Nanjangud: Consuming liquor along roadside at a secluded spot proved fatal for a youth, who was killed when two unidentified miscreants reportedly attacked him with lethal weapons near Kalkunda village in the taluk late on Thursday night. The murdered youth has been identified as Manoj (20) of Tagadur in the taluk. The miscreants, after killing…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the fourth round of ‘Indradhanush-2.0- Immunisation drive’ is underway, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar chaired a meeting of the Immunisation Task Force and the District Health Mission at his Office here yesterday. Addressing the meeting, Reproductive & Child Health (RCH) Officer Dr. L. Ravi said that Mission Indradhanush-2.0 is being carried…
New Delhi: The Cabinet has approved the consolidation of 10 Public Sector Banks (PSBs) into four ‘mega banks’ from April 1. The Narendra Modi Government had announced the mega merger in August last year. As per the plan, United Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce would merge with Punjab National Bank, making the…
Friends stab ‘birthday boy’ multiple times with broken beer bottles Mysuru/Mysore: Night-long binge drinking to celebrate birthday by a group of friends and the subsequent arguments over old rivalry resulted in grisly murder where the ‘birthday boy’ was stabbed multiple times by his friends with broken beer bottles. The birthday party that began at the…
Family alleges harassment by husband Mysuru/Mysore: Unable to bear the alleged harassment meted out by her husband, a woman attempted suicide at her home in Somanatha Nagar, Jayapura Hobli in the taluk on Mar. 3. The woman, who attempted suicide and battling for life at a private hospital in city, is 41-year-old Nagaveni (Mani), wife…
Bettadapura: A 20-year-old girl, pursuing her second year B.Sc course at a College in Hunsur has allegedly stabbed her fiancé as she wanted to continue her studies and her family members were not willing to postpone the marriage. The incident took place at Bettadapura on Monday night (Mar. 2). The seriously injured man is 31-year-old…
Supreme Court to step in if convicts are not hanged on the set date New Delhi: A City Court, yesterday, set Mar. 20 as the date for executing the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The Court noted there was no legal bar, but rather an obligation to set the…
Mysuru/Mysore: G.S. Babu, a professional photographer from city, has won the Dasara photography competition organised for the first time by the Department of Tourism during Mysuru Dasara-2019. Babu has won a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh. The Department had invited photographs from passionate photographers and as many as 164 photographs were submitted by 55…
Bronze statues of three characters in ‘Swami and Friends’ to be installed at Yadavagiri Circle Mysuru/Mysore: The famed novelist R.K. Narayan’s iconic ‘Swami and Friends’ of ‘Malgudi Days’-fame will come alive at the popular Joy Ice-cream Circle in Yadavagiri. The bronze statuary will be installed at the sprawling Circle where five roads meet and which…
Mysuru/Mysore: A former Corporator’s husband has been assaulted at Yeraganahalli last night and the injured man has been admitted to a private hospital in city. He is now said to be out of danger. The injured is Annaiah, son of Siddegowda of Yeraganahalli and husband of former Corporator Rajini. Details: Yesterday night, drummers, who were…
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