T. Narasipur: A 26-year-old youth allegedly killed his mother for refusing to give him money for liquor. The incident took place at Kura Balanahundi village in Talakad hobli on Saturday. While the deceased has been identified as Gowramma (55), wife of Jogi Ramegowda, the accused is Shantharaju, a speech impaired youth. On Saturday, Shantharaju, who…
Two go missing from city, Nanjangud
April 5, 2021Mysuru/Nanjangud: In separate incidents, a woman and a girl have gone missing from Udayagiri and Hullahalli Police limits respectively. In the first incident, a 39-year-old woman, who left her house on Mar. 15 at about 4.30 pm, has since gone missing. The missing woman is Farzana, wife of Mohammed Ameer, a resident of Rajivnagar 1st…
Unidentified bodies found
April 5, 2021Mysuru: In separate cases, the Mysuru Railway Police and Devaraja Police, have found bodies of unidentified persons in their respective jurisdictions. In the first case, the Mysuru Railway Police have found a body of an unidentified man aged about 35 years near the Railway over bridge on Platform No. 3 of Mandya Railway Station and…
City students bag VTU Ranks
April 5, 2021Mysuru: H.R. Apoorva, a student of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysuru, has secured first rank with six gold medals in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 20th VTU Convocation. She is the daughter of Geetha and H.C. Ramesh. U. Thanuja from the same college has secured fourth rank in M. Tech in Computer…
No fresh registration of health workers for vaccination
April 5, 2021New Delhi: No fresh registrations for COVID vaccination will be allowed for healthcare and frontline workers, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has said. In a letter dated Apr. 3, Bhushan wrote to all State Chief Secretaries informing them that the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry had received inputs that some vaccination centres were violating…
Valedictory of 10-day workshop tomorrow
April 5, 2021Mysuru: The valedictory of “Intertwine Interdisciplinary Methodology to Strengthen Fundamentals of English Language,” a 10-day workshop organised to commemorate the 50th Death Anniversary of M. Ramarao, who taught in the Department of English, MGM, and later became the Chief Editor of English Kannada Dictionary of the University of Mysore, will be held on Apr. 6…
Youths redeem ‘Gods’ abandoned under trees
April 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Yuva Brigade came together and disposed of old and damaged photos and idols of Gods and Goddesses and other items abandoned under trees across the city. The damaged photos and idols were then taken to a designated place where pits were dug to bury them. This is a State-wide programme launched by…
Ban on plastic comes into force from tomorrow
April 4, 202116 lakh cloth bags to be distributed to 7,34,905 houses free of cost Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration is all set to strictly enforce the ban on single-use plastic items from tomorrow (Apr. 5). Single use plastic materials such as polythene/ plastic/ polypropylene carry bags, polythene plastic cups, polythene plastic plates and plastic sheet pouches…
Online petition against Heli Tourism near Lalitha Mahal gains steam
April 4, 2021Over 35,000 people sign within 24 hours to save trees Mysore/Mysuru: An online campaign has been launched against axing of hundreds of trees for the proposed Heli Tourism near Lalitha Mahal Palace that is a butterfly zone. A petition posted on www.change.org, has garnered the support of over 35,279 people from all over the world….
Court stays allotment of plots at Bandipalya APMC
April 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Red flagging the Mysuru APMC’s plans to allot plots in its premises at Bandipalya on Nanjangud road, a City Court has stayed the allotment of 155 plots which were due for allotment shortly. Details: The APMC (Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee) had issued a notification on Feb.2 for allotment of 155 plots on a lease-cum-sale…















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