Four laptops, one mobile phone and one two-wheeler seized Mysuru: Nazarbad Police on Aug. 19, have arrested a youth on charges of stealing electronic gadgets such as laptops and mobile phones from parked cars after breaking the glass and have recovered four laptops and a mobile phone besides seizing the bike. The arrested youth has…
Girl, senior citizen go missing from city
August 22, 2017Mysuru: In separate incidents, a 21-year-old girl and an 85-year-old man has been reported missing from Mandi and Nazarbad. A 21-year-old girl, who left her house saying that she was going to the college has gone missing and a complaint has been lodged at Mandi Police Station. She has been identified as B.R. Amruta, who…
Man commits suicide
August 22, 2017Mysuru: A man, depressed over his liquor addiction, committed suicide by consuming poison laced liquor at a lodge in city yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Mahadevaswamy (48), a resident of Ramanuja Road in city. Mahadevaswamy, yesterday morning, took a room on rent at a lodge near Jaganmohan Palace, where he had allegedly consumed…
LPG cylinders stolen
August 22, 2017Mysuru: Two LPG cylinders, which were kept in front of a house at J.P. Nagar here, were stolen by miscreants and a complaint has been lodged at Vidyaranyapuram Police Station. Nagaraju, a resident of J.P. Nagar had kept two LPG cylinders under the stairs and had secured it with iron grills besides locking it. He…
Entries invited for Bravery Awards
August 22, 2017Mysuru: The Government of Karnataka has invited applications from children in the age group of 6-18 years, who have saved others lives by risking their own, for Hoysala and Keladi Chennamma Bravery Awards. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 and a citation. The incident must have occurred between August 2016 and July…
2008 Malegaon Blast Case: Supreme Court grants bail to Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit
August 21, 2017New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) today granted bail to Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Seven people were killed in a bomb blast on Sept.29, 2008, in Malegaon, a communally-sensitive textile town in the Nasik district of Northern Maharashtra. The National Investigating Agency (NIA) had opposed his bail during…
Car accident: Mysurean killed in Tamil Nadu
August 21, 2017Mysuru: A Mysurean, who was on his way to a temple in Tamil Nadu, was killed on the spot when the car he was travelling was hit by a Tavera vehicle on Tiruvannamalai Road, Krishnagiri District in Tamil Nadu yesterday morning. The deceased has been has been identified as Prashanth (32), a resident of Nanjumalige…
BJP delegation meets Governor, demands sacking of State Government
August 21, 2017Bengaluru: Accusing the Siddharamaiah Government of misusing the ACB (Anti Corruption Bureau) to target Opposition leaders, with the ACB registering two FIRs against State BJP Chief B.S. Yeddyurappa in connection with alleged de-notification of land for Shivarama Karanth Layout in Bengaluru, a BJP delegation met Governor Vajubhai R. Vala at Rajbhavan here this morning to…
CSR initiative helps rejuvenation of Lakes: DC
August 21, 2017Mysuru: The completely bone dry Thippayanakere (Thippayana Lake) on the Nanjangud-Ooty Outer Ring Road has now come fully alive with water completely filled in the Lake. There were nearly 30 Lakes in the city built by the Wadiyars, the erstwhile rulers of Mysuru. But, over the years most of them have been destroyed. However, with…
With Dasara round the corner: Hotchpotch works across city, a bane for residents
August 21, 2017Mysuru: District Administration claims to be busy beautifying the city for Dasara but the public is sore over the hasty and hotchpotch work on roads and pavements across the city, draining tax-payers money with poor workmanship. The city is always cursed with hasty last minute works for Dasara like filling of potholes and asphalting roads,…
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