Mysuru: The District Administration has taken a decision to erect a War Memorial at a cost of Rs. 2 crore to honour the soldiers who have laid down their lives for the country. This decision is also taken in a bid to instil patriotism among students and youth of the city. The Ex-Servicemen Association had…
Man escapes from kidnappers in filmy style
May 22, 2017Mandya: A person, who was bound and placed inside the dickey of a car and being taken to an undisclosed placed by kidnappers, has managed to escape from the car in a filmy style near Shivalli in the taluk yesterday. The person, who was allegedly kidnapped, has been identified as Papu, son of Chikkaiah of…
Imitation jewellery stolen from fancy stores
May 22, 2017Mysuru: Miscreants, who broke into a fancy stores, have decamped with imitation jewellery worth thousands of rupees in city on Saturday night. The burglary took place at Sri Durga Handmade Jewellery Stores, which is located at Saraswathipuram 3rd Main, 5th Cross. Miscreants, who gained entry into the stores by forcibly opening the shutters of the…
Illegal LPG refilling unit raided
May 22, 2017Three arrested, weighing machine and other equipments seized Mysuru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) Police, acting on a tip off that illegal LPG refilling was taking place at a house in AJ Block of N.R. Mohalla, raided the place and have arrested three persons besides seizing various equipments and LPG cylinders from the house. The…
Rider killed as lorry hits scooter
May 22, 2017Mysuru: A two-wheeler rider was killed when a lorry hit his scooter near the K.R. Mills Police check-post here last evening. The deceased has been identified as Basavalingappa (59), a resident of Siddalingapura on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. Basavalingappa was proceeding on his scooter (KA-09 HB-5407) from Columbia Asia Hospital side towards Srirangapatna, when a Tamil Nadu…
Chain-snatched from senior citizen
May 22, 2017Mysuru: After a brief lull, chain-snatchers have struck again and this time they have targeted a senior citizen who was on her morning walk at Police Layout near Lalithadripura here. The woman, who lost her gold chain, has been identified as 65-year-old Siddarajamma, a resident of Lalithadripura. Siddarajamma, at about 7.30 am yesterday was returning…
Hubballi-Varanasi Weekly Express to be flagged off tomorrow
May 22, 2017Mysuru: Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu will flag off the inaugural special of the newly-introduced Train No. 17323/17324, Hubballi-Varanasi-Hubballi Weekly Express, through video link from Rail Bhavan, New Delhi, at 15:00 hrs. (3 pm) on May 23. Presently, connectivity between Hubballi – Varanasi and Hubballi – Jabalpur is very limited and through 2…
Two killed, one injured as car topples
May 22, 2017Srirangapatna: Two persons were killed on the spot, while another sustained serious injuries, when the car in which they were travelling toppled near T.M. Hosur Gate on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway late Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Trilok Jadav (25), a resident of Laggeri in Bengaluru and Roopesh (25), resident of Dasarahalli in Bengaluru….
ZP meeting discusses poor result in SSLC
May 22, 2017Mysuru: The district’s poor showing in the SSLC exam (2016-17) took centre stage at the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) General meeting that began at the ZP Hall here this morning. Even before the meeting agenda was placed before the members, ZP member from H.D. Kote taluk Venkataswamy moved a attention motion demanding an answer from the…
Officer plays good Samaritan, comes to nomad woman’s aid
May 22, 2017Mysuru: Food and Civil Supplies Senior Deputy Director Dr. K. Rameshwarappa, playing the role of a good Samartin, this morning helped a woman from a nomadic hamlet in Hunsur taluk, get a BPL card to avail free treatment for her husband, who is admitted to Jayadeva Hospital to undergo angiogram procedure. The nomad woman, identified…















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