Mysore/Mysuru: Mandi Police on Dec. 8 have arrested two persons on charges of lifting two-wheelers in city, Varuna and at Srirangapatna and have recovered nine two-wheelers worth Rs. 3.10 lakh from them. The accused are 22-year-old Wasim Pasha of Kalyangirinagar and 20-year-old Sandeep of Rajivnagar in city. During interrogation, accused Wasim is said to have…
City student bags prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
December 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Vighnesh Hampapura, an alumnus of VVS Golden Jubilee PU College, Kuvempunagar, currently an undergraduate of English at Ashoka University, has been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for 2021 to study at the University of Oxford. Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest and the most prestigious international student scholarship, and is awarded to five students from…
MUDA to organise skill training workshop for construction workers
December 10, 2020Virtual six-day MyBuild-20 begins in city Mysore/Mysuru: The six-day MyBuild-20 Virtual Exhibition began at Mysuru Builders Charitable Trust auditorium at Vishweshwaranagar in city last evening. Owing to COVID-19 pandemic, the event is being held virtually this year. Earlier years, it was held at a sprawling ground. The exhibition, a flagship event of Builders’ Association of…
Prof. Syed Akheel Ahmed unanimously elected as RMET Hon. President
December 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Prof. Syed Akheel Ahmed, Founder and former VC of Yenepoya University, was unanimously elected as Hon. President of Rifa-hul Muslimeen Educational Trust (RMET), Mysuru and Dr. M.D. Muneer Ahmed as Vice-President with immediate effect. At an emergent meeting of Board of Trustees of RMET held on Dec. 2 in the Chambers of RMET Hon….
Unidentified man dies at K.R. Hospital
December 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An elderly man, who was found lying sick near City Railway Station and admitted to K.R. Hospital by the MCC staff on Nov. 11, has breathed his last at the hospital on Dec. 3. The deceased is aged about 70 years and has a mole on his right cheek. The kith and kin of…
Hit & Run: Pedestrian injured
December 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A pedestrian was injured when a motorist rammed his scooter into him from behind and sped away. The incident took place near Automotive Axels at Hootagalli on Dec. 6. The injured person is Raju, a resident of Koorgalli. He was walking from Hootagalli towards Koorgalli, when a motorist on a Honda Dio scooter rammed…
Jail inmate dies of illness at hospital
December 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An inmate of Mysuru Central Prison, who was undergoing jail sentence in a dacoity case has died of illness at K.R. Hospital on Tuesday. The deceased is Bangarashetty (48), a resident of Megalahundi village in Chamarajanagar district. Bangarashetty, in 2019 was convicted in a dacoity case and was undergoing prison term at Mysuru Central…
Maize trader kidnapped
December 10, 2020Released after Rs. 70,000 deposited to bank account Mysore/Mysuru: Miscreants, who had allegedly kidnapped a maize trader and his driver who had come to city, have released them two days later after Rs. 70,000 was deposited to their bank account. The kidnapped and released victims are Periyaswamy and Balaji of Jageri village of Kollegal taluk…
Doctors’ Strike on Dec. 11
December 9, 2020IMA opposes Govt. move to allow Ayurvedic doctors to perform surgeries Calls it ‘mixopathy’ akin to promoting quackery and threat to human life Mysore/Mysuru: All non-essential and non-COVID services are likely to be hit on Dec. 11 between 6 am and 6 pm following a protest call by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), which is…
Hookah barred ?
December 9, 2020Crackdown on Hookah Bars in city imminent Mysore/Mysuru: A crackdown on hookah bars in city is imminent as Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly yesterday that the State Government is going all out to bring to book violating establishments. “Gambling, hookah bars, drug consumption and drug peddling and illegal arms are…
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