Mysuru: Unable to repay the loans he had taken, a man, addicted to alcohol, who had poured petrol on himself and set himself on fire in a bid to end his life on Aug. 14 and admitted to K.R. Hospital here, breathed his last yesterday after failing to respond to the treatment. The man has…

Mysuru: MLA Vasu and Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha will inaugurate the special laboratory at K.R. Hospital here tomorrow at 10 am. The special laboratory has been established at a cost of Rs. 1.3 crore with the Centre funding 75% and the State 25% through the Centre’s Indian Council of Medical Research, according to a press…

Mysuru: In a shocking incident, a man tied rubber bands to his little son’s genital every night to prevent him from bed-wetting. He has now been arrested. The incident came to light yesterday at a review meeting chaired by Women’s Commission Chairperson Nagalakshmi Bai at the Deputy Commissioner’s office. Malini, counsellor at the women’s special…

Mysuru: A construction labourer, who was seriously injured, when a tyre basket in which concrete mixture was being lifted to the top floor of an under-construction building in Hootagalli here, broke and fell on him, succumbed to injuries at K.R. Hospital here on Sunday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Shivaiah (35), a resident…

Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a man suffered massive heart attack, while boarding a bus at the Rural Bus Stand and breathed his last at the bus stand  here on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Noorulla Pasha (56), a resident of Hariharapura in K.R. Pet taluk. Noorulla, who had come to city…

Mysuru: A farmer, who had consumed poison on Aug. 1 in his field and was admitted to K.R. Hospital here, breathed his last on the night of Aug. 4 at the hospital after failing to respond to the treatment. The deceased has been identified as Puttaiah (86), son of late Basavaiah and a resident of…

Mysuru:  An octogenarian, who was injured in a road accident and admitted to K.R. Hospital here, succumbed to injuries at the hospital yesterday morning. The deceased has been identified as Nanjamma (80), a resident of Manjunathapura. Nanjamma, on Thursday night at about 8.30, was crossing the KRS Road, when a car rammed into her. She…

Mysuru: An unidentified man, who was found lying unconscious by the Lashkar Police near Sangam Theatre, breathed his last at the K.R. Hospital at about 7 am on July 16. He was admitted at the Hospital on July 12. The unidentified man is about 40-45 years old, 5.5 ft. tall, well-built, round faced, has an…