mansoor, a resident of Ghousianagar in city. He is 5.5 ft. tall, oval faced, normal built, oily red complexioned, speaks Urdu and Kannada, has two missing front teeth and…
Medical Shop Owners appeal COVID-19 symptomatic patients not to visit Drug Stores
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the number of COVID-19 positive cases rising by the day in the city, the Mysuru City and District Retail Chemists and Druggists Association has appealed COVID symptomatic patients not to visit medical shops and instead send their healthy family members or friends for their medicine requirements. In a press release, the Association, expressing…
Protest against online classes
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Dalita Sangharsha Samithi (DSS), Mysuru, held a protest in front of Deputy Commissioner’s Office here yesterday against holding online classes. Protesters alleged that power outages are frequent in the country, many rural areas do not have internet services and there are network issues in many localities. While many parents do not have…
Girl commits suicide in KRS backwaters
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An 18-year-old girl has reportedly committed suicide by jumping into KRS backwaters yesterday afternoon. The deceased is Bhavana (18) of Gungral Chatra in the taluk. She is said to have committed suicide by jumping into KRS backwaters near Sagara Katte Bridge close to Yelwal. Police said that the reason for the girl to take…
Unidentified man dies in hospital
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified man, who was found lying sick on the footpath in front of Mandi Market on May 29 and admitted to K.R. Hospital by the Mandi Police, has breathed his last at the hospital on July 17 at about 6.45 am. The unidentified man, who is aged about 70 years, is 5.3 ft….
Santhepete Srikantaiah, the Good Samaritan and Aryan
July 21, 2020Reading about an obituary in Star of Mysore on Sunday, 19th July 2020, about the passing away of an old friend and well-wisher of mine, popularly known as Santhepete Srikantaiah, I felt deeply saddened. To learn that towards the end he was hospitalised for some time further disturbed me because he was a man always…
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