Both pilots eject safely with parachutes; Court of Inquiry ordered to ascertain cause of accident Chamarajanagar: Two pilots of a light-weight Indian Air Force (IAF) Kiran Jet Trainer aircraft (HAL HJT-16 Kiran) had a providential escape after ejecting themselves from their plane before it crashed and turned into a fireball this noon. The incident occurred…
Transport Commissioner inspects accident spot that claimed 10 lives
June 1, 2023Rumble strips, widening of stretch, clearing of jungle to be taken up near Kurbur village on Mysuru-Kollegal Highway, T. Narasipur T. Narasipur: Following the recent ghastly road accident involving a car and private bus near Kurbur village on Mysuru-Kollegal Highway (NH-766) that claimed 10 lives of tourists from Ballari and the cab driver from Srirangapatna,…
Rain havoc in Kodagu
June 1, 2023584 electric poles, 26 transformers worth about Rs. 70 lakh damaged Madikeri: Though the countdown for monsoon has begun, pre-monsoon rains, accompanied by gusty wind, thunder and lightning which lashed Kodagu from Apr. 1 till yesterday (May 31), has caused huge loss to Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC). The rains and wind have damaged 584…
Govt. and aided Schools re-open
May 31, 2023MLAs, officials accord warm welcome to students Mysore/Mysuru: The Government and aided Lower Primary, Higher Primary and High Schools were re-opened today after summer holidays. Gates of a total of 3,446 schools across the district were warmly opened for school children who came enthusiastically to schools on the first day of the new academic year-2023….
Heavy rains, gusty wind wreak havoc in Virajpet, surrounding places
May 31, 2023Virajpet: Heavy rains, accompanied by gusty wind, thunder and lightning, which lashed Virajpet and surrounding places yesterday morning has brought down a huge branch of a tree on Virajpet-Siddapura Road near Sunkadakatte on hi-tension power lines, snapping the wires and bringing down a couple of electric poles in the process. This resulted in traffic coming…
Mysuru-Kushalnagar four-lane Highway: Project work to begin in a month, says MP
May 31, 2023Madikeri: Work on the four-lane Highway between Mysuru and Kushalnagar will start in a month, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. He was participating in a District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting at Madikeri yesterday. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already launched the Rs. 4,130 crore project to lay a 93-km-long Highway between Mysuru…
Ghastly road accident on Mysuru-Kollegal Highway
May 30, 2023Nine tourists from Ballari killed as car rams into bus T. Narasipur: In a ghastly road accident, 10 people including nine tourists from Ballari were killed on the spot, after the cab [Innova, a multi-utility vehicle (MUV)] they were travelling in rammed into a private bus coming from the opposite direction near Kurbur village in…
Free bus travel for all women: Transport Minister Reddy
May 30, 2023Congress decides on one of its five guarantees Bengaluru: Transport Minister R. Ramalinga Reddy today said that in accordance with the pre-poll guarantees of the Congress party, it has been decided to allow all women to travel for free in public transport buses. Speaking to press persons after holding a meeting with top officials of…
Chamarajanagar District Hospital crying for attention
May 30, 2023Patients bring table fans from home; Unhygienic conditions everywhere Chamarajanagar: The glaring apathy of the authorities concerned, lack of proper coordination among those in-charge and gross inadequacy in supply of financial grants during the last four years have all contributed to the complete disarray in the Chamarajanagar District Hospital. Patients are asked by the hospital…
Cleaning of Raja Kaluves, big drains begin
May 29, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to prevent Mysuru going the Bengaluru way during rains and wind, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is taking up measures to prevent any rain related disasters from taking place in city. Following complaints of weeds, overgrown bushes and silt inside Raja Kaluves and other big drains, hampering the smooth flow of sewage…
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