Mysore/Mysuru: A scooter rider was killed, while another rider and pillion rider sustained serious injuries, when their scooters collided head-on at Kuvempunagar here on Tuesday night. The deceased is Goutham (22), a resident of Srirampura and the injured are Manoj and Anirudh, who are undergoing treatment at a private hospital in city. On Tuesday night…
Traffic rule violations: 61 Driving Licences impounded
March 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Following increasing traffic violation cases in city, City Traffic Police, who have begun their crackdown on traffic rules offenders have impounded 61 Driving Licences (DLs) of motorists in the three-day drive. The Traffic Police, who conducted a special drive last week, have impounded DLs of 45 motorists on a single day for speaking over…
Kidnapping and extorting money from commission agent
March 18, 2021Three arrested, lethal weapons, car, fake pistol seized Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Police have arrested three persons on charges of kidnapping for ransom and extorting money from a commission agent and the Cops have seized lethal weapons, a fake pistol and a car used for the crime from them. Addressing a press meet at his…
Woman held for cheating men through social media
March 17, 2021Modus operandi of 25-year-old ‘SSLC studied’ trickster was to send friend requests on Facebook and loot cash, jewels Mysore/Mysuru: A 25-year-old woman, who had cheated many youths to the tune of lakhs of rupees after befriending them on Facebook, has been arrested by Metagalli Police on Mar. 4. As per a press release from the…
COVID-19 impact?: City Medical Colleges say no to ‘pledged bodies’
March 17, 2021Request families to perform last rites MMC&RI has 80 embalmed bodies; JSS Medical College has 100 Mysore/Mysuru: With sufficient bodies to carryout medical research for next six years, two empanelled institutions for cadaver donation — Mysore Medical College & Research Institute (MMC&RI) and JSS Medical College — in city are not accepting pledged bodies and…
Abhiyenthararu’s National Theatre Festival
March 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Abhiyenthararu, a theatre for Engineers, in association with Kannada and Culture Department, Bengaluru, has organised a 4-day Rashtriya Ranga Utsava (National Theatre Festival) at Mini Theatre in Kalamandira here from Mar. 18 to 21. Renowned Film and Theatre Director M.S. Sathyu will inaugurate the Fest tomorrow (Mar. 18) at 6.30 pm. Rangayana Mysuru Director…
MLA S.R. Mahesh invites GTD to lead JD(S) in the district
March 17, 2021Says ready to quit politics to pave way for the senior leader Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the candidates backed by his syndicate fared badly in the MyMUL (Mysuru Milk Union Limited) polls held yesterday, K.R. Nagar JD(S) MLA S.R. Mahesh invited Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD), who has fallen out with JD(S) leaders and formed…
M.A. Ganapathy appointed as NSG Director General
March 17, 2021Madikeri: Senior IPS officer from Kodagu district, Maneyapanda A. Ganapathy, has been appointed as the Director General of National Security Guard (NSG), an elite counter-terrorism unit under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Ganapathy, a 1986 batch IPS officer of the Uttarakhand cadre, is currently Director General, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). He has been…
Big cat on the prowl in South Kodagu: 5-member Soliga tribal team to track elusive tiger
March 17, 2021Ponnampet: Forest Department officials, who were hoping to tranquillise and capture or kill the male tiger that had killed three persons and badly injured another in South Kodagu on the fringes of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, have not been able to do so till now as the tiger has remained elusive and quick in its move…
Industrial effluents from Mysuru choke Cauvery
March 17, 2021Bacteriological analysis classifies water as ‘Not Suitable for Potable Purpose’ Srirangapatna: River Cauvery, the lifeline of Kodagu, Mysuru and Mandya and the entire neighbouring Tamil Nadu, has been losing its pristine glory at Srirangapatna as thousands of gallons of polluted water is being discharged into the River on a daily basis and there is an…















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