Hunsur: A man, suspecting that his wife was having an affair with a youth, hacked her to death with a machete at Mantikoppal village in the taluk yesterday. While the deceased woman has been identified as Lakshmi (35), the alleged killer husband has been identified as 45-year-old Dharma. Dharma, who suspected that his wife was…
Pillion rider killed as lorry hits bike
June 21, 2017Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a pillion rider was killed on the spot and the rider sustained serious injuries when a lorry hit the bike from behind near Royal Inn Hotel junction on KRS Road here on Monday evening. While the deceased pillion rider has been identified as Mahadeva (40), a resident of Udayagiri, the…
Samskruthotsava contests at BVB on July 15
June 21, 2017Mysuru, June 21- As part of 12th Sanskrit Day celebrations — ‘Samskruthotsava’ — following competitions have been organised at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Vijayanagar 1st Stage, on July 15 at 10 am: Category 1 (LKG & UKG): Story Telling in Sanskrit — Two students can participate from each school. Time limit for story narration is…
RT Nagar: Tentative list of allottees published
June 20, 2017Mysuru: The long wait for site aspirants of R.T. Nagar finally came to an end, with Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) announcing the provisional list of site allottees this morning. MUDA Chairman D. Dhruvakumar and Commissioner Dr. M. Mahesh released the provisional list of allottees of total 1,683 sites in RT Nagar (Rabindranath Tagore Nagar)…
MCC Ward 32 By-Election
June 20, 2017Mysuru: The stage is set for the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) by-election for Ward 32 that will be held on July 2. With less than a fortnight remaining for the polling day, the JD(S) and the BJP have already finalised their candidates while the Congress is still in search of a suitable candidate. The Ward…
Gates to be installed at all four entry points to Chamundi Hill
June 20, 2017Mysuru: The KR Police have decided to clamp down on alleged illegal activities going on in the Chamundi Hill, especially during night times. Even the Deputy Commissioner had approved the proposal to install the gates and CC TV cameras. As a step in this direction, the Police have started the work of installing the gates…
Manual scavenging: Police grill PDO
June 20, 2017Mysuru: Police are questioning Chamundi Hill Gram Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) Anand, who is accused of forcing a civic worker to get into a manhole to clean it. Sources said that Anand was brought by the K.R. Police from Bengaluru on Sunday (June 18). On June 7, President of Chamundi Hill Gram Panchayat Geetha and…
International Day of Yoga – June 21
June 20, 2017Mysuru: With hours left for the celebration of 3rd International Day of Yoga in city, the District Administration is all geared up to get Mysuru’s name etched in the Guinness Book of World Records by hosting more than 60,000 yoga enthusiasts to perform various asanas at the sprawling Mysore Race Course tomorrow (June 21). The…
HC asks State Govt. not to appoint teachers to non-teaching posts
June 20, 2017Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court Justice Vineet Kothari yesterday ruled that teachers should show their talent in teaching and leave clerical jobs to non-teaching staff. The HC also directed the State Government not to appoint teachers to non-teaching jobs. Justice Kothari gave the order while dismissing the petition filed by Prof R. Rajanna, former Registrar,…
‘Rs. 1,000 crore worth works pending in MP-LAD funds’
June 20, 2017Including Local Area Development grants from MLAs and MLCs Mysuru: MPs’, MLAs’ and MLCs’ Local Area Development (LAD) Funds of nearly Rs. 1,000 crore worth works are still pending in the State, said Renuka Chidambaram, Principal Secretary Planning Programme Monitoring & Statistics Department, Government of Karnataka, here this morning. Addressing a review meeting with officials…















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