Mysuru: A woman from Periyapatna, who was lodged at Himachal Hospital of Mental Health and Rehabilitation at Shimla, will be brought to Mysuru tonight to be reunited with her family. She is expected to arrive in city at 9.30 pm. The Mysuru District Administration that was making all efforts to bring Saraswathi alias Padma back…
Slashed Shatabdi fares increases revenue for Railways
August 2, 2018Mysuru: The discounted fare in Shatabdi train between Mysuru and Bengaluru has not only increased the passenger traffic between the two cities but even the revenue has gone up. According to the Railway sources, the revenue in the year 2017 due to slash in fares in the Shatabdi train has increased when compared to the…
Mysore Palace Board website glitch hits online ticketing system
August 2, 2018Mysuru: Online ticketing facility has been affected following a glitch in the Mysore Palace Board website since yesterday. Star of Mysore office received many calls from tourists since last evening with the callers complaining that the website www.mysorepalace.gov.in which used to provide e-ticketing facility was defunct. Future Design Technologies had designed and upgraded the interactive…
School atop Chamundi Hill ransacked by miscreants
August 2, 2018Mysuru: Miscreants broke into the Chamundi Betta Higher Primary School atop Chamundi Hill last night and ransacked rooms leaving all the classrooms in total disarray. Students and teachers, who came to the school this morning, were left dazed. The miscreants entered the classrooms breaking the tiled roof of the school and rummaged through the books…
MBA student arrested for robbing Kerala tourists
August 2, 2018Nanjangud: An MBA student has been booked in Nanjangud for robbery. After robbing a few tourist students from Kerala, the accused, under the influence of drugs and alcohol, drove away with their vehicle only to meet with an accident. He has now been remanded to 15-day judicial custody. The accused MBA student has been identified…
Tigress found dead in Kabini backwaters; Big Cat was electrocuted, confirms post-mortem
August 2, 2018Mysuru: Veterinarians, who conducted post-mortem of the carcass of the tigress which was found dead in Kabini backwaters yesterday, have confirmed that it had died of electrocution. When the Forest staff removed the carcass from the water, they found that the claws of the tigress missing and on searching nearby, a black plastic cover was…
Five bike-lifters arrested: Eight two-wheelers worth about Rs.5.5 lakh recovered
August 2, 2018Mysuru: In separate operations, the Metagalli and V.V. Puram Police have arrested five persons on charges of lifting two-wheelers and have recovered eight two-wheelers worth about Rs.5.5 lakh from them. The Metagalli Police, during an operation conducted on July 31 near Akshaya Palace Hotel on the Ring Road, arrested two persons who were standing near…
Raid on beauty parlours: Accused Hemavathi and others remanded to judicial custody
August 2, 2018Mysuru: As the time given by the Court for the Police ended, all the accused including Hemavathi, who were in Police custody for interrogation were produced before the Court yesterday and the Court has remanded the accused to judicial custody till Aug.13. It may be recalled that the Police, who raided two beauty parlours at…
Serial thefts in city during Lunar Eclipse: One gang used one car for burglaries, say Police
August 2, 2018Mysuru: The City Police are looking at all angles to crack the case where eight shops were burgled on a single night last week. So far, the Police teams have gathered some CCTV visuals where the clues have pointed out at the involvement of one gang that used one vehicle. It may be recalled here…
World Breast-Feeding Week: ‘Breast milk is an elixir for all problems of infants’
August 2, 2018Mysuru: Marking World Breast-Feeding Week, the Department of Women and Child Welfare had organised a function at Cheluvamba Hospital premises here yesterday to create awareness among people on importance of breast milk. Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Director, Department of Women and Child Welfare, K. Radha opined that breast milk would prevent respiratory and other…















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