Mysore/Mysuru: A Railway employee was killed after a KSRTC bus hit the electric scooter he was riding at Devaraj Urs Road-JLB Road Junction here this morning. The deceased has been identified as Shivakumar (58). At about 7.15 am today, Shivakumar was proceeding on his electric scooter on D. Devaraj Urs Road towards the old DC…
JLB Road chain-snatching case: Two women among 4 nabbed
January 11, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Vidyaranyapuram Police have arrested four persons including two women on charges of snatching a gold chain of a girl in city. The accused are 28-year-old Nagaraju of Ranebennur, 19-year-old Naveen Kumar, 34-year-old Ayesha and 32-year-old Kumuda, all from Davanagere. On Sunday morning, the girl, identified as Sowmya, was taking her dog for a walk…
Attempt to snatch gold chain foiled: Girl hits chain-snatchers with stick, saves her gold chain
January 10, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A 21-year-old girl, using her presence of mind and displaying bravery, not only saved her gold chain from being snatched, but also hit the chain-snatchers who had come in a car with a stick, which helped the public to nab the miscreants. The incident took place near a hotel on JLB Road here yesterday….
Major showroom fire guts cars, spare parts
December 26, 2021Mysuru: A major fire was reported in a car showroom and service station in the city in the wee hours of today and at least four cars have been gutted. A couple of them have been partially damaged. Fire has been extinguished now by four fire tenders and the exact worth of the damage —…
Field Marshal K.M.Cariappa’s statue installed in city
October 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: After years of wait, a life-size statue of Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa was installed this morning at the circle officially named after him (Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Circle) at the junction of JLB road and Vinoba Road (Hunsur road), which was earlier known as ‘Metropole Circle’. Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra inaugurated the statue at…
Woman succumbs to injuries at hospital
December 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A woman, who had sustained serious head injuries after falling from the scooter on Nov. 25 in front of Big Bazaar on JLB Road and admitted to a private hospital has succumbed to injuries at the hospital yesterday morning. The deceased is Kamala (68), wife of Jayashankar and a resident of Sonar Street near…
Adopt ‘Rotary Style’ to keep kids engaged
November 18, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Idea Jawa Rotary School, situated on JLB Road in city, held a novel programme that kept students engaged throughout the day. All the schools have remained closed since March owing to outbreak of COVID-19. In order to keep them active, the School authorities conducted examination daily on different subjects. Exams were held for the…
MUDA office turns into a dumpyard
February 2, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Giving two hoots for the Solid Waste Management Rules framed by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) that imposes strict penalties in case of poor implementation, tonnes of scrap, plastic and metal waste, discarded and rusting vehicles are dumped inside the office of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), a prime…
Overgrown median garden plants obstruct view on JLB Road
January 4, 2020Mysuru/Mysore:It is with good intention and to beautify the city and also to increase the green cover, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has set up median strip garden or gardens on medians. However, at some places in city, these plants have overgrown, obstructing the view of motorists. Like these photos show overgrown median garden on…
Damaged RTO Circle repaired
November 28, 2019Mysuru: The RTO Circle (Srikanteshwara Iyer Circle) on JLB Road in city which was damaged after a speeding car crashed into it on Nov. 17 has been repaired and funds for it was provided by the person who damaged it. Bharath Sagar, a resident of Kuvempunagar, was driving his car from Ramaswamy Circle side on…
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