Two windows of premium train damaged near Cantonment area; Police case filed Bengaluru: The glass windows of the Vande Bharat Express that travels between Mysuru and Chennai via Bengaluru were damaged last evening after some people threw stones at the high-speed train in Bengaluru, the South Western Railway (SWR) said in a statement. The train…
Woman killed, four injured as cars collide on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway
February 25, 2023Overspeeding, negligent driving only reasons for accidents, say NHAI Officers Srirangapatna: Speed thrills, but kills. Data till December 28, 2022, shows that the 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Access-Controlled Expressway (National Highway-275) witnessed 77 accidents in six months where 28 persons lost their lives and 67 persons sustained injuries. Adding to the list was one more accident that…
Unveiling of ‘Swami and Friends’ statues in Yadavagiri tomorrow
February 25, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Yadavagiri Residents Association has organised a programme to unveil the statues of ‘Swami and Friends’, the fictional characters in R.K. Narayan’s famous novel Malgudi Days, installed at Joy Ice Cream Factory Circle in Yadavagiri at 5 pm tomorrow (Feb. 26). MP Pratap Simha, MLA L. Nagendra, Mayor Shivakumar, MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy, Corporator…
Re-frame the Steel Frame
February 25, 2023As the case of IPS Officer Roopa Moudgil and IAS Officer Rohini Sindhuri plays out in the media with the allegations of land-grabbing making headlines, one is forced to ask, why do young Indians want to join the Civil Services? Is it to be of service to the nation and its people? Or is it…
Expansion of Mysore Airport: Hand over land already acquired: MP to officers
February 24, 2023Mysuru: With Rs. 320 crore already released and disbursed for land acquisition required for the expansion of Mysore Airport, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has directed officials to expedite the process of handing over 160 acres of land — to the Airports Authority of India — acquired as against 240 acres of land earmarked for the…
Farmers picket DC Office at Mandya
February 24, 2023Mandya: Seeking fulfillment of their various demands, which chiefly included fixation of FRP (Fair and Remunerative Price) for Sugarcane at Rs. 4,500 per tonne and Milk Procurement price at Rs. 40 per litre, thousands of farmers picketed the Mandya Deputy Commissioner’s (DC’s) Office here on Thursday. Thousands of farmers, along with bullock carts and tractors…
Seeking divine intervention to find a ‘match made in heaven’: Bachelors walk to M.M. Hills
February 24, 2023Bharathinagar; Over 70 bachelors, aged above 30, from K.M. Doddi village near Mandya have begun a three-day ‘Brahmacharigala Padayatre’ (bachelors’ march) to Male Mahadeshwara Temple (M.M. Hills) in Chamarajanagar seeking God’s help in finding a match for their marriage. The march was flagged off by Kannada actor Daali Dhananjaya in the wee hours of yesterday…
PM to inaugurate Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway at Maddur on March 11
February 23, 2023Modi to lay foundation stone for Medical Varsity and Health City campus in Ramanagara Mysore/Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka on Mar. 11 and he will inaugurate the new National Highway-275 that has been developed as a 10-lane Access-Controlled Expressway between Mysuru and Bengaluru. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru yesterday, Minister for Higher…
Sri Chamarajendra School for Excellence on NEP-2020 model
February 23, 2023An overall facelift for earlier Sri Chamaraja Ursu Boarding School at Krishnaraja Boulevard Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Chamarajendra School for Excellence was inaugurated at Krishnaraja Boulevard in Chamarajapuram yesterday. This is the extended contribution of Wadiyars of Mysore, responsible for setting up institutions like the University of Mysore, Maharaja’s and Maharani’s College and several others. Sri Chamarajendra…
RTI activist releases audio clip of IPS Roopa’s conversation with him
February 23, 2023Open sparring between two women bureaucrats reaches the Court Bengaluru/Mysuru: In the latest development to the bitter public spat between IPS Officer D. Roopa and IAS Officer Rohini Sindhuri Dasari, an audio clip was released yesterday where Roopa purportedly claims that she requested the transfer of her husband, IAS Officer Munish Moudgil, from the Survey,…
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