Month: July, 2026

In Briefs

Power disruption tomorrow

July 4, 2026

As Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply  Corporation (CESC) has taken up installing 400 KV electric towers and lines for the 11KV Tata Mines-NJY line in the Kadakola-IP limits (coming under 220/66/11KV Kadakola Power Receiving Centre), there will be disruption in power supply tomorrow (July 5) between 10 am and 5 pm in the following areas: Kadakola, K.M….

Drought Looms large… 
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Drought Looms large… 

July 3, 2026

…after a gap of eight years  Mysuru: With the India Meteorological Department forecasting below-normal monsoon rainfall this year due to the El Niño effect, the Agriculture Department has advised farmers in Mysuru district against cultivating paddy, a crop that requires large quantities of water.  The prolonged delay in the monsoon and scanty rainfall have left farmers worried about the…

Missing Kerala ASI traced to city lodge 
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Missing Kerala ASI traced to city lodge 

July 3, 2026

Mysuru: An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) from Kerala, who had gone missing after leaving home for work, was traced to a lodge in Mysuru yesterday by a Kerala Police team and taken back to his home State.  The officer has been identified as Abdul Rasheed, attached to Mukkam Police Station and a resident of Balussery in Kerala. He had been missing since…

‘Kambala sport belongs to Coastal region, not Mysuru’ 
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‘Kambala sport belongs to Coastal region, not Mysuru’ 

July 3, 2026

Activists cite environment, drought, Mysuru Dasara’s traditional character   Mysuru: Leaders of various organisations have opposed the proposal to organise Kambala as part of this year’s Mysuru Dasara celebrations, arguing that the event would involve unnecessary expenditure and environmental damage.  At a meeting convened under the banner of Parisarakkagi Naavu at Jaladarshini Guest House yesterday evening, representatives of several organisations unanimously resolved to launch a protest demanding that Kambala be dropped from Dasara.  A core…

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Special Intensive Revision: BLOs skip house-to-house visits in N.R. Constituency, alleges BJP leader 

July 3, 2026

Mysuru: S. Manjunath, President of BJP Narasimharaja (N.R.) Assembly Constituency, has alleged that the guidelines of the Election Commission of India (ECI) are thrown into the wind by some of the Booth Level Officers (BLO) involved in conducting Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter’s list in the Constituency.  Addressing media persons here this morning, Manjunath said, while the Election Commission…

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Mandya shoot-out: Seven arrested   

July 3, 2026

Youths fired air pistol at pharma goods truck for fun: Police Mysuru: The Mandya Rural Police have arrested seven youths in connection with the daring pre-dawn attack on a commercial courier truck on the Mysuru- Bengaluru National Highway near Mandya, where armed miscreants opened fire after the driver refused to stop. The arrests were made…

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Kerala duo robbed of cash on Mysuru-Ooty Highway  

July 3, 2026

Mysuru: Just hours after a truck carrying pharmaceutical consignments was fired upon in an attempted robbery on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway in Mandya early yesterday morning, another gang struck on the Mysuru-Ooty Highway, intercepting a car near Nanjangud and fleeing with cash worth several lakhs of rupees.  In the first incident, which occurred around 4.45 am near a hotel on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, unidentified miscreants…

Lokayukta Police trap surveyor 
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Lokayukta Police trap surveyor 

July 3, 2026

Mysuru: The Lokayukta Police have trapped a surveyor while he was accepting bribe from a land owner to issue Tatkal Podi for an agricultural land.  The surveyor has been identified as Jayaprakash, from the Office of the Assistant Director of Land Records in Nanjangud.   He was caught while receiving the bribe money at Dattagalli in city yesterday.  Jayaprakash had demanded Rs. 1.2 lakh from the land owner to provide Tatkal Podi for an agricultural…

PU student goes missing 
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PU student goes missing 

July 3, 2026

Mysuru: A 17-year-old PU student, who left his house in Ramakrishnanagar at about 3.30 am on June 29, has since gone missing from city.  The missing youth is Benedict Joseph, who was pursuing his I PU course at a private college in Mysuru.  He is 5.4 ft. tall, normal built, oily red complexioned, speaks Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and English and…

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Man found dead 

July 3, 2026

Mysuru: A 35-year-old man identified as Naveen was found dead in Nazarbad Police limits and the Cops have sought the help of public to trace the kin of the deceased.  The deceased is 5.4 ft. tall, sports a beard and moustache, oval faced, normal built, oily red complexioned, has a tattoo of a dragon on his right arm, trishul tattoo…

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