Sir, I want to bring to the notice of all the readers that we have seen some really rash driving on the Ring Road of our city. With lockdown restrictions and empty roads, youngsters have taken to Ring Road to showcase their senseless thirst for speed. I have, in the past one week, noticed three…
‘Helping Hands’ provide financial aid
June 10, 2020‘Helping Hands,’ under its Health Project, provided financial aid to the parents of new-born baby girl Sowmya, residents of Sonnahalli village in Nanjangud taluk of Mysuru district. Sowmya is suffering from respiratory problem and she is undergoing treatment at JSS Hospital. Helping Hands President Mahaveer Khabiya, Secretary Anand Patwa, Treasurer Rajan Baghmar, Members Manoharlal Sankala,…
P.K. Shivappa
June 10, 2020P.K. Shivappa (91), a senior Congress leader, former Taluk Board President and former Agro Industries Chairman, passed away on Tuesday midnight at a private hospital in Bengaluru. He leaves behind two sons, one daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at his farm in Periyapatna today, according to family sources.
Chamundi Hill Road widening works in full swing
June 9, 2020Pending works from Mahishasura Statue to Kurubarahalli Circle under progress Mysore/Mysuru: The Rs. 9.03 crore road widening and development works, taken up from Chamundi Hill to Kurubarahalli Circle, which was stopped following COVID-19 lockdown, has resumed since about 15 days. So far the widening of the stretches from Nandi Statue to Mahishasura Statue atop the…
TN man tests positive for COVID-19 in Mysuru
June 9, 2020Manasara Road in Ittigegud sealed down, residents put under Home Quarantine Of the total 101 positive cases in Mysuru, 96 discharged Mysore/Mysuru: A 50-year-old man from Tamil Nadu (TN), who had come to city for some work at the industrial area last Saturday and stayed at his in-law’s house on Manasara Road in Ittigegud, has…
Sugar baron Murugesh Nirani in city
June 9, 2020Invites Pramoda Devi to re-open Pandavapura Sugar Factory Mysore/Mysuru: Just a couple of days after Bagalkot District-based MRN (Murugesh Rudrappa Nirani) Sugars bagged the Rs.405 crore contract for running the decades-old Pandavapura Sahakara Sakkare Karkhane Niyamita (PSSKL) at Pandavapura in Mandya District on a 40-year lease, BJP MLA from Bilgi and former Minister Murugesh Nirani,…
Nanjangud youth who returned from UP contracts COVID-19
June 9, 2020Nanjangud: A 22-year-old youth, who was studying in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and returned to Nanjangud on June 1, has tested positive for COVID-19. He has been admitted to the COVID Hospital in Mysuru. A resident of Neelakantanagar in Nanjangud, the youth arrived in Bengaluru via Delhi and was put under facility quarantine for seven days…
Leopard hiding inside house caught
June 9, 2020Gundlupet: A leopard that had taken shelter inside a house has been caught by the Forest Department staff. The leopard, which had sneaked into a house of one Mahadeva at Baragi Tribal Colony in Bandipur Reserve Forest’s buffer zone, had stayed put in the house, scaring the residents who informed the Forest Department officials. The…
L&T Construction converts healthcare units into COVID-19 care facilities
June 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Building and Factories business of L&T Construction has transformed established or under-construction healthcare units into COVID-19 care facilities across India. The construction arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), with its mission-oriented and fast-track approach, turned around large-scale healthcare infrastructure into COVID care facilities in the cities of New Delhi, Champaran and Madhepura in…
Illegal entry of foreign nationals into Bandipur
June 9, 2020Forest officials, Police take them and bikes into custody Gundlupet: Three foreign nationals, who had entered Bandipur Tiger Reserve Forest illegally on bikes on Sunday and allegedly created nuisance with the Forest staff, have been taken into custody along with their bikes. The three foreign nationals are Ricardo, Miguel Garrido, and Thomas Pinho, all from…















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