Rs. 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…
Union Ministry of Surface Transport takes over Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway
December 5, 2018Bengaluru: With the Union Government sanctioning the 10-laning (including service roads) of Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway works, the Union Minister of Surface Transport has taken control over the Highway for executing the conversion. The works on 10-laning is set for launching on Jan.8, 2019. With just a month away for the launch of works, the National Highways…
Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway: All obstacles cleared, says CM
October 24, 2018Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) has said that all obstacles coming in the way of upgradation of Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway into a 10-lane Expressway has been cleared and the works will begin soon. Speaking to reporters at an interaction organised by Bangalore Reporters Guild and Bengaluru Press Club yesterday, he said that the Government had…
Government to expedite 6-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway
July 10, 2018Bengaluru: PWD Minister H.D. Revanna has said that the Government will fast-track six-laning (8 lanes including 2 service roads) of the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. Replying to a question by MLC Sandesh Nagaraj in the Legislative Council this morning, Revanna said that 64 percent of land has been acquired, while 36 percent is yet to be…
11 injured as balloon to welcome Rahul explodes
March 24, 2018Mysuru: Eleven persons including six children suffered injuries yesterday when a giant gas balloon exploded at Cauverypura in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district. The group of people was making arrangements to welcome Congress President Rahul Gandhi and was filling the balloons from a cylinder, when the accident occurred. The workers from an advertising agency in…
One killed, five injured as car topples and falls into canal
December 15, 2017Srirangapatna: In a tragic incident, one person was killed on the spot while five others sustained serious injuries, when the car in which they were travelling toppled and fell into the canal after the driver lost control of the vehicle near K. Shettahalli on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway in the taluk yesterday. While the deceased has been…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway widening to be taken up in current fiscal itself
December 15, 2017New Delhi: Union Ministry of Road Transport will take up the widening of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway (NH 275) from existing four-lane to six-lane in the current financial year itself. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will invite bids for project before the end of this fiscal to widen the existing four-lane highway into a…
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