Instead of machines, MUDA could have used plant cutters, say environment activists Mysore/Mysuru: Residents of Bannimantap and environmentalists are up in arms against the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) for removing precious top soil from the Torchlight Parade Grounds in the name of making space for vehicle parking during Dasara. The MUDA has taken up…
Man hacks wife to death
August 30, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A man, suspecting his wife’s character, has allegedly hacked her to death in Bannimantap ‘C’ Layout on Aug. 27 morning. While the deceased has been identified as Radha (29), the accused husband is 35-year-old Rajesh, a native of Maddur village in Yalandur taluk of Chamarajanagar district. They were residing in the car shed of…
Church creates environmental awareness
August 4, 2022To create environmental awareness among people and to stress the need for protecting the greenery around us, Virgin of the Poor Church had organised a tree planting programme at its premises in Bannimantap on Sunday. Deputy Mayor Anwar Baig, Mysuru City Corporation Births and Deaths Statistical Officer Anil Christy and PRO and social activist Alwin…
Millennium Circle in city turns a Sheep Fair
July 9, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With just a day left for the Bakrid festival, a variety of sheep have arrived from villages for a week and the busy Millennium Circle (LIC Circle) at Bannimantap has literally turned into a Sheep Fair. Bakrid is a ‘Festival of Sacrifice’ honouring the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act…
Pack of dogs maul boy in Bannimantap
April 15, 2022Mysuru: A pack of more than 10 dogs have mauled a boy injuring him seriously behind Tipu Masjid in Bannimantap on Wednesday evening. The injured boy is nine-year-old Mohammed Umaiz, son of Kamran Rashid of the locality. He was on his way to offer namaz when the dogs pounced on him and bit him on…
Welding shop premises catches fire
December 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the city is experiencing incessant rains for the past two months, fire was reported from the premises of a welding shop on Jodi Tengina Mara Road in Bannimantap here this afternoon. The workers of the shop were doing a Gas welding job in front of the shop, when sparks that flew from…
Repair works of Compound wall of Torch Light Parade Grounds completed
November 30, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The repair works of the compound wall of Torch Light Parade Grounds in Bannimantap has been completed. Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) had constructed the Mangalore tile top compound wall around the Grounds decades ago. But with the passage of time, the tiles broke down, thus causing damages to the compound wall. Subsequently, MUDA…
Four shops burgled in 45 days at Hanumanthanagar in city
July 27, 2021Burglars target shops on main road Shopkeepers worried about serial thefts Mysore/Mysuru: Serial theft of shops located on the main road of Hanumanthanagar in Bannimantap has not only left the shop owners in a State of shock but has also left them worried as four shops including two medical shops have been burgled in a…
City’s neighbourhood thinks on its feet: How this tiny Colony dodged the COVID bullet so far
May 27, 2021Call it blind belief or superstition, these residents gave up meat for five weeks! Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when people roam around the city thoroughfares citing one excuse or other even during lockdown amidst lathi-wielding Policemen, here is a small Colony that has imposed self-lockdown and has been so far able to keep the COVID…
DCs to stay overnight in villages, address problems on spot
January 27, 2021Programme to be launched next month: District Minister announces at Republic Day event Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to take the administration to door steps of rural people, the State Government will launch a new programme ‘Jilladikarigala Nade Halli Kade‘ (Deputy Commissioner marches towards villages) from February to find solutions on the spot, said Co-operation and…
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