City’s women auto drivers fight odds to make a living By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Traditional auto-rickshaws have always remained heavily male-dominated. Of late, there are many women who have shattered the stereotypes and have been performing the duties of auto drivers, sometimes even better than their male counterparts. Though they face plenty of gender bias…
Mysuru, Dec.9 (RKB&DM)- Urging the Government to hike auto fares in the wake of increasing fuel prices, auto drivers under the banner of Mysuru City Auto Drivers Federation gathered at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum to the DC in this regard. Pointing out that at present, the minimum auto…
Mysore/Mysuru: What seemingly looked like a hit-and-run case where an autorickshaw ran over a pedestrian has now been declared a case of brutal murder. A CCTV footage that has captured the incident shows an auto driver ramming into a pedestrian only to make a come back to drive over his victim again. This ghastly incident…
Mysuru/Mysore: An auto driver has displayed honesty by returning the purse that he found lying on the road to its rightful owner. The auto driver who returned the purse is Rafiq. Yesterday morning, Rafiq was passing on Bamboo Bazaar Road when he saw the purse lying on the roadside. Rafiq, who picked up the purse,…
Mysuru, Aug. 30 (MK&KS)- An argument between an auto driver and a car driver over ferrying passengers resulted in the auto driver assaulting two other auto drivers — who intervened to stop the fight — near Sub-Urban Bus Stand yesterday morning. The auto driver, who assaulted two others is 39-year-old Yusuf Shariff, a resident of…
Stabbed 15 times; assailants leave dagger on victim’s body Mysuru: An auto driver was murdered near the Fire Brigade Station at Saraswathipuram in the heart of city last midnight allegedly by a group of men who booked the vehicle on rent to go to Bogadi. The assailants had stabbed the victim’s body over 15 times…
Mysuru: An incident of an autorickshaw driver demanding more money from a passenger and later snatching his mobile phone when he refused to pay more, has been reported near Dasappa Circle on KRS Road in city on Tuesday night. The person, whose mobile phone was snatched, has been identified as Sadananda Jevoora, a resident of…
Mysuru: The autorickshaw drivers in the city are a berated lot. Rarely does one have a good word about them. However, there are exceptions and there are many instances where they have displayed their honesty winning the hearts of the passengers they drive around. In one such incident, a woman who had left behind her…
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