Mysore/Mysuru: With Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) coming under severe criticism from the general public for not clearing footpath encroachments, the officials attached to MCC conducted a footpath clearing drive on Chamaraja Double Road on May 6. The officials, led by MCC Environment Officer Mythri and Health Inspector Raju, who arrived at the Chamaraja Double Road,…
Youth stabbed to death during clash
March 20, 2023One more youth critical; three arrested over petty dispute Mysore/Mysuru: A petty dispute led to a murder of a 26-year-old youth on Chamaraja Double Road last night. Police said that it was a brawl between two groups over a long-standing issue over land and the people involved in the clash had consumed alcohol at a…
Dismantling of Lakshmi Talkies begins
March 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The works on dismantling landmark Lakshmi Talkies building on Chamaraja Double Road in the city, has begun this morning. Jayanth Subramanian, the owner of the Talkies, said: “The screening was suspended in June 2021, during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. As the structure is 76-year-old, the works have been taken up to dismantle…
Midnight collision kills final year MBBS student
January 5, 2022A native of Belagavi, he was studying at MMC&RI Mysore/Mysuru: With just months to go to become a doctor, a final year MBBS student died in a road accident in city last midnight. He was on his two-wheeler without a helmet during night curfew hours and had earphones plugged in. The victim has been identified…
It’s curtains for city’s favourite Lakshmi
June 13, 2021Hoots and whistles reverberated inside the Theatre for 72 years Mysore/Mysuru: Single screen theatres have come under a cloud of uncertainty. The COVID pandemic has hit them hard in more ways than can be imagined. Recurring costs, staff salaries, high taxes and zero incomes proved to be the last nail in the coffin. Joining the…
Retired Sub-Inspector killed in road accident
February 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A pedestrian was killed on the spot when a bike rammed into him near Lakshmi Theatre on Chamaraja Double Road here yesterday. The deceased is Venkataramana Shetty (61), a retired Police Sub-Inspector and a resident of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Nagar in city. He was crossing the road at about 8.45 pm, when a motorist,…
Pick pockets steal Rs. 32,000 from man boarding city bus
August 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Pick pockets have made away with a purse containing Rs. 32,000 cash from a man, who was boarding a city bus near Lakshmi Theatre on Chamaraja Double Road yesterday. The man, who lost his money, is B.R. Manjunath. Yesterday morning, Manjunath, who wanted to go to Janatha Nagar, was boarding the city bus near…
Men in drunken stupor assault tourists
May 20, 2019Mysuru: A group of four men in drunken stupor allegedly assaulted tourists near Shanthala Theatre traffic signal lights yesterday. The tourists, said to be from Bengaluru, had come in a Tempo Traveller (KA-51-A-1849) and after visiting Chamundi Hill, they were proceeding on Chamaraja Double Road to go to Balamuri. When they stopped at the traffic…
Shabby pavement works on Chamaraja Double Road
December 17, 2018Shabby pavement works undertaken on Chamaraja Double Road is causing a lot of problems to the pedestrians, especially the senior citizens as the stone slabs which are supposed to be laid evenly or to be removed has not been done. Authorities concerned are urged to look into the issue and lay the slabs evenly.
Traffic disrupted as bus breaks down on Chamaraja Double Road
August 8, 2018Mysuru: Traffic was disrupted for more than an hour on Chamaraja Double Road as a KSRTC bus broke down on the road. The KSRTC bus was on its way from Mysuru to Hunsur when it broke down near Shantala Talkies signal. Since the bus was blocking half the road, the traffic coming from the Patashala…
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