Liquor trick used to assault engineer; car, valuables looted near J.K. Grounds Mysore/Mysuru: Miscreants who sought help from an engineer to buy liquor assaulted him and fled with his cash, silver jewellery and car. The incident occurred around midnight on Nov. 12 near J.K. Grounds, and a case was registered on Sunday. The victim, 42-year-old…
Tigress darted at dawn after night-long chase
November 18, 2025She had killed a farmer at Mullur; Staff rescues 3 cubs in high-risk operation Mysore/Mysuru: A tigress responsible for the recent killing of a farmer at Mullur in Saragur taluk was captured early this morning and her three cubs — one male and two females — were rescued by the Forest Department. The tigress is…
Police foil dacoity bid at Hebbal: Two nabbed, hunt on for four
November 18, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Hebbal Police have arrested two of six youths who were allegedly waiting on Hebbal Ring Road to loot factory workers in order to buy narcotic substances and fund other expenses. The arrested accused are 19-year-old Mohammed Yousuf and 18-year-old Mudasir Pasha, both residents of the city. A hunt is on to nab their accomplices…
Sulwadi poisoning case: Prime accused walks out of jail on bail
November 18, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Following the bail from Karnataka High Court, Immadi Mahadevaswamy, the prime accused in Sulwadi Temple prasada poisoning case, was released from Mysuru Central Prisons yesterday. The Single-Judge Bench of HC had recently granted a conditional bail for a period of one year to Immadi Mahadevaswamy, former Junior Pontiff of Salur Mutt, Hanur taluk in…
Koorgalli wildlife rescue centre runs out of space
November 18, 2025Pressure mounts to fast-track another wildlife rehabilitation facility at Yelwal Mysuru: With human-wildlife conflict rising in villages bordering Bandipur and Nagarahole forests, pressure is mounting to expedite the establishment of an earlier proposed wildlife rehabilitation centre at Yelwal, Mysuru, to care for captured tigers and leopards. Due to intensified capture operations involving conflict-prone tigers and…
CM Siddaramaiah meets PM Modi, seeks nod for projects, funds
November 18, 2025New Delhi: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here yesterday and presented a 5-point charter of demands to him, highlighting the State’s concerns over sugarcane pricing crisis and long pending irrigation project clearances. Underlining the recent unrest among sugarcane farmers in Karnataka, Siddaramaiah conveyed the PM that the State had put in…
Congress delegation urges DC to expedite modalities of GMA
November 18, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: With the State Cabinet giving its nod for the formation of Greater Mysuru Authority (GMA), a delegation of the City and District Congress recently submitted a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy urging him to expedite the modalities regarding the formation of GMA. Speaking after receiving the 17-point memorandum, Lakshmikanth Reddy said…
Mysuru woman found dead in Kodagu check-post: Husband, friends in soup for trying to dump body in forest
November 18, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Police investigations into the death of a 45-year-old woman from Mysuru have revealed that her husband and two of his friends were transporting her body in a car, allegedly to dispose of it in the thick jungles of Siddapura-Madikeri route. Their plan was foiled when Forest Department personnel intercepted the Haryana-registered Alto car (HR-26-CE-9273)…
Sexual assault on minor girl: City Court sentences accused to 20 years jail
November 18, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Additional District & Sessions Court has sentenced an accused to 20 years jail term besides imposing a fine of Rs. 15,000 under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor girl. The accused, who was convicted is H.M. Kiran, a resident of…
CM’s wife hospitalised
November 18, 2025Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife B.M. Parvathi has been admitted to a private hospital here yesterday, with complaints of respiratory problems. According to Siddaramaiah’s son and MLC Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah, who is monitoring the health condition of his mother at the hospital, Parvathi was rushed to Apollo Hospital in Seshadripuram, after she complained of respiratory…















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