Three Mysuru men’s tennis players, Suraj Prabodh (Ranked No.1 in the State), S.D. Prajwal Dev (Ranked No. 2 in the State) and Arnav Pathange (Ranked No.6 in the State), have been provisionally selected in the Karnataka men’s team to represent the State in the All India Tennis Association’s Inter-State National Men’s Team Championship-2019 to be…
B. Preetham
January 31, 2019B. Preetham (40), son of KEB Engineer S.J. Brahmadevaiah and a resident of Ananda Marga in Siddarthanagar, passed away yesterday in city. He leaves behind his father, wife, son, and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites will be performed at the foot of Chamundi Hill at 4.30 pm, according to family sources.
Kidnap and Murder: Abductors collect Rs.2.22 lakh cash from oil merchant, Kill him at Bannur
January 30, 2019Mysuru: An oil merchant from city was kidnapped and murdered by a gang after taking Rs.2.22 lakh from the victim’s brother-in-law. The accused used the victim’s scooter to fetch money, kidnapped him to Bannur, murdered him and dumped the body in a dry canal. The oil merchant has been identified as 35-year-old Senthil, a resident…
Attention diversion: Duo posing as Cops robs bizman of gold, Rado watch
January 30, 2019Mysuru: In a broad daylight robbery, miscreants, posing as Policemen, relieved a man from Nanjangud of 35-gm gold jewellery and a Rado watch after diverting his attention near JSS Hospital on M.G. Road this morning. Gopal, 40, a businessman from Nanjangud, who had come to the city on some work, was travelling on his motorcycle…
Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building to be razed
January 30, 2019MCC Council approves decision; sends recommendation to Govt. Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council, yesterday resolved to recommend to the State Government to demolish and rebuild the iconic Lansdowne Building and Devaraja Market during the Council meeting held at the Old Council Hall of the MCC which was chaired by Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath. It…
Two bills raised for one work; Rs. 1.40 crore misappropriated
January 30, 2019Corporator M.U. Subbaiah demands lodging of Police complaint Mysuru: At yesterday’s MCC monthly meeting, the Council witnessed chaotic scenes over the alleged corruption where two bills worth Rs. 1.40 crore were sanctioned and approved for one work on M.G. Road. Corporators alleged that bogus bills were raised by the officials. Taking the issue seriously, Mayor…
State-level Education Fest begins
January 30, 2019Experts call upon teachers to help develop scientific thinking among students Mysuru: Children in classes should not be confined only to learning from books but they should also be given education relating to society, said Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Studies Research (JNCASR) Professor Dr. Amitabh Joshi. He was speaking after inaugurating a two-day State-level…
Gandhiji remembered on Sarvodaya Day
January 30, 2019Mysuru: Sarvodaya Day or Martyrs Day was observed in several parts of the city to pay homage to the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated on this day, 71 years ago. An elaborate function organised by Department of Gandhian Studies and Department of Studies in Commerce, University of Mysore, was held at…
Three friends-turned-foes held for auto driver’s murder
January 30, 2019Mysuru: The City Police have arrested three persons in connection with the murder of an auto driver in 12 hours. The accused and the victim were friends and had developed enmity over a financial dispute. Twenty-eight-year-old S. Manu alias Johnny was murdered on the intersection of Sunday night and Monday morning near Saraswathipuram Fire Brigade…
Newly-opened hospitals need better infrastructure: Vasu
January 30, 2019Mysuru: Infrastructure at the newly-opened Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research on KRS Road, Trauma Centre at the premises of PKTB Hospital on KRS Road and Panchakarma Research Centre of Government Ayurveda Medical College at Brindavan Extension in city should be improved and staff crunch should be resolved before the announcement of Lok…















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