New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has made it mandatory for food business operators to display ‘best before date’ of non-packaged sweets with effect from Oct. 1 as part of its efforts to ensure safety. In a letter to the Commissioner of Food Safety of all States and Union…
Youth drowns in Hemavathi Canal
September 26, 2020Pandavapura: A 20-year-old youth, who had gone for a swim, drowned in Hemavathi Canal at Hosahalli village near Melukote in the taluk yesterday. The deceased is Shashank Gowda, son of Krishnegowda. Krishnegowda is serving as a Head Constable in Pandavapura Police Station. Shashank, who had been to the family’s farm land at Uligere near Melukote…
Woman commits suicide
September 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 24-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging self at her residence at Ganesh Nagar in Udayagiri Police limits on Thursday. The deceased is Kumari, wife of Mahesh, a resident of Ganesh Nagar. Kumari, a native of Koodlapura village in Nanjangud taluk, was given in marriage to Mahesh two years ago. The couple were…
Tourism Day tomorrow
September 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the country, the Mysore Travels Association has decided to celebrate World Tourism Day tomorrow (Sept.27) in a simple, but purposeful manner. World Tourism Day Celebration Committee President S. Abhinandan said that Mysore Travels Association will be celebrating the Day like in the previous years, but in…
Man sentenced to life for murdering wife
September 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: City’s Fifth Additional District and Sessions Court has awarded life imprisonment to a man for killing his wife besides imposing a fine of Rs. 10,000 on him. The convict is Shivanna, a resident of Suttur in Nanjangud taluk, while the deceased (victim) is Devi. Devi, daughter of Ankanayak of Udbur, was given in marriage…
Mad rush for KHB sites
September 25, 20203,000 applications sold for 122 sites Mysore/Mysuru: Braving hot sun, site aspirants stood in long queues to obtain applications at Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) Office in Saraswathipuram and at Bank of Baroda Branch in Vijayanagar to submit applications called by KHB for allotment of 122 residential sites of various dimensions at Kasaba hobli in Kesare…
SPB no more
September 25, 2020Chennai: Noted playback singer S.P. Balasubramanyam (SPB) died at a private hospital in Chennai this afternoon following a brief illness. He was 74. S.P. Charan, son of Balasubramanyam, told media that his father breathed his last at 1.04 pm. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. A multi-faced personality, Balasubramanyam, known…
Highway Blockade: Police take protesting farmers into custody
September 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Vehicular movement on the ever-busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway was disrupted for a few minutes this morning as farmers under the banner of Raitha-Dalita-Karmika Aikya Horata Samiti and a host of other farmer, labour and social organisations blocked the highway by forming a human chain at Columbia Asia Hospital junction as part of their ‘State and…
Congress MLA Narayanrao passes away
September 25, 2020Bengaluru: Congress MLA from Basavakalyan in Bidar District B. Narayanrao (65), passed away at a private Hospital in Bengaluru yesterday following brief illness. Narayanrao’s demise comes just a day after Union Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi, a BJP MP from Belagavi in Karnataka passed away in New Delhi on Wednesday. Only on last…
Stray dog menace increasing in city as its population rises
September 25, 2020Is sterilisation programme still in place? question public Mysore/Mysuru: Stray dog menace is increasing day-by-day in almost all localities in city causing concern for the public, who have questioned whether the sterilisation programme was still going on as the population of stray dogs is increasing too. It is frightening to see pack of dogs on…















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