Unsafe buildings, trees off-limits; No pandals, chairs on footpaths Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police have barred the public from watching the Jumboo Savari from old, dilapidated and under-construction buildings along the Dasara procession route. Every year, hundreds of people climb old structures, unfinished buildings and trees on either side of route from the Mysore Palace…
Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner M.K. Savitha has directed officials to take measures to prevent people from climbing dilapidated buildings during the Jumboo Savari procession. She instructed officials to identify weak and damaged buildings along the procession route and take steps to prevent spectators from climbing or entering such structures. The Jumboo Savari route passes…
Mysuru: A two-wheeler rider was killed on the spot after coming under a moving truck at Kautilya Circle near Maharaja’s College Grounds yesterday. Though the rider was wearing a helmet, it could not save him. The deceased has been identified as B. Shivaramu, a resident of Vijayanagar 4th Stage, 2nd Phase in city. Shivaramu, who came…
From 2009 to 2011, Rs. 40.53 lakh diverted from a dead customer’s account; Rs. 21.04 lakh from bank’s internal account Mysuru: A Chief Manager of State Bank of India (SBI) has been sentenced to one year in jail for misusing funds from a deceased customer’s account and the bank’s internal account, amounting to criminal breach…
Mysuru: In a strange case of personal animosity, an alleged plot by fellow teachers to falsely implicate a Government school Head Master, who was on the verge of retirement, in a POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) case has come to light in Mysuru taluk. Ramashetty, Head Master of the Government School at Hanchya…
T. Narasipur: In a ghastly incident, a 25-year-old youth was brutally murdered in broad daylight here this morning. The victim has been identified as Subhash, son of Rachappa and a native of Alagudu village in the taluk. The incident occurred at a house located behind the RMC Yard. The Police, who suspect old rivalry to…
Mysuru: A City Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the murder of a bar supplier in city. Sudhakar alias Sudhi, a resident of Prakruti Layout in Mahadevapura here, is the one who is sentenced. The accused Sudhakar had made it a practise to have drinks regularly at Navarang Bar and Restaurant on…
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s grandiose Dasara-2026 District Minister to retain overall supervision Mysuru: For the grand Dasara celebrations this year, CM D.K. Shivakumar has decided to assign responsibilities for managing various segments & daily events of the festival to 22 Ministers. Unlike previous years, when the responsibility was largely handled by the Mysuru District Minister,…
District Minister bypassed? Mysuru: Every year, during Dasara, decisions and programmes were traditionally carried out under the directions of the District in-Charge Minister. From releasing a poster to deciding the guests for various events, the Minister would have the final say. This year, however, responsibilities for Dasara programmes have been distributed among Ministers, with each…
Mysuru: The first wooden howdah rehearsal was interrupted as a result of sudden heavy rains in city. The Forest Department, as part of the preparations to this year’s Jumboo Savari, mounted the wooden howdah on one of the Dasara jumbos, Mahendra. While the elephants were heading towards the Palace North Gates, the sudden cloudburst disrupted…
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