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Smash & Grab!
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Smash & Grab!

March 12, 2024

City industrialist loses laptop and badminton kit worth Rs. 1.20 lakh as miscreants break window & steal Mysore/Mysuru: In a broad daylight incident of smash and grab where miscreants made away with a laptop and badminton kit by breaking open the rear window glass of a car has been reported in city. The incident took…

Youth electrocuted while shifting power line
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Youth electrocuted while shifting power line

March 12, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: A 27-year-old youth was electrocuted while shifting a power line at Kalyangiri in city on Monday. The deceased youth is Pradeep, a resident of Mahadevapura in Srirangapatna taluk. It is learnt that one Shekar, a CESC Lineman, was getting the power line shifted from Pradeep when the tragedy took place. Pradeep was engaged in…

Two CESC personnel held for graft
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Two CESC personnel held for graft

March 9, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Two CESC Personnel, an Assistant Engineer and a Junior lineman, were caught by the Lokayukta Police while accepting bribe for a favour. G. Harish, Assistant Engineer at Kuvempunagar CESC Sub-Division and Gundappa, Junior lineman at the same Sub-division are the ones who were caught. Abhishek, a Bengaluru-based Electrical Contractor, had sought an additional 20…

Leaning electric pole triggers threat at VV Market
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Leaning electric pole triggers threat at VV Market

February 14, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Adding to the list of civic bodies in news for wrong reasons  in the recent days, the laxity of Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) in addressing the grievances of general public has come to fore. A huge branch of a dead tree fell on the electricity line pulling down the pole aside, at Vani…

CESC files 27 cases of illegal power connections
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CESC files 27 cases of illegal power connections

February 9, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Sleuths attached to vigilance squad of Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) Limited raided the houses at a private residential layout on the outskirts of the city and filed 27 cases for illegal power connections. It is alleged that, 27 houses at Basava Sagara Layout on Chikkanahalli Main Road in Yelwal had tapped power illegally….

Names of heads to Boards and Corporations announced
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Names of heads to Boards and Corporations announced

January 27, 2024

All MLAs for now. Appointments for Mysuru delayed Bengaluru: After months of wait, the Siddaramaiah-led Congress Government on Friday appointed 34 MLAs of the party as Heads of various State-run Boards and Corporations. However, barring CESC, no appointments has been made concerning 6 other Mysuru-based Boards and Corporations — MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority), CADA…

Button blunder
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Button blunder

January 25, 2024

Cesc MD suspended as the power button to mark inauguration of an event by Chief Minister fails Periyapatna: C.N. Sridhar, Managing Director of Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (Cesc) Limited has been suspended for dereliction of duty, for making a blunder at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s programme organised to kick-start filling of water to lakes from Cauvery…

Two painters suffer burns
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Two painters suffer burns

January 18, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Two painters suffered burn injuries when the iron rod they were holding came in contact with a hi-tension power line at Raghavendranagar in city at about 9.30 am today. The injured have been identified as Siddaraju and Manoj, both residents of Alanahalli. While Siddaraju sustained severe burns, Manoj escaped with minor injuries. Both have…

Echo of high-tension electric pole falling on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway
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Echo of high-tension electric pole falling on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway

January 14, 2024

Damaged electric poles to be rectified by CESC NHAI to pay Rs. 70 lakh to CESC; will handover maintenance of electric poles after repairs Mysore/Mysuru: Taking serious note of last Friday’s accident at Ragimuddanahalli in Mandya where a high-tension electric pole fell on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, narrowly sparing a bike rider, the National Highways Authority of…

Tree falls damaging electric poles
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Tree falls damaging electric poles

December 28, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: A tree uprooted and fell in the middle of road on Janathanagar-TK Layout main road,  damaging the electric poles along with the scooters parked on the stretch, in the city this morning. Following the incident, the vehicular traffic on the otherwise busy road was disrupted for one hour. According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened…

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