Family with child assaulted after minor collision; dashcam footage helps Police nab accused Mysuru: A road rage incident on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway near Maddur on the night of July 4 turned violent when a family of four, including two women and a child, was assaulted by a group of men following a minor collision between…
Stuck in pond for 2 days!
July 8, 2026Forest officials await safe chance to rescue trapped elephant in Kodagu plantation pond Ponnampet: A wild elephant has been stranded in a pond at Kannambadi village in Ponnampet taluk of Kodagu district for the past two days. Reports from the village this morning said that the Forest Department staff has reached the spot and is…
Rs. 85.7 lakh highway dacoity: Seven arrested
July 8, 2026Keralam duo robbed; Rs. 11 lakh recovered Mysuru: The Mysuru District Police have cracked the July 1 highway dacoity case in which a gang of armed men had robbed two Keralam natives of Rs. 85.70 lakh on the Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway. Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the case, Rs. 11 lakh has been…
125-year-old Government School buried behind mounds of mud
July 8, 2026SWR builds staff quarters, indoor stadium & auditorium Mysuru: A 125-year-old Government High School in Vontikoppal, regarded as a landmark in Mysuru’s educational history, is facing an uncertain future as the South Western Railway (SWR) is constructing mega projects on the surrounding land. Situated opposite Sri Lakshmi Venkataramana Swamy Temple in Vontikoppal (V.V. Mohalla), on…
RC steps in… orders inspection
July 8, 2026Cites April 9, 2026 law, asks DDPI, Tahsildar to inspect school site Mysuru: Strong objections have been raised against the South Western Railway’s ongoing construction project adjacent to the 125-year-old Vontikoppal Government High School. The issue gained attention after Mysuru Mithra, a sister concern of Star of Mysore, published a report titled ‘Historic 125-year-old school…
Police crack woman’s charred body case
July 8, 2026Mandya: The Belakavadi Police in Mandya have solved the murder of a woman whose charred body was found near Javanahalli Gudda in Malavalli taluk last month. The deceased is Nalini, an employee of a beauty parlour in Bengaluru. According to the Police, she was allegedly murdered and her body set on fire by her lover, Rajashekar, a native of Upparahalli in Tamil Nadu. Police said, the accused later died by suicide…
GTD directs for clearance of lake encroachments
July 8, 2026Mysuru: Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has directed the authorities to clear lake encroachments and measure and mark the lake boundaries in the Constituency. He was speaking after performing guddali puja for development of 3 lakes in Jattihundi village and one in Dhanagalli village in the taluk and coming under Chamundeshwari segment, taken up jointly…
House Lease Scam: 3 persons booked for cheating 17 families of Rs. 1.87 crore
July 8, 2026Mysuru: Saraswathipuram Police have registered a complaint against three persons for allegedly cheating 17 families of Rs. 1.87 crore in a house lease case. The accused have been identified as A.S. Sagar, Abhishek Krishna and Bharath of Arvo Ventures. One of the victims, Varun Raj, in his complaint, has said that when he was looking…
Ashada Friday atop Chamundi Hill: Cancel Rs. 2,000 special entry ticket
July 8, 2026Mysuru: Activists of Karnataka Sena Pade staged a protest near old Deputy Commissioner’s Office in the city on Monday, demanding the cancellation of Rs. 2,000 special entry ticket, for the devotees visiting Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Hill during the forthcoming Ashada Fridays. Karnataka Sena Pade District President Tejesh Lokesh Gowda said, the highly priced entry…
Silver Jubilee Clock Tower stops ticking!
July 8, 2026The 99-year-old Doddagadiyara has been stuck at 11.35 for past week Mysuru: The 75-foot-tall Silver Jubilee Clock Tower, popularly known as Doddagadiyara, which will complete 99 years this year, has stopped ticking once again. The clock tower was built opposite the Rangacharlu Memorial Town Hall to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of the reign of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar. It was inaugurated on August 8,…













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