City Top Cop issues vehicle parking guidelines on New Kantharaj Urs Road
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City Top Cop issues vehicle parking guidelines on New Kantharaj Urs Road

September 1, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to control traffic on selected roads coming under Krishnaraja (KR) Traffic Police, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta on Aug. 30 has issued an order pertaining to ‘Parking’ and ‘No Parking’ on New Kantharaj Urs Road. The said road comes under KR Traffic Police limits and also under Saraswathipuram Police (Law and…

Suspected murder: Police take two into custody
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Suspected murder: Police take two into custody

September 1, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Saraswathipuram Police have taken two persons into custody on suspicion of murdering an auto driver, who was reported missing and are interrogating the suspects. An auto driver, residing at Sharadadevinagar, had gone missing about three-four days ago and his family members had lodged a missing complaint with Saraswathipuram Police.  The Police, while conducting investigation,…

Footpath encroachment: 11 cases booked, Rs. 3,000 fine collected
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Footpath encroachment: 11 cases booked, Rs. 3,000 fine collected

September 1, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Traffic Police, who are conducting drives to clear footpath encroachments, continued their drives in city yesterday and have registered a total of 11 cases besides collecting Rs. 3,000 as fines from encroachers. Yesterday, Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja, Siddarthanagar and V.V. Puram Traffic Police personnel conducted the drives on New Kantharaj Urs Road, Kabir Road,…

Three elephants from Bandipur likely to take part in Mysuru Dasara
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Three elephants from Bandipur likely to take part in Mysuru Dasara

September 1, 2021

Gundlupet: Three elephants from Rampura Elephant Camp in Bandipur — Chaitra, Lakshmi and Parthasarathy — are likely to take part in this year’s Dasara celebrations in Mysuru. These elephants have been identified in the primary stage of the selection process. Yesterday, a team of Forest Officials led by Mysuru DCF Dr. K. Karikalan visited the…

‘Constitute Expert Committee for out-of-the-box solutions’
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‘Constitute Expert Committee for out-of-the-box solutions’

September 1, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: In a letter to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, K.C. Biddappa, Senior Vice-President, ITC Ltd., (retd.) and Past President of Coorg Wildlife Society, has said that though the Forest Department is trying to control elephant menace through solar fencing and Railway track barricades, they have proved ineffective. “Proper fencing like tentacle fencing, radio collaring, clearing…

Falling tree branches causing problems to residents of DVC Layout
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Falling tree branches causing problems to residents of DVC Layout

September 1, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Frequent falling of twigs and branches of trees on the road adjacent to Amma Complex at DVC Layout in Ramakrishnanagar E&F Block is causing a lot of problems to the residents especially motorists who travel on this road risking their lives. “Twigs and branches of the trees on this particular road are falling frequently…

Tribute to Sr. Annette from a friend
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Tribute to Sr. Annette from a friend

September 1, 2021

Sir, This is to thank K.B. Ganapathy for the tribute dedicated to Sr. Annette under the title “No X-mas cake to my sister Reverend Sr. Annette” in his Abracadabra column (SOM dated Aug.30). My late husband David Syiem IAS, who was the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner and I, had the honour and privilege of…

Tokyo Paralympic Games (August 24 – September 5): India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu wins silver, Sharad takes bronze in Men’s High Jump (T63)
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Tokyo Paralympic Games (August 24 – September 5): India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu wins silver, Sharad takes bronze in Men’s High Jump (T63)

September 1, 2021

India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu won the silver medal while Sharad Kumar brought home the bronze in men’s high jump (T63) at the Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday. Thangavelu cleared 1.86m mark to win silver medal, while Sharad Kumar cleared 1.83m. Varun Singh Bhati, the third Indian in the fray, finished 7th in the event, managing to clear…

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G.S. Kamala Memorial concert at Ganabharathi on Sept. 3

September 1, 2021

Ganabharathi has organised a vocal concert in memory of Vidu. G. S. Kamala on Sept. 3 at 6 pm at Veene Seshanna Bhavana in Kuvempunagar. Vid. G. Srikanth, a well-known artiste from Chennai, will present a vocal recital accompanied by Vid. H.N. Bhaskar on violin, Vid. G. S. Ramanujan on mridanga and Vid.V.S. Ramesh on…

Machanda Boby Biddappa
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Machanda Boby Biddappa

September 1, 2021

Machanda Boby Biddappa (65), son of late M.S. Muthappa, passed away at Kodagu this morning. His body was brought to his residence in Mysuru at No. 80, 4th Main, 1st Cross, Nethajinagar, Alanahalli. He leaves behind his wife, one son, daughter-in-law and a host of relatives and friends. Cremation took place at Harishchandra Ghat at…

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