Mysuru: Six tigers were sighted at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve on the third day of the State-wide tiger census yesterday. Today morning, one striped big cat was sighted near the Tiger Tank. The carnivore and mega herbivore sign survey taken up as part of All-India Tiger Estimation 2018 saw a surge in both carnivore and…
Half helmets are legal if they have ISI certification, says Bureau of Indian Standards
January 11, 2018Bengaluru: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has clarified that there are no restrictions on half helmets as long as they have an ISI mark. In response to a letter by Bengaluru Police, seeking details on standard parameters prescribed by it for helmets, BIS yesterday said all helmets with ISI mark are approved by it….
SEWAGE FARM STINK: Mysuru South Apartment residents threaten to boycott Assembly polls
January 11, 2018Mysuru: With no respite from the stink of the garbage piled up enormously at the Excel Solid Waste Management Plant or Sewage Farm at Vidyaranyapuram, Federation of Mysuru South Apartment Owners and Welfare Association has decided to boycott the forthcoming Assembly elections and also garner support of all the residents in Vidyaranyapuram and Chamundipuram through…
Operation Decoy: Two vanity bag snatchers arrested
January 11, 2018Rs. 1.7 lakh worth gold ornaments, bike and mobile phones recovered Mysuru: Vijayanagar Police, with the help of women staff and following instructions from City Police Commissioner Dr. A. Subrahmanyeswara Rao, who conducted ‘Operation Decoy’ near Vidyavardhaka College on Jan.8, have nabbed two vanity bag snatchers and have recovered gold ornaments and two mobile phones…
Threat calls, SMS: Security beefed up at Tanveer Sait’s house in city
January 11, 2018Mysuru: Security to Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait has been increased with two additional Policemen posted at his house on M.G. Road in Udyagiri, in city. This measure follows, after Sait complained receiving threat calls by underworld don Ravi Poojary. DCP N. Vishnuvardhana told SOM here this morning that there was a gunman…
Swadeshi and Organic Farming Expo to be inaugurated this evening
January 11, 2018Mysuru: The five-day Swadeshi and Organic Farming Expo- 2018, organised by Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, Mysuru, will be inaugurated at Maharaja’s College Ground here at 6 pm today. While the expo will be inaugurated by K. Sriram, Vice-President of CREDAI, Mysuru, Swadeshi Mela will be inaugurated by Vishwaprasad Alva, Managing Director of Skanray Technologies, Mysuru. RSS…
Group assault on man: Eight held, Cops prevent major crime
January 11, 2018Mysuru: Nazarbad Police have arrested eight youths including minors on charges of riot and assaulting a person in Siddarthanagar here. The arrested have been identified as Sunil, Shivadatta, Nanjunda, Yeshwanth, Nivedan and others. It is learnt that Sunil and Shivadatta were enemies and had earlier indulged in a fight near JSS Ayurveda College and Devegowda…
Man sentenced to life for murder
January 11, 2018Mysuru: The Third Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering a man on May 3, 2012 in Nanjangud. The person who has been sentenced for life has been identified as Mahadevaprasad. On May 3, 2012, Mahadevaprasad had asked for a beedi from one Murali at the Nestle factory…
Interaction with achievers
January 11, 2018Mysuru: Renowned Folk Scholar Dr. P.K. Rajashekar has been selected for the programme ‘An interaction with achievers’ being organised by the Department of Kannada and Culture tomorrow at 2 pm at Jayalakshmammanni Hall in Maharani’s Arts College here. MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha will inaugurate the programme. Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies Professor Dr. Nilagiri Talwar…
Natl. Youth Day tomorrow
January 11, 2018Mysuru: Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysuru, in association with Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala and Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education, Yadavagiri, will be celebrating National Youth Day on Jan.12 in a grand manner. Nearly 2,000 students from various schools along with teachers will be participating in the programme which begins with floral tribute to Swami Vivekananda’s…











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