Mysuru: Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) B.R. Purnima has directed the officials to make all preparations for Ashada Shukravara (Ashada Fridays) beginning on July 5 to facilitate thousands of devotees who come to offer prayers to Goddess Chamundeshwari atop Chamundi Hill. Presiding over the preliminary meeting held at the conference hall at the office of the…
Girl hostage case: Cop arrested for helping accused
June 19, 2019Mysuru: Kuvempunagar Police have arrested a Traffic Police Constable attached to K.R. Traffic Police Station for not alerting his higher authorities despite knowing that the 15-year-old girl, whose father had failed to repay a loan, was held hostage and had been forced into prostitution. The arrested Constable is Mahesh, who has been interrogated. It is…
Lacklustre response turns yoga rehearsal for Corporators a damp squib
June 19, 2019Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), in association with Yoga Federation of Mysore (YFM), had organised yoga rehearsal at Mysore Palace premises this morning in the connection with the International Day of Yoga (IDY) to be held on June 21. The rehearsal was organised exclusively for the Corporators and officers of MCC. The motive was good…
Mother-daughter among five persons missing from city
June 19, 2019Mysuru: In separate incidents, a mother and her daughter are among five persons who have gone missing from Udayagiri Police limits in city. In the first case, 19-year-old Bibi Ayesha, a resident of Sathagalli, who left her house on June 10 at about 10 am along with her two-month-old daughter, has since gone missing, according…
MCC distributes financial assistance to 102 artistes
June 19, 2019Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) distributed financial assistance of Rs.10,000 each to 102 artistes of city at a function held at the Old MCC Council Hall here yesterday. The amount will be transferred online to the bank accounts of the artistes. On a symbolic note, cheques were given away to four artistes. Mayor Pushpalata Jagannath,…
Fake documents submitted for farm loan waiver
June 19, 2019Bengaluru: Even as Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy announced his flagship initiative of farm loan waiver soon after coming to power last year, the State Government is said to have been saved a whopping Rs.5,000 crore with the detection of fake records such as Aadhaar Card and Bank Passbook, which were submitted under the guise of…
Inebriated youths assault man in Maddur
June 19, 2019Maddur: Two youths in drunken stupor have assaulted a man over petty reasons at H.K. Veerannagowda Nagar in Maddur on Monday. While the injured has been identified as Siddaraju of H.K.V. Nagar, the youths who assaulted him are Karthik and Yogesh of Valagerehalli. Siddaraju, who was severely injured in the incident, was admitted to Gurushantappa…
No power tomorrow
June 19, 2019Mysuru: Owing to emergency maintenance works, power supply will be disrupted tomorrow (June 20) between 10 am and 6 pm in the following areas: Kuvempunagar, KHB, Kuvempunagar M Block, N Block, Aravindnagar, KSRTC Depot, Rajeevnagar 1st, 2nd and 3rd Stages, Shanthinagar, Nehrunagar, Radhakrishnanagar, Bharathnagar, JSS Layout, Shakthinagar, Ghousianagar, Kyathamaranahalli, Kalyanagiri, Hanchya, Bhugathahalli, Melapura, Rammanahalli Water…
Workshop on formulation of District Disaster Management Plan
June 19, 2019Mysuru: The two-day workshop on ‘Revision and Formulation of District Disaster Management Plan’ for Group-A and Group-B employees of all concerned Departments, sponsored by the Revenue Department, being held at the District Training and Extension Centre, Nazarbad, in the city, will conclude today. Delivering the keynote address during the inauguration yesterday, O. Chandra Nayak, faculty,…
Daily wagers take out rally
June 19, 2019Mysuru: Seeking fulfilment of their long-standing demands, over 500 contract employees, welfare employees and regularised daily wage employees, under the banner of The Karnataka State Government Daily Wage Employees Federation, Hubballi, took out a massive rally in city yesterday. The rally, which commenced from Town Hall, passed through Gandhi Square, Sayyaji Rao Road, Dufferin Clock…
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