Lanka Terror Attacks: Hoteliers asked to install metal detectors, barricades to frisk visitors Mysuru: In the wake of serial blasts in Sri Lanka, the city Police yesterday conducted separate meetings with representatives of various bodies including religious heads, mall and hotel establishments. Over 200 members attended the day-long meeting that was chaired by DCP (Law…
KRS Sluice Gates to be replaced at a cost of Rs. 69 crore World Bank aid
April 27, 2019Mysuru: For the first time in the history of the iconic Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, all the 136 sluice/ crest gates out of the total 153 will be replaced. The reservoir, constructed across River Cauvery, was conceived and executed by Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar and Sir M. Visvesvaraya in November 1911 and completed in 1931-32….
Pall of gloom over Drona’s sudden death
April 27, 2019Mysuru Dasara will miss both Senior and Junior Dronas Mysuru: Mysuru Dasara will miss Drona. The male elephant died of a suspected heart attack yesterday at Mathigodu Elephant Camp near Thithimathi in Kodagu inside the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. The end of the 39-year-old jumbo came when it was quenching its thirst. Drona first participated in…
GRS Snow Park Opens
April 27, 2019Mysuru: One cannot dream of experiencing snow in our city and for that we have to go all the way to the Himalayas, either to Kashmir or Shimla. However, Mysureans need not have to go that far now and instead experience the snow in all its chilly glory right here at the Snow Park. The…
Teasing wildlife invites fine at Bandipur National Park
April 27, 2019Gundlupet: Officials of Forest Department have begun to levy fines on tourists who are found teasing wild animals while passing through Bandipur National Park. The Department staff are on a regular patrol on the Ooty Road and Kerala Road falling under the Project Tiger Division closely monitoring the passing vehicles of tourists. Stopping a vehicle…
Death row convict flees from Hindalga jail
April 27, 2019Murugesh was awarded capital punishment for killing five persons at Harale village in Kollegal on May 11, 2015 Belagavi: A convict on death row, who was awarded capital punishment for the brutal murder of five persons at a Kollegal village in Chamarajanagar district, has escaped from Hindalga Jail in Belagavi where he was lodged. Murugesh…
Mysuru tourists cancel Lanka tickets, head to Bangkok
April 27, 2019Mysuru: There are a few tourists from the city who had planned their holidays in Sri Lanka. But after the serial bomb blasts that rocked the island nation last Sunday, they are scared to visit the country and have cancelled their flight tickets and instead chosen to go to Bangkok. Nearly 30 to 50 such…
High Court stays order on nullifying membership of City Corporator
April 27, 2019Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed the order of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Mysuru, that nullified the membership of BJP Corporator Guru Vinayaka who was elected to Mysuru City Corporator (MCC) from Ward 18. Justice S. Sunil Dutt Yadav granted stay to the Mysuru Court order after Guru Vinayaka had moved…
Toddler falls into water-filled vessel, dies in Maddur
April 27, 2019Mandya: A toddler died when she fell into a big vessel filled with water kept in a bathroom at a residence in Vishveshwaraiahnagar of Maddur town here yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Belli, one-year-old daughter of Manasa and Raju. The girl who was playing at home accidentally entered the bathroom and fell into…
Woman goes missing from city
April 27, 2019Mysuru: A 40-year-old woman, who left her house on Apr.24 at about 11.30 am saying that she was going to a shop, has since gone missing. The missing woman is N. Sumithra, wife of B.V. Srinivas and a resident of V.V. Puram Police limits in city. She is 5.3 ft. tall, oval faced, normal built,…















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