Mysuru: City’s 5th Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of murdering his wife. The man, who was sentenced is Nayeem Pasha, a resident of Honnammanakatte village in H.D. Kote taluk. He was accused of doubting his wife Salma Banu and later murdering her by…
Man arrested for posting obscene messages about woman on social media
September 19, 2024Mysuru: Krishnaraja (KR) Police have arrested a man on charges of posting obscene messages about a woman on a community WhatsApp group. The arrested man is Rameshkumar Maali. Rameshkumar, who had created community WhatsApp group, had included the mobile phone numbers of one Varmaram Maali and his wife. After a few days, Varmaram and his…
National Symposium on Women’s Safety at Work
September 18, 2024Top NHRC officials deliberate in city Mysuru: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has stressed the need for safety and social audits of cities and institutions to better understand existing gaps and issues related to women’s safety in India. These remarks were made this morning during the National Symposium on Women’s Safety at Work and…
Robberies ignite safety concerns on NH-275
September 18, 2024Mysuru: Despite the Mandya, Ramanagara and Bengaluru Rural Police successfully slashing accident rates through AI-enabled speed monitoring and hefty fines on the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway-275, travellers are now raising alarms over the Police’s failure to crack down on robberies and vehicle waylaying by criminals to loot them. The 119-km stretch is fast becoming a haven…
Captain ‘Abhimanyu’ to carry Wooden Howdah this evening
September 18, 2024Mysuru: Abhimanyu, the Howdah Elephant Jumboo Savari, who is undergoing training on Jumboo Savari route (Raja Margha) along with other Dasara elephants, will be rehearing with the Wooden Howdah, the replica of the Golden Howdah, from this afternoon (4 pm). The Wooden Howdah, which is in the custody of the Mysore Palace Board, was handed…
Mysore Palace being spruced up for Dasara
September 18, 2024Repair of chandeliers at Durbar Hall, silver paint for ornamental lamp posts, nurturing of rose garden and topiary to greet visitors during Navarathri underway Mysuru: With Nada Habba Mysuru Dasara Festival-2024 fast approaching, the Mysore Palace premises is being spruced up, with a fresh coat of paint and repair of chandeliers, that add glitter to…
Finance Minister urged to exempt black pepper from GST
September 18, 2024Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to request the continued exemption of pepper from Goods and Services Tax (GST). “Met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to discuss GST exemption for black pepper, a vital issue for farmers in Kodagu, Hassan and Chikkamagalur districts. Requested continuation of the exemption, citing its…
MP seeks 280-km Railway barricading to tackle human-elephant conflict
September 18, 2024Pursues extension of Tirupati-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express to Mysuru benefiting devotees Mysuru: MP Yaduveer Wadiyar called on Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav in Delhi yesterday urging him to address the human-elephant conflict in Kodagu and Mysuru. The movement of elephants through coffee estates and agricultural lands causes significant crop loss due…
Khata for prime land near Kuvempu Trust on Kalidasa Road: Mysuru DC issues show-cause notice to MCC Commissioner
September 18, 2024Mysuru: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy has issued a show-cause notice to Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Ashaad-Ur-Rahman Shariff, demanding an explanation regarding the illegal Khata registration to a family for 10 acres of land worth crores of rupees, located adjacent to the Kuvempu Trust on Kalidasa Road in Jayalakshmipuram. On Sept. 15,…
‘Talakad Gangas started Dasara, not Vijayanagar kings’
September 18, 2024Mysuru: Gangas of Talakad are the inspiration behind Mysuru Dasara and not Vijayanagara Kingdom of Hampi, said Historian Dr. Talkad Chikkarangegowda. Presiding over the two-day national seminar on ‘Ganga Dynasties and Contributions to Karnataka Society and Culture’ organised by Department of History Studies and Research, Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Muktagangothri, here recently, Chikkarangegowda said…















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