Mysuru: In separate incidents, miscreants have snatched a phone of a student and a purse of a woman in city. In the first incident, Rejen Namgyal, a 2nd PU student at St. Philomena’s College and a native of Ladak, was walking towards her home and speaking over the phone near Subashnagar Park at about 2…
House burgled: Gold jewels worth Rs. 4 lakh, Rs. 25,000 cash looted
August 7, 2017Mandya: House burglars, who struck a house at T.B. Layout in Nagamangala taluk last night, have decamped with gold ornaments worth about Rs. 4 lakh and Rs. 25.000 cash from the house. The burglary took place at the house of Prabhakar, a native of Sathanur near Mandya, who had taken the house on Kote Betta…
Two from city among three killed in road accident near Maddur
August 6, 2017Mysuru: Two persons from city were among three killed in an accident that occurred near Maddur on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway at around 1 am today. Three more persons were injured and they have been admitted to Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS). The victims are 28-year-old Shakeel Ahmed, a resident of Udayagiri, 29-year-old Farooq, a resident…
Mega health camp marks Sreenivasa Prasad’s birthday
August 6, 2017Mysuru: A free mega health check-up and treatment camp marked the 70th birthday celebrations of former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad where more than 4,000 people from Ashokapuram, Krishnamurthypuram and surrounding areas underwent health check-up and treatment in city this morning. The camp, organised by V. Sreenivasa Prasad Abhimani Balaga at the Government High School premises…
More bicycles to augment ‘Trin Trin’ during Dasara
August 6, 2017Mysuru: District Administration intends to increase the number of bicycles under the ‘Trin Trin’ scheme, India’s first Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system to attract tourists during Dasara. This was disclosed by Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep who held a meeting yesterday in his office here to review the performance of the project which was launched two…
Perumbadi Road opened for movement of buses after repair
August 6, 2017Virajpet: The Perumbadi Road near here linking Kodagu and Kerala, which had caved-in owing to incessant rains last month, has been repaired and buses were allowed to ply on the road from yesterday. Five days ago, the road was thrown upon for Light Motor Vehicles. However, a ban continues on movement of huge trucks and…
SKYWATCH: Partial Lunar Eclipse tomorrow
August 6, 2017The most effective, amazing and evident astronomical event in the sky is an ‘Eclipse.’ Mysureans are highly privileged to witness a partial lunar eclipse on Aug.7. The Partial Lunar Eclipse will be visible from South and East Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia. Only partial phase of the eclipse can be seen from all parts of…
Fearing separation, woman hangs self, partner follows suit
August 6, 2017Mysuru: Unable to break-off from her live-in partner, a 25-year-old woman committed suicide last night. Seeing her dead body, her partner too ended his life. The incident occurred at Kumbarakoppal and the couple has been identified as 38-year-old Venkatesh and Asha. Venkatesh was working as a driver and had married Roopa, a resident of Mallegowdanakoppal,…
Aged mother from Tamil Nadu comes to city in search of her daughter
August 6, 2017Mysuru: A distraught mother from Tamil Nadu, has approached Udayagiri Police for help, to trace her daughter who had come to city after marrying a man from Mysuru. The aged mother has been identified as Tamil Selvi and the daughter has been identified as Shubha. Tamil Selvi, who approached Udayagiri Police on Aug. 4, told…
Street plays create awareness on child labour eradication
August 6, 2017Mysuru: A four-day awareness programme on eradication of child labour through jathas and street plays, organised jointly by District Administration, Labour Department, Anti-Child Labour Society and Rural Literacy and Health Programme (RLHP), was launched yesterday in front of Labour Department Office in Kuvempunagar here. Launching the programme, Assistant Labour Commissioner A.C. Thammanna asked people to…















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