Four elephants pressed into service; housed in Aloka at Yelwal Mysore/Mysuru: Following a tiger being spotted at Mysore Airport in Mandakalli late night on Jan. 4 and in the wee hours of Jan. 5, the Forest Department has summoned four Dasara elephants from Dubare Elephant Camp yesterday to conduct combing operations. The Forest Department have…
Warnings issued, but weak law enforcement leaves commuters exposed to repeated risks Mysore/Mysuru: Across several parts of Mysuru district, farmers have taken to threshing crops such as ragi, paddy and horse gram directly on asphalted roads, a practice that has raised serious safety concerns among motorists. Traditionally, crop threshing (okkane) was carried out in designated…
Mysore/Mysuru: A day before the bomb threat to the Mysuru Law Courts Complex, the Regional Institute of Education (RIE) at Manasagangothri received a similar threat. The e-mail threat, received on Monday (Jan. 5), came to light later. The Mysuru Court Complex received the threat e-mail on Jan. 6. Based on a complaint lodged by RIE…
Mahadevapura-SRS Prakruthi Nagar Junction filled with filth, raising a stink Mysore/Mysuru: The intersection of Mahadevapura and SRS Prakruthi Nagar on the outskirts of the city has turned into an open waste disposal spot, with garbage littered along the roadside, drawing the ire of motorists and pedestrians who are forced to curse the authorities for the…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday began hearing a number of interlocutory applications in the stray dogs case, with a three-Judge Bench flagging safety concerns over the animals on highways. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N.V. Anjaria said that no one can read the animal’s mind when it is in a…
Mysore/Mysuru: Online fraudsters on the pretext of doubling money in share market have duped a city resident of Rs. 1.77 crore. The victim, a 51-year-old resident of J.P. Nagar in city, received a message on his WhatsApp in December about doubling money in share market and trading. The resident was then made to download Polen…
Dr. P.S. Harsha new DIGP, Suman D. Pennekar SP Ballari: DIGP (Ballari Range) Vartika Katiyar was transferred today, making her the second IPS Officer to face action in relation to the recent Ballari clashes, in which a Congress party worker died of gunshot injuries. Another IPS Officer Dr. P.S Harsha, who was waiting for posting,…
Mysore/Mysuru: H.P. Ashwin (45), a wildlife photographer, filmmaker, naturalist and a resident of K.R. Mohalla in Mysuru, passed away following a heart attack at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu yesterday night. A bachelor, he is survived by his mother and younger brother. The body is expected to arrive in city at about 8.30 pm today. Last…
Hanagod: A tiger, aged about 6 years, which was creating havoc in villages bordering the forest and attacking livestock, was trapped in a cage near Hanagod village in Hunsur yesterday and has been shifted to Bannerghatta in Bengaluru. Following complaints from villagers about the tiger causing problems, the Forest Department had placed a cage in…
Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 53 Police Inspectors and 19 Dy.SPs serving across the State have been transferred by the State Government. Among those transferred is Dy.SP Mohammed Hasmath Khan, who was serving at Karnataka Police Academy (KPA) in Mysuru. Following direction from DG&IGP, senior IPS Officer Soumendu Mukherji has transferred Hasmath Khan to Holenarasipur Sub-Division…
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