Mysore/Mysuru: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) and WHO (World Health Organisation) have declared June 7 as World Food Safety Day-2023 with a tagline, “Food Standards Save Lives” to create awareness among population on food safety, food-borne diseases such as diarrhoea to cancers and deaths due to unsafe food. Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru,…
Car hits road divider on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway
June 12, 2023One killed, three injured Ramanagar: One person was killed while three others sustained serious injuries when the car in which they were travelling hit the road divider in front of Chamundeshwari Hospital, near Koluru Gate in Channapatna taluk on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Manjesh (28), the driver of the car…
Autorickshaw Union expresses concern
June 12, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government rolling out free travel for women in KSRTC buses, Mysuru Autorickshaw Service Trust, Ittigegud, has expressed concern that the free travel will severely hurt the income of auto drivers. In a press release, Trust President B. Nagaraj said, free travel will result in women passenger loss to autos, which in turn…
Son killed in road accident, ailing mother dies at hospital
June 12, 2023Napoklu: A 19-year-old youth who was on his way to visit his ailing mother was killed in a road accident on Friday while the woman breathed her last at a hospital yesterday. While deceased youth is Appaji, his mother, who died at the hospital, is Kamala (50), wife of late Raju and a resident of…
Youth held for killing grandma and burning the body
June 12, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Yelwal Police have cracked the murder mystery behind a charred body that was found in a pit near Hosakote in KRS Backwaters recently, by arresting the grandson of the victim. The murdered woman has been identified as Sulochana (75) of Gayathripuram in Mysuru and the accused is Supreeth, aged 23 years. On May 31,…
Rs. 1.10 lakh stolen from car at Saraswathipuram
June 12, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Thieves have made away with Rs. 1.10 lakh kept in the dashboard of a car at Saraswathipuram in the city. Harirao Mane, aged 63 years and resident of Vidyaranyapuram here, had kept the cash in the dashboard of his car, after drawing the money from Karnataka Bank, Chamundipuram branch, in city on June 6…
Tempo, taxis demo at Makkaji Chowk
June 12, 2023Mysore/Mysore: About 30 tempo and taxi owners, along with their vehicles, staged a demonstration at the Makkaji Chowk here this morning, protesting against the lack of facilities at the new stand. They alleged that the taxi and tempo stand, which was at the Chowk, has been shifted to a spot near Harishchandra Ghat on Nanjangud…
MCC’s ‘Pay and Park’ system
June 12, 2023Shoppers protest; No way to ease pressure on parking space The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council with 65 Corporators whom we unfortunately call as City Fathers have taken a decision on June 9, 2023 to introduce a ‘Pay and Park’ system on six important roads of the business hubs of our city in downtown area…
Indisputable GOAT Novak Djokovic lifts coveted 23rd Grand Slam Trophy
June 12, 2023By V.N. Prasad The indisputable GOAT (Greatest of All Times) Novak Djokovic yesterday lifted the coveted 23rd Grand Slam Trophy at Roland Garrows, Paris, at French Open 2023. Before going into the Championship details and historical facts, I am constrained to recall the beautiful words Novak Djokovic spoke during the post match presentation ceremony. While…
Reckless driving major cause of deaths on Expressway
June 12, 2023Urgent action needed by Government in consultation with NHAI Sir, The news of 55 lives lost in 570 accidents over a five-month period on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway is deeply unsettling and raises significant concerns (55 killed in five months in accidents on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, SOM dated June 9). According to the report, 52 individuals suffered…















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