To inaugurate Sargur Taluk tomorrow Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will undertake a two-day tour of Mysuru on Jan.11 and12. First, he will land at the helipad located behind Vivekananda Hospital at Sargur in H.D. Kote at 11 am on Jan. 11. Later, he will inaugurate various development programmes at a function to be held at…
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Businessman found hanging: Brother suspects murder, lodges complaint
January 10, 2018Hunsur: A businessman from Hosaholalu village in K.R. Pet taluk in Mandya district was found hanging from a tree near Kattemalalawadi village in Hunsur taluk of Mysuru yesterday. Brother of the deceased, who suspected it to be a murder, has lodged a complaint with Hunsur Rural Police in this regard. The deceased businessman has been…
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Erratic driving by youth: Four vehicles damaged, woman injured
January 10, 2018Mysuru: Erratic and haphazard driving by a youth has resulted in a woman sustaining injuries and four vehicles being damaged at Kuvempunagar here yesterday morning. It is reported that the youth, driving a Hyundai car (KA-09 MC-9726) from RMP Quarters side tried to avoid hitting a Hero Honda Splendor bike which was moving in front…
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Bike-borne miscreants snatch purse woman near Kalamandira
January 10, 2018Mysuru: Two bike-borne miscreants have snatched the purse of one Nagarathna, a LIC employee, who was proceeding on a scooter near Kalamandira a few days ago. In her complaint with Jayalakshmipuram Police, she has stated that the purse contained Rs.18,000 cash, a gold chain, gold pendant, earrings and mobile phone.
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Bhavasar Kshatriya award winners felicitated
January 10, 2018Scholarships distributed to students Mysuru: Bhavasar Kshatriya Mandali had organised a function at Panduranga Vittalaswamy Temple premises on Kabir Road here recently to distribute scholarships to students of the community studying from 7th standard to Degree classes. Over Rs. 4 lakh scholarship amount was distributed to about 450 students. The occasion also marked the felicitation…
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SWR GM inaugurates ‘Project Saksham’
January 10, 2018To upgrade skill sets of Railway workforce Mysuru: A.K. Gupta, General Manager of South Western Railway (SWR), launched Project “Saksham” at Hubballi recently. Project “Saksham” is a concentrated capsule of training for all Railway employees in a short period of time to boost their productivity and efficiency. SWR is thus one of the first Railways…
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Specially-abled children and parents stage demonstration
January 10, 2018Mysuru: More than 100 specially-abled and cerebral-palsied children, along with their parents, staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here yesterday, under the banner of Vikalachetanara Abhyudaya Vedike, seeking fulfilment of their demands. The protesters demanded Rs. 5,000 monthly allowance to parents for taking care of specially-abled children; Bringing all therapies such…
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Protestors seek reduction in minimum balance of SB account
January 10, 2018Mysuru: Over 30 members of Karnataka Sena Pade staged a demonstration in front of State Bank of India (SBI) on Sayyaji Rao Road in city yesterday demanding that the quarterly average minimum balance in Savings Bank (SB) account be reduced from the present Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 500. Claiming that Rs.3,000 minimum balance rule was…
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INS condemns FIR against journalist in Aadhaar data leak case
January 10, 2018New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has expressed concern over an FIR filed by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) against the newspaper The Tribune for running an article that allegedly exposed a data breach of the Aadhaar project. In a press statement, the INS President Akila Urankar condemned UIDAI’s action “to have…
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Talk on ‘Nagalapuram Trek’
January 10, 2018Mysuru: People Tree, in association with Regional Museum of Natural History (RMNH), has organised a talk on ‘Adventures in Nagalapuram Range of Eastern Ghats’ by Radhakrishna Murthy from Chennai Trekking Club at RMNH premises in Siddartha Layout, on Jan.13 at 11 am. Scientist in-Charge of RMNH-Mysuru Indiresh will preside over the event. For details, contact…
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