Mysore/Mysuru: The entire route along which the Bharat Jodo Yatra passed through was dotted with flexes, banners, hoardings and other boards welcoming the Yatra and hailing Rahul Gandhi and Congress leaders. Mysuru Traffic Police had banned vehicular movement on the entire stretch of the Yatra from 6 am to 10 am today. As a result,…
Man killed, fiancée injured as bus rams into car
September 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A man was killed on the spot while his fiancée sustained serious injuries when a KSRTC bus rammed into the car they were travelling near Kalasthawadi on Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway here yesterday. While deceased has been identified as Bengaluru-based Bharat Prasad, a Software Engineer, his injured fiancée is Chaitra, who has been admitted to a…
Boy killed as car rams into tipper vehicle
August 31, 2021Maddur: A 13-year-old boy was killed, while the man behind the wheels of a car sustained serious injuries, when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a tipper vehicle on Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway near Gejjalagere Industrial Area in the taluk yesterday. While the deceased boy has been identified as Harsha, a resident of Chamundeshwari…
‘Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway to be ready before Dasara next year’
August 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The much hyped Bengaluru-Mysuru 10 Lane Expressway will be dedicated to the nation before Dasara 2022, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. Addressing a news conference here this morning, he said that once the 10-lane expressway is completed, travel time between Bengaluru and Mysuru will be reduced to one and a half hours from the…
Refusal to handover land holds up Bengaluru-Mysuru Express Highway project
October 10, 2020Bengaluru: Refusal to handover land by two petrol bunk owners at two places has delayed acquisition process for 10-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru Express Highway project that will allow people to travel in 100 km speed on 117.2 km distance between two cities. If sources are believed, this ‘non co-operation’ has come in the way of building a…
Thousands from Bengaluru return to their hometowns
July 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the State Government declaring week-long lockdown in Bengaluru, which will come into effect from 8 pm tonight, hundreds of people were seen returning to their hometowns on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road this morning. To check rising cases of COVID-19 cases in the State Capital, the Government has announced a complete lockdown of Bengaluru Urban and…
Four minors among five arrested for highway robberies
February 17, 2020Rs. 21.5 lakh worth vehicles, gold ornaments, mobile phones, tab and cameras recovered; machetes, iron rods and spanners seized Mandya: Srirangapatna Police have arrested five persons including four minors on charges of committing highway robberies and have recovered four and two-wheelers and other valuables besides seizing machetes, iron rods and spanners from them. Addressing a…
Fake Accident, Real Robbery
November 27, 2019Criminals target cars on Kodagu-Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, Yelwal bypass road, between Srirangapatna and Mandya Mysuru/Mysore: There seems to be a new modus-operandi being employed by robbers and fraudsters — to fake an accident, waylay unsuspecting motorists, mostly lone drivers and tell them that their vehicle has hit them and they need to be taken to a…
‘Rectify black spots on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway before expansion’
May 21, 2019ADGPs P.S. Sandhu and Kamal Pant hold meeting with city Cops Mysore: Additional Director General of Police (Commissioner for Traffic and Road Safety) P.S. Sandhu inspected the stretch of National Highway-275 between Bengaluru and Mysuru, which is slated for expansion in a bid to curb accidents along with various officials near Mysuru yesterday. He said…
Works on Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway widening to begin on Jan.15, 2019
December 25, 2018Contractor promises to complete works within 24 months against stipulated 36 months, says PWD Minister H.D. Revanna Bengaluru: State Public Works Minister H.D. Revanna said that upgrading the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway into a 10-lane expressway will begin on Jan.15. Speaking to reporters at Bengaluru yesterday, he said that work will commence on the same day even…
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