Mysuru: Right to Information (RTI) activist Snehamayi Krishna has urged the authorities to either install the name board of Princess Road on Mysuru-KRS Road in the city at the earliest or give permission to install the board with the help of general public. In his request to Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Ashaad-Ur-Rahman Shariff on…
Police behaved like ‘contract killers’
December 31, 2024MLC C.T. Ravi escalates dispute with Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar to Governor’s Office Bengaluru: The ongoing feud between Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar and BJP MLC C.T. Ravi has intensified, with Ravi taking his grievances to the Governor’s office. In a significant move, Ravi met the Governor yesterday, detailing events that transpired during the Legislative Council session and…
MP Yaduveer Wadiyar laments lapses in KPSC re-exam
December 31, 2024Mysuru: A day after the KPSC (Karnataka Public Service Commission) conducted the KAS re-exam for appointment of 384 gazetted probationer posts, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has lamented the lapses in the translation of question paper and mix-up of OMR sheets of candidates. In a post on social media site X, Yaduveer said the…
Opposition Leader R. Ashoka hits out at Govt. on translation errors
December 31, 2024Bengaluru: Opposition Leader R. Ashoka too has hit out against the State Government for the recurrence of translation errors in the KAS re-exam held on Sunday. In a press statement released at Bengaluru on Monday, Ashoka alleged that the political interference of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had resulted in serious lapses on the part of KPSC…
SWR Mysuru Division revises train timings
December 31, 2024New time-table with effect from Jan. 1, 2025 Mysuru: The South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, has revised the Railway time-table and the new train timings will come into force with effect from 1.1.2025. Arrival and departure timings of several trains leaving/arriving from Mysuru and other Stations across Indian Railways have been revised. The SWR,…
Noted orator Sudha Baragur bereaved
December 31, 2024Bengaluru: Jayaprakash Baragur (67), husband of renowned orator Sudha Baragur, passed away at a private hospital here yesterday. He was suffering from heart related issues and former Director of Jayadeva Hospital and sitting MP, Dr. C.N. Manjunath, had operated on him. Jayaprakash is survived by his wife, a daughter and a host of relatives. Arrangements…
Avoid posting travel plans on social media: DCP
December 31, 2024Mysuru: DCP (Law and Order) M. Muthuraju has cautioned the people against posting any information related to their travel plans on social media, with New Year celebrations in the offing. He was speaking after flagging off the awareness drive through street play about ‘Crime Prevention and Women’s Safety,’ organised by Narasimharaja (NR) Sub-Division, as part…
Temple burgled at Yelwal: Goddess’ mangalya chain, silver ornaments, hundi cash stolen
December 31, 2024Mysuru: Burglars, who broke into a temple by breaking open the lock of the temple’s rear door, have decamped with the gold mangalaya chain of the deity, silver ornaments and cash from the hundi. The burglary took place at Sri Lakshmi and Beera Temple at Doddamaragowdanahalli village at Yelwal hobli. The Temple Priest, after performing…
Chief Railway Ticket Inspector held for cheating competitive exam aspirants
December 31, 2024Bengaluru: The Vijayanagar Police of Bengaluru have busted a fake Government job racket, with the arrest of a South- Western Railway Chief Train Ticket Inspector on charges of cheating competitive exam aspirants to the tune of lakhs of rupees. The arrested has been identified as 49-year-old Govindaraj, who worked in South Western Railway Office at…
Saree theft at Chamundi Hill Temple: Police dismiss RTI activist’s plaint
December 31, 2024Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police have dismissed a complaint filed by RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna, alleging theft and black-market sale of sarees offered as gifts to the Goddess at Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill. Snehamayi Krishna had lodged the complaint at the city’s Krishnaraja Police Station, accompanied by a video clip, accusing M.J. Roopa, Secretary…















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