Mysuru: Railway has permitted Line Block for non-interlock work at Devaraja Railway Station from Mar.3 to 4. As such, Train No. 56921, Hubballi – Belagavi Passenger will be cancelled on Mar. 2 and paring Train No. 56922, Belagavi – Hubballi Passenger will be cancelled on Mar. 3. Train No. 51419/51420, Miraj – Hubballi – Miraj…
Unidentified body found
March 1, 2018Mysuru: Saraswathipuram Police, on Feb.26, have found a body of an unidentified man near the Village Hostel Block No.5 coming under their jurisdiction. The unidentified man, who seemed to be a beggar, is 5.2 ft. tall, 45-50 years old, round faced, normal built, dark complexioned and was found wearing a white and blue checks shirt…
Woman goes missing from city
March 1, 2018Mysuru: A 26-year-old woman, who left her house on Feb.24 at about 2.30 pm saying that she was going to work, has since gone missing from Hebbal Police limits in city. The missing woman, identified as Gowri Amrutha, is 5.1 ft. tall, wheatish complexioned, round faced, well-built, speaks Hindi, English, Telugu and Marathi and was…
Headless body of a woman found near Kalastavadi
March 1, 2018Mysuru: A headless body of a woman, cut into two pieces, was found behind a bridge near Kalastavadi village on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway this morning. Farmers, who were on their way to their agricultural fields, found the body without the head and informed the Police Control Room, which in-turn alerted the jurisdictional Metagalli Police. Metagalli Inspector…
II PU exams from tomorrow
February 28, 2018Mysuru: Over 6.90 lakh candidates across the State will appear for the II PU exams starting tomorrow at 10.15 am with fool-proof security in place. Tomorrow’s subjects are Economics and Physics. The examination session will end at 1.30 pm. This year, CCTV cameras have been installed at all 1,004 examination centres in the State and…
Money laundering case: Karti Chidambaram arrested
February 28, 2018Chennai: Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram was arrested in Chennai this morning in a corruption case. He is accused of receiving kickbacks to clear foreign investment worth around Rs. 300 crore in television company INX Media, using the influence of his father, who was then the Union Finance Minister. The initial case…
Kanchi Seer Sri Jayendra Saraswathi passes away
February 28, 2018Chennai: Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal (82), the 69th Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, passed away today. He was admitted to a hospital this morning reportedly after a cardiac arrest. He assumed charge as the Peetadhipathi of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham on March 22, 1994 after the demise of the then Peetadhipathi, Sri Chandrasekharendra Sarawathi Swamigal. Being…
Constitution of Cauvery Management Board: Centre decides to elicit opinions from States
February 28, 2018Bengaluru: Even as Union Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari was non-committal on a possible time frame for the constitution of the Cauvery Management Board, as mandated by the Supreme Court, the Centre has decided to elicit opinions on the constitution of the Board from Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, the States involved in…
Cauvery water dispute: Don’t handle dispute with eye on Karnataka elections, DMK tells BJP
February 28, 2018Chennai: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) yesterday flayed the BJP at the Centre on the Cauvery water dispute, saying it should not handle the matter with an eye on “electoral gains” in Karnataka elections, the upper riparian State in the river water sharing dispute. “The Prime Minister maintaining silence on the Cauvery issue by not…
Pramoda Devi Wadiyar seeks Khatha for Baby Betta, Doddakere Maidan
February 28, 2018Bengaluru: Member of the erstwhile royal family Pramoda Devi Wadiyar has urged the State Government to stop illegal mining at Baby Betta land in Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district and has asked the Government to issue Khatha for the 1,500 odd acres in her name as it is a private property belonging to Wadiyar family….
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