Mysore/Mysuru: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) and WHO (World Health Organisation) have declared June 7 as World Food Safety Day-2023 with a tagline, “Food Standards Save Lives” to create awareness among population on food safety, food-borne diseases such as diarrhoea to cancers and deaths due to unsafe food. Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru,…
Car hits road divider on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway
June 12, 2023One killed, three injured Ramanagar: One person was killed while three others sustained serious injuries when the car in which they were travelling hit the road divider in front of Chamundeshwari Hospital, near Koluru Gate in Channapatna taluk on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Manjesh (28), the driver of the car…
Autorickshaw Union expresses concern
June 12, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government rolling out free travel for women in KSRTC buses, Mysuru Autorickshaw Service Trust, Ittigegud, has expressed concern that the free travel will severely hurt the income of auto drivers. In a press release, Trust President B. Nagaraj said, free travel will result in women passenger loss to autos, which in turn…
Son killed in road accident, ailing mother dies at hospital
June 12, 2023Napoklu: A 19-year-old youth who was on his way to visit his ailing mother was killed in a road accident on Friday while the woman breathed her last at a hospital yesterday. While deceased youth is Appaji, his mother, who died at the hospital, is Kamala (50), wife of late Raju and a resident of…
Youth held for killing grandma and burning the body
June 12, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Yelwal Police have cracked the murder mystery behind a charred body that was found in a pit near Hosakote in KRS Backwaters recently, by arresting the grandson of the victim. The murdered woman has been identified as Sulochana (75) of Gayathripuram in Mysuru and the accused is Supreeth, aged 23 years. On May 31,…
Rs. 1.10 lakh stolen from car at Saraswathipuram
June 12, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Thieves have made away with Rs. 1.10 lakh kept in the dashboard of a car at Saraswathipuram in the city. Harirao Mane, aged 63 years and resident of Vidyaranyapuram here, had kept the cash in the dashboard of his car, after drawing the money from Karnataka Bank, Chamundipuram branch, in city on June 6…
Tempo, taxis demo at Makkaji Chowk
June 12, 2023Mysore/Mysore: About 30 tempo and taxi owners, along with their vehicles, staged a demonstration at the Makkaji Chowk here this morning, protesting against the lack of facilities at the new stand. They alleged that the taxi and tempo stand, which was at the Chowk, has been shifted to a spot near Harishchandra Ghat on Nanjangud…
State rolls out ‘Shakti’ free bus travel for women
June 11, 2023Bengaluru/Mysuru: From 1 pm today, women, irrespective of their age, from Karnataka can travel for free on Government buses other than AC, electric and Volvo bus services across the State as the State Government rolled out the first of its five poll guarantees. The main inauguration of the ‘Shakti Scheme’ was held this afternoon at…
Echo of barricade removal on Makkaji Chowk Road: MCC and private firm move Court; petition quashed
June 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Following the eviction of barricades and fencing on the road from Gandhi Square to Sayyaji Rao Road via Olympia Theatre in Mysuru as per the directive of the Court, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Maverick Holdings and Investment Pvt. Ltd. approached the Mysuru District Court. However, the Judge quashed the petition. It may…
Ex-CM Kengal Hanumanthaiah wanted to handover old DC Office to UoM: Prof. Bhagawan
June 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Writer Prof. K.S. Bhagawan has appealed to the authorities concerned to handover the old Deputy Commissioner’s Office building to the University of Mysore (UoM) in keeping with the wish of former Chief Minister late Kengal Hanumanthaiah. Recalling his meeting with Hanumanthaiah on the invitation of the latter for dinner with him during his stay…















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