Election officials yesterday seized more than 50 vehicles belonging to Congress and BJP leaders which were used for Gundlupet by-poll public campaign without permission. The vehicles seized included that of youth Congress leader Dr. Yatindra, son of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, R. Raghu Kautilya of the BJP, KPCC Organising Secretary, Chamarajanagar ZP Vice-President Basavaraj, Tour Municipality…
Cannot release Cauvery water, Karnataka tells TN officials
April 2, 2017The State Government yesterday expressed its inability to release 3 tmcft of Cauvery water, sought by an official team from Tamil Nadu, to meet the water requirements of people in the Cauvery basin area. Karnataka Chief Secretary Subhash Khuntia expressed helplessness on the grounds that there was severe water shortage in the basin. The available…
Murder of headmaster near Mandya:Wife, daughter, brother-in-law interrogated
April 2, 2017The Mandya Police, who are investigating the murder case of a Government School headmaster, who was killed in broad daylight at Arechakanahalli near here on Mar. 31 while he was on his way to the school, have interrogated the wife, daughter and brother-in-law of the deceased Headmaster. The headmaster is Shashibhushan, who was working at…
‘Dr. P. Gururaja Bhat Award’ for Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy
April 2, 2017Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Mysuru and former Head, Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Mysore, has bagged the prestigious P. Gururaja Bhat Award instituted by Udupi-based Dr. Paduru Gururaja Bhat Memorial Trust. In a press release, the Trust’s Hon. President Prof. P. Sripathi Tantry said that Prof. A.V….
Truckers stir continues
April 2, 2017Even as the indefinite stir launched by Truckers entered the fourth day today, the city residents are yet to feel the pinch as the supply of essential commodities have not been affected. The Mysuru District Lorry Owners Association and host of other Truck and Goods Vehicle Association have called for an indefinite stir demanding roll…
Shop employees protest alleging harassment
April 2, 2017Alleging disparity in salaries, leaves and benefits and also harassment to women employees for petty reasons by the management, the employees of Shoppers Stop at Mall of Mysore on M.G. Road, staged a protest by shouting slogans against the Manager yesterday. Speaking to the media, the protesting employees alleged that the Manager was showing disparity…
Man cheats bank of Rs. 40 lakh by creating fake documents
April 2, 2017An incident of a man creating fake documents and cheating a bank of Rs. 40 lakh has been reported in city. The conman has been identified as Mansoor Ahmed and a complaint has been lodged at Saraswathipuram Police Station in this regard. It is reported that Mansoor, who had applied for a loan for Rs….
Flesh trade in spa
April 2, 2017Two women among five held Rs. 10,200 cash, seven mobile phones and two bikes seized Acting on a tip off that prostitution was taking place at a spa in a hotel coming under Devaraja Police limits, the City Crime Branch (CCB) Police, raided the hotel and arrested five persons including two women on Friday afternoon….
Jaffer Sharief backs RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat for President
April 2, 2017Going against the party stand, Karnataka Congress leader and former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief has backed RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat for President, saying there “should not be any doubt about his patriotism.” He has also written to the Prime Minister backing Bhagwat. “I personally believe nobody should find fault with Mohan Bhagwat’s name being…
Natl. Conference ‘PRATIBIMB’ held at NIE
April 2, 201740 technical papers were selected for presentation The Department of Industrial & Production Engineering, NIE, Mysuru had organised a National Conference ‘PRATIBIMB – 2017’, sponsored by TEQIP II at its premises in city recently. Sudhindra, Head, Engineering Services & MIS, BEML Ltd , Mysuru, who was the chief guest, complimented NIE Management for conducting such…















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