Mysuru: The Lokayukta Police have trapped a surveyor while he was accepting bribe from a land owner to issue Tatkal Podi for an agricultural land. The surveyor has been identified as Jayaprakash, from the Office of the Assistant Director of Land Records in Nanjangud. He was caught while receiving the bribe money at Dattagalli in city yesterday. Jayaprakash had demanded Rs. 1.2 lakh from the land owner to provide Tatkal Podi for an agricultural…
PU student goes missing
July 3, 2026Mysuru: A 17-year-old PU student, who left his house in Ramakrishnanagar at about 3.30 am on June 29, has since gone missing from city. The missing youth is Benedict Joseph, who was pursuing his I PU course at a private college in Mysuru. He is 5.4 ft. tall, normal built, oily red complexioned, speaks Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and English and…
Man found dead
July 3, 2026Mysuru: A 35-year-old man identified as Naveen was found dead in Nazarbad Police limits and the Cops have sought the help of public to trace the kin of the deceased. The deceased is 5.4 ft. tall, sports a beard and moustache, oval faced, normal built, oily red complexioned, has a tattoo of a dragon on his right arm, trishul tattoo…
Kuvempunagar murder case: All six accused arrested
July 3, 2026Mysuru: Kuvempunagar Police, who had arrested four persons including the wife of Nithyananda, who was found murdered at his house in HUDCO Layout of Kuvempunagar in the wee hours of Monday, have arrested two more accused, thus bringing the number of total arrests to six. Those arrested are Susheela, wife of Nithyananda, her brother-in-law Harish (the husband of Susheela’s sister),…
Youth killed as bikes collide
July 3, 2026Mysuru: A youth was killed on the spot when two bikes collided head-on between 10.30 pm and 11 pm on the road behind JSS Dental College and Hospital at Shivarathreeshwaranagar in city on Tuesday night. According to the Police, the deceased has been identified as Umraz (18), a native of Chamarajanagar and resident of Bannimantap. Those injured are Usman of Srirangapatna and Stephen of Bannimantap,…
Man kills wife
July 3, 2026Srirangapatna: A man has allegedly murdered his wife at Alagodu village in the taluk on Wednesday night. While the deceased woman has been identified as Rashmi (36), the accused husband is Ramesh. Rashmi and Ramesh were married for 12 years and were leading a happy life until Ramesh began to suspect her fidelity leading to frequent fights between the couple….
Money laundering case: HC grants bail to former MUDA Commissioner
July 3, 2026Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court granted bail on Wednesday to former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar in the money laundering case being investigated by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) over the alleged irregularities in the allotment of MUDA sites. Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order in proceedings initiated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act…
Airport warns against flashing laser lights
July 3, 2026Mysuru: The Airports Authority of India’s (AAI) Mysore Airport at Mandakalli on the Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway has raised serious concerns over the increasing use of laser lights directed at aircraft, warning that such acts could jeopardise flight safety by impairing pilots’ vision during critical phases of take-off and landing. In a press release, Airport Director P.V. Ushakumari issued a strong public advisory…
Record Rangoli of Sri Raghavendra Swamy…
July 3, 2026Mysuru artists’ 45,144 sq. ft. long Rangoli enters Book of World Records; feat at Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt premises in Mantralaya Mysuru: A giant rangoli of Sri Raghavendra Swamy, along with Panchamukhi Anjaneya and Sri Krishna, drawn by a team of artists from Mysuru, led by Puneeth, at Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt premises in Mantralaya, has entered the Book of World Records. As part of Akshaya Tritiya, artists Puneeth, C. Lakshmi, R. Harshith and K.B. Kumaraswamy, in coordination with Raghavendra Swamy devotee, realtor Venkatachala, drew…
Free health camp on Banumaiah anniversary
July 3, 2026Mysuru: Marking the 166th birth anniversary of Dharma Prakasha Rao Bahaddur D. Banumaiah, the Founder of D. Banumaiah Educational Institutions, the city’s D. Banumaiah Yuva Brigade has organised a free health check-up camp in D. Banumaiah College premises on New Sayyaji Rao Road at 12 noon on July 5 (Sunday). The camp has been organised in association with the city’s Suyog Multi-speciality Hospital. The event will also have a free eye…









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