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Woman ends life over hubby’s debt
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Woman ends life over hubby’s debt

January 27, 2025

Gundlupet: Upset over her husband in debt, a woman has committed suicide by allegedly hanging self at Kotekere village in the taluk. Madevi (26), wife of Ningaraju, of the village, is the deceased person. Her husband had taken a loan of Rs. 5 lakh to build a house. She was always worrying about the same….

Bihar boy dies as stone slab falls at a granite factory
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Bihar boy dies as stone slab falls at a granite factory

January 27, 2025

Mysuru: A 17-year-old boy from Bihar, who had come to see his brother, who was working at a granite factory in city, was killed after a stone slab fell on him at the factory on Thursday. The deceased boy is Sahanoor Alam (17), brother of Azarulla Islam, a helper at Maruthi Granite Factory at Maidanahalli…

KPTCL employee killed in accident
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KPTCL employee killed in accident

January 27, 2025

Mysuru: In a tragic accident, K. Bhagya, a Station Assistant Grade 2 employee of Hootagalli Division of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL), was killed near the Koorgalli bus stop this morning. The accident occurred while Bhagya was riding her two-wheeler. The accident site, where road repair work was underway, proved hazardous. Eyewitness accounts suggest…

Jumbos hold up traffic on Mysuru-Ooty Highway!
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Jumbos hold up traffic on Mysuru-Ooty Highway!

January 25, 2025

Mysuru: An unexpected traffic jam lasting nearly an hour disrupted the Mysuru-Ooty National Highway-766 near Bandipur in Gundlupet taluk last evening. The gridlock occurred when three elephants gathered to feast on broken rice accidentally spilt on the road by a goods vehicle. The incident caused vehicles to queue up on both sides of the road,…

Bangalore Palace land row: Cabinet to promulgate Ordinance to bypass TDR
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Bangalore Palace land row: Cabinet to promulgate Ordinance to bypass TDR

January 25, 2025

Bangalore Palace (Utilisation and Regulation of Land) Ordinance, 2025 gives full control to the Government Bengaluru: In a significant move, the Karnataka Cabinet last evening decided to promulgate an Ordinance allowing the Government to forgo the Rs. 3,011.66 crore Transferable Development Rights (TDR) payment mandated by the Supreme Court to the erstwhile royal family of…

Pramoda Devi Wadiyar slams Ordinance; Vows legal battle
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Pramoda Devi Wadiyar slams Ordinance; Vows legal battle

January 25, 2025

‘Palace land denied TDR while land for Bengaluru Metro project gets 150 percent of market value’ Mysuru: Member of the erstwhile Mysore royal family, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, has sharply criticised the Karnataka Government for creating confusion by deciding to issue an Ordinance to acquire Bangalore Palace land without granting TDR. “We will continue our legal…

State taking Ordinance route is unjust move: Raja Chandra
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State taking Ordinance route is unjust move: Raja Chandra

January 25, 2025

Mysuru: “The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to take over the entire Bangalore Palace land through an Ordinance. Even this has to have the Governor’s signature. This decision comes amidst threat of contempt of Court. Let us see what the Supreme Court says on Feb. 4,” said R. Raja Chandra, a member of erstwhile Mysore royal…

MCC gets new Commissioner
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MCC gets new Commissioner

January 25, 2025

To assume charge on Monday Mysuru: Effecting a reshuffle of bureaucrats, the State Government on Friday transferred 12 IAS Officers. According to the transfer orders, Shaikh Tanveer Asif, who was serving as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mandya Zilla Panchayat (ZP), has been posted as the new Commissioner of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) in place…

Warning against hiring rowdy elements for loan recovery
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Warning against hiring rowdy elements for loan recovery

January 25, 2025

CM Siddaramaiah meets Micro Finance Institutions; asks them to adopt fair business practices Bengaluru: Amid growing outrage, particularly among the rural population, over the coercive tactics used by Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) for loan recovery, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah convened a meeting with MFI representatives at his official residence, Krishna, in Bengaluru this morning. Siddaramaiah urged…

Kuvempunagar’s Vijaya Bank Circle transforming as Nijalingappa Circle
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Kuvempunagar’s Vijaya Bank Circle transforming as Nijalingappa Circle

January 25, 2025

Development works of Sri Shivakumara Swamiji Circle stopped midway Mysuru: With the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) taking  up S. Nijalingappa Circle (Vijaya Bank Circle) development works on Vishwamanava Double Road in Kuvempunagar, the Traffic Police have partially blocked all the four roads leading to the Circle, which has hampered traffic movement on this ever-busy road,…

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