Mysuru: A 35-year-old man was killed after he was electrocuted while cleaning the overhead water tank near Mogaralli Manti on KRS Road near here yesterday. The deceased is Devaraju, a resident of Benkipura in Hunsur taluk. Devaraju, who had taken up the agency to clean the water tank, climbed atop the water tank yesterday afternoon…
Woman goes missing
May 9, 2019Mysuru: A 26-year-old woman has gone missing from city since May 5. The missing woman is Nandini, wife of Mahadevaswamy and a resident of Hebbal 2nd stage in city. According to the complaint lodged on May 8 by her husband at Hebbal Police Station, on May 5, he left the house at about 7.30 am…
One held for attempting to sell pangolin scales
May 9, 2019Mysuru: The Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested a person who was attempting to sell pangolin scales and have seized the scales weighing about 2.5 kg besides seizing two bikes used for the crime. The arrested is 30-year-old Annappa, a native of Siddaiah Nagar in Hassan. Acting on a tip off, Mysuru District Forest Mobile…
Elected to Krishna Mithra Mandali
May 9, 2019Mysuru: Hotel Owners Association Charitable Trust President Ravi Shastri has been elected as the President of Sri Krishna Mithra Mandali, Sri Krishnadhama, Sahukar Channaiah Road, Saraswathipuram in city. The other elected office-bearers of the Mandali are: P.S. Chandrashekar – Vice-President, P.G. Praveen – General Secretary, Muralidhar Bhat – Joint Secretary and Raghavendra – Treasurer. Committee…
Temple burgled in city
May 9, 2019Mysuru: After a brief lull, burglars have targeted city temples, with a temple in Saraswathipuram Police Station limits found burgled late last night. Miscreants, who gained entry to Sri Mahagana Subramanyaswamy, Durgadevi Temple in T.K. Layout Fourth Stage by forcing open the door using iron rods, have decamped with cash of over Rs.30,000 after breaking…
Four seriously ill after consuming spurious liquor
May 9, 2019K.R. Pet: Four persons are battling for life at a Mysuru hospital after allegedly consuming spurious liquor sold at petty shop at Krishnapura in the taluk on Tuesday afternoon. Mahadeva, 50, Suresh, 29 of Krishnapura, Thammaiah, 45, of Lingapura and Yogesh, 34, of Paregowdanakoppalu in K.R. Pet taluk, are the ones who are undergoing treatment…
Bike rider succumbs to injuries at hospital
May 9, 2019He was injured when an auto ferrying garment workers rammed into his bike at Hootagalli on Monday Mysuru: A two-wheeler rider, who suffered serious injuries when an autorickshaw rammed into his bike as also many other vehicles at Hootagalli on Monday evening and was admitted to K.R. Hospital, succumbed to injuries at the hospital this…
Man commits suicide
May 9, 2019Mysuru: A 38-year-old man committed suicide by hanging self at his residence in city last evening. The deceased is Raghu who was working as a lift operator at a private hospital in city. The reason for Raghu taking the extreme step is yet to be known. K.R. Police have registered a case in this regard.
As Kodagu braces up for another monsoon… Sound of thunder makes Kaloor villagers shudder
May 9, 2019By Prasad Sampigekatte Fear of inundation is giving sleepless nights to residents of Kaloor village in Kodagu that was devastated by floods last August. So much is the fear that villagers shudder even if they hear a small sound of thunder or see a lightning flashing in the sky. As the monsoon is fast approaching,…
“Na Khaunga, Na Khane Doonga…”
May 9, 2019By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC When Narendra Modi uttered the famous slogan ‘Na Khaunga, Na Khane Doonga’ (neither will I indulge in corruption, nor allow anyone else to indulge in it), the nation was thrilled. For a nation used to corruption at all levels, this was something new. For a few months there…












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