Mysuru: Lakshmipuram Police have penalised two students for indecent behaviour on the pretext of combine study at the Park opposite to DC office here yesterday. Though leaders of various organisations had expressed their displeasure over such indecent acts when they used to stage protests near DC office, the Police had not taken any action. Following…
Special Heritage Panel nod for War Memorial
January 4, 2018Mysuru: A Special Heritage Committee has given its consent to erect a War Memorial in the five-acre park (City Survey No. 2048) that is to the right of the DC office. At a meeting held at the DC Office here yesterday chaired by Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, after a detailed discussion, the members of the…
JEEP DRIVER’S MURDER IN KODAGU: Mastermind wife, paramour and accomplice arrested
January 4, 2018Madikeri: What was originally a murder for business rivalry turned into a passion crime where a woman instructed her lover to kill her husband. The woman and her lover meticulously planned the murder and she gave complete details of her husband’s daily routine so that the murder motive will look like business rivalry. Thanks to…
Girish Karnad to inaugurate Bahuroopi theatre fest on Jan. 14
January 4, 2018Mysuru: Renowned playwright and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad will inaugurate this year’s annual theatre festival Bahuroopi-2018, said Rangayana Director Bhagirathi Bai Kadam. Addressing press persons at Rangayana here this morning, she said that the eight-day fest will be held from Jan. 14 to 21. District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa will release the Bahuroopi souvenir…
Camera trap laid for tiger, shoots leopard instead!
January 4, 2018H.D. Kote: A camera trap, which was installed by the Forest Department in Hosaholalu village at Antharasanthe Forest Zone in Nagarahole Reserve Forest, has captured the images of a leopard feeding on an animal killed by the tiger on Sunday. But bus passengers saw the tiger crossing Manandavadi Road in the vicinity yesterday afternoon and…
The Peacock Angel of the Yazidis
January 4, 2018By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist To the North of Iraq live the people known as Yazidis, roughly half a million in number, who have been mercilessly hunted down by the rabid hordes of the Islamic State (ISIS) on grounds that they are Devil-worshippers. In reality, Yazidis have a unique belief system…
Cops trained to handle Reception Desk at Police Stations
January 4, 2018Mysuru: A day-long training for Police personnel to be deputed for the proposed Reception Desks at all Police Stations in city was held at V.V. Puram Traffic Police Station here this morning. Briefing the Police personnel, City Police Commissioner Dr. A. Subrahmanyeswara Rao contended that the Reception Desks would help the Police to communicate better…
Man gets 20 years jail term for raping, murdering child
January 4, 2018Mysuru: The 6th Additional District and Sessions Court, which is also the special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Court, yesterday sentenced a 30-year-old man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping and killing a relative’s two-and-a-half-year-old daughter on Oct.30, 2015. The accused here is Saddam alias Hussain, a resident of Jnanaloka Ambedkar…
Undertrial who escaped from Madikeri Hospital nabbed
January 4, 2018Madikeri: An undertrial, who had escaped from Madikeri Government Hospital where he was admitted after he had consumed phenyl in the Prison has been arrested by Madikeri Police at Yelwal in Mysuru. He was arrested on charges of thefts and was lodged in a Jail at Madikeri Central Prisons. The undertrial, who had escaped and…
Exclusive Fever Centre begins functioning at Epidemic Diseases Hospital
January 4, 2018Mysuru: The exclusive Fever Centre at the Epidemic Diseases (ED)Hospital premises on KRS Road here has begun to function since a month. Disclosing this to SOM, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. B. Basavaraju said that the Fever Centre would be fully operational by the end of January or the first week of February after which…















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