New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has written to Google to “properly share advertising revenues” for content published by newspapers, a move that comes following a deal struck by Google in Australia with Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp to do just this. President of INS, L. Adimoolam, said in a letter addressed to Google India’s country…
Attempt made on rowdy-sheeter Ashok Pai’s life again
February 27, 2021Mandya: A gang of miscreants, who barged into rowdy-sheeter Ashok Pai’s sister’s house at Haralakere village in Maddur taluk of Mandya district on Thursday night in a bid to eliminate him (Pai), have decamped with gold and cash as they could not find Pai in the house. Pai’s sister Jayalakshmi and her husband Ashwath stay…
Official suspended for harassing girl student
February 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: An Assistant Director of Social Welfare Department has been suspended on charges of harassing a girl student who had complained about lack of water in the hostel which she stayed. M.K. Megha, who was serving as the Assistant Director of Mysuru taluk in the Social Welfare Department, is the one who has been suspended…
Two KSFIC employees booked for assault
February 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Ashokapuram Police have booked two employees of Karnataka State Forest Industries Corporation (KSFIC) on charges of assaulting and threatening a Firewood contractor. Murali and Usman Shaikh, employees of KSFIC having office at Kuvempunagar, are the ones who are booked. Mohammad Ismail Pasha, a firewood contractor of Nagamangala, had lodged a complaint with the…
Man goes missing
February 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A 37-year-old man, who left his house for work on Feb. 18 at about 10 am, has since gone missing. The missing person is M. Mahadevaswamy, an employee of Mysuru Railway Co-operative Bank and a resident of Gokulam 2nd Stage in city. He is 5.8 ft. tall, well-built, wheatish complexioned, round-faced, speaks Kannada, Hindi…
Believe It or Not ! DC Rohini Sindhuri, I presume?
February 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A video of Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri operating a jack with a spanner to replace a punctured SUV tyre has gone viral on social media this morning. However, it is not known where this video has been shot. But it looks like a parking lot of a mall. The DC, attired in…
Truckers’ strike total
February 26, 2021Over 6,000 lorries stay off roads; District Lorry Owners stage symbolic dharna in front of DC Office Mysore/Mysuru: Goods transport in the city and district came to a standstill today following a Nationwide Truckers’ Stir in protest against rising fuel prices and seeking fulfilment of their various other demands. Transporters and lorry owners of Karnataka…
Big cat menace in South Kodagu
February 26, 2021Elusive tiger gives a slip; now spotted at K. Badaga Forest Department halts combing operation as permission was only for four days Senior officials to visit forest camps today to take a call on resuming trapping operation Ponnampet: The elusive tiger that has spread terror in parts of South Kodagu has given a slip to…
Currency carrying container truck topples near Bengaluru
February 26, 2021Currency container shifted to Bengaluru in another vehicle Mysore/Mysuru: A container truck carrying currency notes from Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL), Mysuru, toppled near Kallugopanahalli on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway yesterday. The container driver has sustained minor injuries in the incident. However, the currency was safe. The container truck was on its way to…
Tribals dance in gay abandon
February 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Kannada and Culture, in association with Desiranga Samskritika Samsthe, Nele Hinnele and Gowthama Samskritika Mattu Shaikshanika Trust, had organised a colourful Budakattu Utsava- 2021 (Tribal Fest) at Kalamandira premises here this morning. Speaking after inaugurating the event, Mysuru Zilla Panchayat (ZP) President Parimala Shyam said, “The aim of organising such festivals…















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