Mysore/Mysuru: Expressing concern over the increasing number of youngsters failing to fulfil their obligations towards their ageing and ailing parents and calling it an unhappy development, the Karnataka High Court (HC) on July 12 dismissed a petition filed by siblings from Mysuru, Gopal and Mahesh, who challenged a maintenance order to pay Rs. 10,000 per…
Forest Minister Khandre wants to make Mysuru plastic-free
July 15, 2023To discuss Dasara-2023 at tomorrow’s meeting in city Mysore/Mysuru: Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Eshwar Khandre has announced plans to declare five cities, including Mysuru, as ‘plastic-free’ in the State. Efforts are being made to effectively implement the law that bans single-use plastic, as per the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Act 2011 and…
Registration for ‘Gruha Lakshmi’ scheme from July 19
July 15, 2023Bengaluru: Ending speculations on the probable date of launch of ‘Gruha Lakshmi’ scheme (Rs. 2,000 financial assistance to woman head of every family), the Government is going to start registration for its ambitious ‘Gruha Lakshmi’ scheme, one of the five pre-poll guarantees announced by the Congress, from July 19. Announcing this at a press meet…
Three new Dialysis Centres in Mysuru: Health Commissioner
July 15, 2023At District Hospital on KRS Road, Saligrama and Saragur Taluk Hospitals Mysore/Mysuru: Three new Dialysis Centres will be established in Mysuru under Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP). While one will be at the District Hospital on KRS Road and the other two will come up at the Taluk Hospitals of Saragur and Saligrama. Health…
Newly-wed bride elopes with boyfriend with hubby’s gold
July 15, 2023FIR at Shankaranarayana Police Station, Kundapura; value of gold, diamonds pegged at Rs. 10 lakh Mysuru/Kundapura: A newly-wed bride from Kundapura in Udupi district allegedly eloped with her boyfriend making off with gold and diamond jewellery worth over Rs. 10 lakh. The Shankaranarayana Police, Kundapura, have registered multiple cases against the individuals involved, including the…
Mummadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar remembered
July 15, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Maharaja’s High School and PU College Alumni Association celebrated Mummadi Krishnaraja Jayanti by garlanding the bust of the erstwhile Mysore ruler at the PU College premises on JLB Road here yesterday. The contributions of the late Mysore ruler were remembered on the occasion. Association President B.S. Sridhara Raj Urs, journalist T.R. Satish Kumar, Managing…
City Traffic Police intensify vehicle inspection drive
July 15, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Close on the heels of City Police resuming vehicle inspection drive in the night under the leadership of Police Commissioner, the Traffic Police have launched an intensified drive in the daylight across the city. The Traffic Police are intercepting vehicles at prominent roads, junctions and circles, filing cases and imposing fines on various traffic…
Online fraudsters cheat lakhs of rupees to innocents
July 15, 2023CEN Cops book cases; Septuagenarian man, engineer and youth among victims Mysore/Mysuru: In three separate cases, fraudsters have cheated several lakhs of rupees to gullible people, by allegedly luring them with attractive offers online. The cases have been registered at Cyber, Economics and Narcotics (CEN) Crime Police Station in the city. K. Chandrashekar, 77 years…
New President for Rotary Midtown
July 15, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: City-based hotelier Rtn. Srinivasan Devendran took over as the President of Rotary Mysore Midtown at a ceremony held at North Avenue, Mysuru recently. Installing the new Rotary Midtown President, Dr. Jorson P. Fernandes, Past District Governor of RI Dist 3170 from Madgoan, Goa, narrated his experience as District Governor in giving back to the…
Minister announces relief for leopard attack victim
July 15, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: After the unfortunate incident involving a leopard attack resulting in the death of a 7-year-old girl in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre announced a compensation of Rs. 15 lakh and a monthly pension of Rs. 4,000 for the victim’s family. The incident took place on June 26 in Kaggaligundi Tribal Hamlet,…
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