Criminals target cars on Kodagu-Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, Yelwal bypass road, between Srirangapatna and Mandya Mysuru/Mysore: There seems to be a new modus-operandi being employed by robbers and fraudsters — to fake an accident, waylay unsuspecting motorists, mostly lone drivers and tell them that their vehicle has hit them and they need to be taken to a…
Rs. 2 crore poll cash seized near Bilikere
November 27, 2019Money stuffed in two bags inside vehicle Mysuru: In a major seizure of cash, Mysuru District Election Officials have confiscated Rs. 2 crore unaccounted cash that was being transported to Hunsur from Mysuru in a vehicle. The cash was stuffed inside two bags. By-election to Hunsur constituency is scheduled on Dec. 5 and poll officials…
Uddhav Thackeray to take oath as Maharashtra CM tomorrow
November 27, 2019“Ghar-wapsi” for Ajit Pawar after his brief rebellion against uncle Sharad Pawar Mumbai: Buoyed by the success of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine to wrest power from the BJP in a dramatic twist to the month-long saga in the State, which saw Devendra Fadnavis resign as the Chief Minister after Ajit Pawar pulled the plug, the…
Mysuru Zoo to host first-ever Karanji Lake Fest in December
November 27, 2019Lake conservation and wetland experts to educate visitors during two-day event Mysuru: Come December, visitors to the picturesque Karanji Lake and Nature Park will be in for a treat as the first-ever Karanji Lake Festival has been organised in the Lake that is full to the brim after a gap of several years. The festival,…
D.K. Shivakumar visits Mysuru Bar Association to thank advocates
November 27, 2019Mysuru: Over a month after he was released from a Delhi jail following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money-laundering case, Kanakapura Congress MLA and former Minister D.K. Shivakumar visited the Mysuru Bar Association Office in the City Courts Complex this morning to express gratitude to the Association for extending…
Congress, JD(S) can’t go together: H.D. Deve Gowda
November 27, 2019Mysuru: Dismissing widespread speculations that Congress and JD(S) have reached a tacit understanding to ensure the defeat of disqualified legislators who are contesting the Dec.5 bypolls on BJP tickets, JD(S) Supremo and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda (HDD) maintained that the Congress and JD(S) cannot go together. Speaking to presspersons at Government Guest House…
TB detection and treatment drive begins in Mysuru
November 27, 2019To cover six lakh people in the district Mysuru: A ‘Tuberculosis (TB) Detection and Treatment Drive,’ organised by the Department of Health and Family Welfare and District TB Control Centre to be held in all taluks of the district, commenced on Monday and will go on till Dec.10. Health Assistants will visit every house during…
Providing degree is not enough, Universities should assist students to get a job: KSOU VC
November 27, 2019Mysuru: “Providing degree is not enough, Universities should assist graduates in getting a job,” Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) VC Prof. S. Vidyashankar. He was speaking at a press meet organised yesterday to brief about ‘Job Mela,’ which will be held at KSOU from Nov.30. “The purpose of the Job Fair is to assist those…
Onion becomes tearfully dearer at Rs.100 a kg
November 27, 2019Mysuru: Price of onion, the essential vegetable in Indian household, has hit the roof touching Rs.100 and beyond per kg in city forcing customers to shed tears even before buying and chopping the vegetable. The steep rise in price is attributed by traders to shortfall in supply from North Karnataka and Maharashtra, the prominent source…
Bribe for payment of Contractor bill: ZP Engineer sentenced to 11-year imprisonment
November 27, 2019Mysuru: A City Court has sentenced an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) of the Zilla Panchayat (ZP), who was caught while receiving a bribe of Rs.1 lakh, to 11 years jail and has imposed a fine of Rs.1.35 lakh on him. The AEE, who has been sentenced, is J.E. Manohar of the Rural Drinking Water Supply…
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