Mysuru: The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) in Bengaluru has submitted a report to Mandya DC (a copy of which is with SOM) regarding loud sounds and vibrations experienced in Mysuru, Mandya, Pandavapura regions surrounding the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam on Sept. 25. The high-intensity sound was heard on Sept.25 at 2.37…
Ayodhya: Supreme Court to hear main petition from Oct. 29
September 27, 2018New Delhi: The Supreme Court by 2:1 majority has decided this afternoon that a Three-Judge Bench would soon begin hearing in the Ayodhya land dispute, pending in the top court for last seven years. The Court declined plea to refer the Ismail Farooqui case (Mosque not essential for Namaz) to the larger Bench. Thus, Ayodhya…
Dasara Jumbos acclimatised to cannon sound
September 27, 2018Mysuru: The ‘Cannon Squad,’ comprising 30 Policemen from City Armed Reserve (CAR) this morning conducted cannon firing test for Dasara Jumbos to acclimatise the elephants and horses to the bombarding sound. The Squad was led by CAR DCP B.V. Kittur, ACP Suresh and ASIs Nagaraj and Kumar. All 12 Dasara elephants and 12 horses were…
Ministers call on Pramoda Devi
September 27, 2018Mysuru: Ahead of Dasara, Mysuru District Minister G.T. Devegowda, Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh and Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar called on Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, member of erstwhile Mysore royal family, at Mysore Palace yesterday. During their talks, the Ministers sought the royal family’s support for the successful celebration of Dasara. Mahesh also informed Pramoda Devi…
World Tourism Day celebrated in city
September 27, 2018Police Band to perform in the backdrop of illuminated Palace this evening Mysuru: The Mysore Palace came alive on the occasion of World Tourism Day today jointly organised by the District Administration, Tourism Department, Palace Board, Mysuru Travels Association (MTA) and Mysuru Hoteliers Association in the Palace premises. District Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) and Yaduveer…
Medical Stores Bandh tomorrow against Centre’s stand on Online Pharmacies
September 27, 2018Mysuru: In response to the Nationwide strike call given by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) and The Karnataka Chemists and Druggists Association (KCDA), in protest against the Centre’s stand on online sale of medicines, all medical shops will observe a one-day bandh in the city on Sept. 28 (tomorrow). While Mysuru…
Adultery is no more a crime, SC scraps 158-year-old law
September 27, 2018New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) this morning unanimously struck down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that makes adultery a punishable offence for men. In four separate but concurring judgments, the Five-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court said the 158-year-old law was unconstitutional and fell foul of Article 21 (Right to life…
Minister Mahesh asks BSP cadres to gear up for LS polls
September 27, 2018‘Congress Grass’ comment blown out of proportion Mysuru: Primary and Secondary Education Minister N. Mahesh of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) that has an alliance with JD(S) in Karnataka has asked his party workers to get ready for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Mahesh was speaking to party workers after inaugurating the BSP District office on…
Puttige Seer’s Chaturmasya at Dallas concludes
September 27, 2018Mysuru: Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji of Udupi Puttige Mutt, one of the Ashta Mutts, conducted his 45th Chaturmasya at Dallas in the United States of America. The Chaturmasya events began on Aug.11 and were completed on Sept.23. This is the 10th Chaturmasya conducted by the Seer on a foreign soil. Chaturmasya (literally “four months”) is…
Four burglars arrested for looting shops; 17 cases solved
September 27, 2018Mysuru: City Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths have arrested four shop burglars on charges of looting shops in Saraswathipuram, Kuvempunagar, Udayagiri, Nazarbad and Vijayanagar Police limits in city and at other Police limits in various districts of the State, thus solving a total of 17 burglary cases. The four accused were arrested on Devanahalli Main Road…















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