Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that the KRS Dam was built over 95 years ago, retired Tahsildar Badrinath said that Karnataka can irrigate 1.25 lakh acres of land from the KRS reservoir as per an agreement reached between the erstwhile Mysore rulers and Madras Presidency then. But the State is using the water only for irrigating just over…
Daksha PU College and GETS Academy holds COVID vaccination drive
July 16, 202158 teaching and non-teaching staff receive jabs Mysore/Mysuru: Daksha PU College and GETS Academy at Hootagalli Industrial Area on Hunsur Road, Mysuru, are ready to bring back students with all the necessary precautions in place to ensure the safety and well-being of students by following the stipulated recommendations of WHO and Ministry of Health. As…
Elephant electrocuted
July 16, 2021Gundlupet: A wild elephant died of electrocution after it came in contact with an illegal electric fence near Alathur village at Bandipur Reserve Forest in the taluk. One Jagannath had fenced his field and had drawn power illegally to protect his groundnut crops from wild animals. A female elephant aged between 35 and 40 years,…
Miscreants rob Rs.10 lakh cash from car, scooter dickey
July 16, 2021K.R. Pet: In separate incidents, miscreants have stolen a total of Rs. 10.8 lakh cash at K.R. Pet yesterday. In the first incident, miscreants have decamped with Rs. 7 lakh cash kept in the car after breaking the glass panes of the car. Nagaraj, a teacher, had withdrawn Rs. 7 lakh cash from a bank…
Freak mishap: Car rams into stationary bus from behind
July 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A few occupants of a car suffered minor injuries, when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary KSRTC Bus from behind on KRS Road yesterday evening. The front portion of the car has been badly damaged in the accident. Yesterday at about 6 pm, the KSRTC bus, proceeding to KRS…
Manned Railway Gate to come up on Kodinarasipur Road in Nanjangud
July 16, 2021MLA Harshavardhan inspects spot Mysore/Mysuru: “A manned Railway Gate will be installed on Kodinarasipur Main Road in Nanjangud Taluk where Mysuru-Chamarajanagar Railway Line passes. Villagers have been requesting for a manned Railway Gate since long time,” said MLA B. Harshavardhan. Speaking during his inspection of the spot on Tuesday, he said, “Railway officials, who met…
MUDA staff revive Park; plant 2,500 saplings
July 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The officers and staff of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) have revived a Park by planting over 2,500 saplings in the last one week. A Park has been created on a seven-acre land at Hanchya-Satagalli ‘B’ Zone Layout. This Park, which belongs to MUDA, was in a state of neglect all these years. Now,…
Human mind is more polluted than environment
July 16, 2021Writer Bannur K. Raju launches cleanliness drive at Chamundi Hill Mysore/Mysuru: “Human mind is more polluted than air, water and food,” opined writer Bannur K. Raju. Speaking after launching the cleanliness drive organised by Sir M. Visveswaraya Plumbing and Drainage Workers Welfare Association at the foot of Chamundi Hill on Wednesday, he said, “People should always work…
K.R. Pet woman’s murder case solved: Two held
July 16, 2021K.R. Pet: Two persons have been arrested yesterday on charges of murdering a woman at Vittalapura village in K.R. Pet Taluk. The accused have been identified as 26-year-old Avinash, son-in-law of victim Leelavathi and 24-year-old Ravikumar, would be son-in-law of Leelavathi. The duo had gone absconding after committing the murder. On July 9, the accused…
Kerala bizman waylaid, robbed
July 16, 2021Begur: A Kerala-based businessman was robbed of Rs. 15,000 cash by a gang of miscreants after waylaying the car. The incident took place between Belachawadi and Horeyala Gate in H.D. Kote taluk on Monday. The victim has been identified as Arshad Ali, who runs a chips factory near Kotekere. The incident occurred while he was…















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