Mysuru: Adding to the long list of persons going missing from the city, a 35-year-old woman has gone missing from Metagalli Police Station limits in the latest such incident. Savitha, a home-maker, who left her house midnight on Dec.18, has not retuned since then, according to a complaint lodged with the Metagalli Police. Those who…
Youth killed in accident
December 26, 2017Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a youth was killed when the motorcycle he was riding collided head on with a canter near Manti on KRS Road in the outskirts of the city yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Rakesh (21), son of Mahendra, a resident of Moganahalli (Manti) on KRS Road. Rakesh, an employee…
House burgled in city
December 26, 2017Mysuru: Even as the City Police are busy observing Crime Prevention Month, burglars have struck the city, decamping with several articles from a house in broad daylight in Jayalakshmipuram yesterday. Kamath, a resident of Jayalaksmipuram Fifth Main, had gone out for lunch along with his family at about 1 pm, when burglars who managed to…
Winners of ISKCON Gita Quiz
December 26, 2017Mysuru: The following participants have won special prizes in the Gita Quiz – 2017 organised by ISKCON, Mysuru recently: Arati of Jayanagar, Dhanshri S. Patil (Gokulam), N. Latha (Gokulam), K. Leelavathi (Ramakrishna Nagar), Madhupriya (Krishnamurthypuram), Mane Vidhula Vijay (Jayanagar), Meghana P. Karanth (Jayanagar), P. Nagaraju (Kuvempunagar), G. Narayana Rao (T. K. Layout), Panduranga Vittal (Chamundipuram),…
Pensioners’ Day celebrated by Railway Pensioners Assn.
December 26, 2017Mysuru: Railway Pensioners’ Welfare Association, Mysuru, celebrated the Pensioners’ Day recently at SC/ST Association Hall in city. Prashanth Mastiholi, Sr. Divisional Personnel Officer, Mysuru, addressed the gathering. Armugam, Association President, spoke of the origin of pension scheme and highlighted the decision given by Supreme Court in NAKARA case on 17.12.1982. N.Sainath, Working President, welcomed. C.G….
Best thesis awardee
December 26, 2017Mysuru: S.M. Goutham Konikar, a M.Tech in Urban and Regional Planning student of The School of Planning and Architecture, University of Mysore, has been selected for the second prize of Prof. V.N. Prasad National Best Thesis Award-2017 by the Institute of Town Planners India, New Delhi, for his thesis titled ‘Planning for Sustainable Urban Transport…
Ph.D awardees
December 26, 2017Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Geography to Mushtaq Ahmad Ganie for his thesis ‘Estimation of acreage and production of selected horticulture crops using remote sensing in Pulwama District of Kashmir valley’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. Asima Nursath. Bhat Satish Shankar has been awarded Ph.D in Statistics by the…
Xmas spirit pervades Mysuru
December 25, 2017Mysuru: Despite biting cold, thousands of Christians thronged several churches in city to attend the midnight mass yesterday heralding Christmas celebrations. People were seen offering prayers, lighting candles and wishing one another to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with pomp and gaiety. Mass prayers were conducted by the priests. The centre of attraction was…
Public roads used as paddy, ragi threshing ground causing accidents
December 25, 2017Mysuru: The tradition of threshing paddy, horse gram and ragi crops on roads to separate the crop from the sheaves has caused much inconvenience to drivers (at times accidents) on roads and highways. Last evening, a couple of cars and SUVs were involved in a series of accidents occurring at Shiramalli near Yelamathur Gate (Handpost-N.Begur…
Hunsur Road near Paduvarahalli opens to traffic after 2 months
December 25, 2017Mysuru: The work on the installation of 17 magic boxes on the Hunsur Road stretch between Paduvarahalli and Kukkarahalli is complete and the road, which was closed for nearly two months opened to the traffic again from yesterday (Dec.24). At a simple function organised here yesterday, Mayor M.J. Ravikumar opened the stretch for traffic by…















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