Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, Varuna and Mandi Police have found bodies of unidentified persons in their jurisdictions and have registered cases. In the first incident, a body of an unidentified man has been found in a decomposed state in Varuna Canal near Chattnahalli in the taluk. The deceased is aged about 45 years and normal…
Man commits suicide
December 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 40-year-old man has allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Janatanagar yesterday night. The deceased is Prasanna Kumar. Police said that Prasanna committed suicide by hanging self at his house when the family members were away. The Cops added that the reason for Prasanna Kumar to take the extreme step is yet to…
Medical Colleges reopen
December 1, 2020Medicos defy Corona, 135 out of 150 students attend classes at MMC&RI Poor attendance continues to haunt Degree Colleges Mysore/Mysuru: Upholding the spirit of ‘Corona Warriors’, over 90 per cent of students of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) attended classes on the first day of re-opening of all Medical, Dental, Ayurveda, Pharmacy and…
Truck Topples on Car
December 1, 2020Close shave for both drivers near Srirangapatna Srirangapatna: Two persons driving a truck and a car escaped with not so serious injuries after the M-Sand-laden truck hit a road median and veered off the road to topple on a moving car on the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway this morning. So dramatic and quick was the accident…
MLC Vishwanath can’t become Minister, rules Karnataka HC
December 1, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday held that Member of Legislative Council (MLC) A.H. Vishwanath attracted disqualification under Articles 164 (1) (b) and 361 (B) of the Constitution, and therefore, cannot be inducted into the Council of Ministers. However, the Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Vishwajith Shetty, added that…
‘Ayyo Paapa,’ JD(S) MLA ridicules BJP MLC
December 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: “Ayyo paapa. I pity predicament of MLC A.H. Vishwanath whose dream of making it to the State Cabinet has been dashed after the historic Karnataka High Court verdict.” This is how former Minister and K.R. Nagar MLA S.R. Mahesh ridiculed his political bête noire at a press conference in city this morning, after offering…
Farm Laws: Farmers stage protest
December 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly condemning Government’s forcible attempts to stop farmers agitating against the Farm Laws and expressing solidarity with farmers protesting near Delhi, members of Akhil Bharat Raitha Sangharsha Samanvaya Samiti and Pragatipara Sanghatanegala Okkuta staged protest near the DC’s office here this morning. Protesters urged the Centre to immediately withdraw the contentious Farm Bills in…
MCC debates sustainable construction debris disposal
December 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to scientifically dispose of mounds of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste being dumped across city daily. Thousands of tonnes of debris is illegally dumped at open sites, along the Ring Road, street corners and also on lake-beds and this has become a headache for MCC. At the…
New COVID-19 guidelines from today: Surveillance, Containment, Caution
December 1, 2020New Delhi: Amid a spike in Covid-19 cases in some regions, the Centre has issued a fresh set of guidelines which is effective from today, Dec. 1. These Covid-19 guidelines will remain in force till Dec. 31. While issuing guidelines for “Surveillance, Containment and Caution” for December, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the…
Minister Suresh Kumar virtually launches ‘Sakala Saptaha’
December 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In an initiative aimed at time-bound disposal of pending files and public petitions under Sakala Scheme, the State Government has set in motion ‘Sakala Saptaha’ (Sakala Week), which was virtually launched by Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar at Vidhana Soudha in the State Capital yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Suresh Kumar…















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