Mysuru-bound courier company driver targeted near Mandya Argues with criminals; refuses to pay for ‘accident victim’ Mysuru/Mysore: If 2019 was dominated by crimes committed on highways including the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, Nanjangud Highway and several State Highways around Mysuru where commuters were robbed of cash, gold and valuables by faking accidents, one more incident was reported…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway to be completed by mid-2022
December 30, 2019Works taken up under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase I Envisaged as Economic Corridor between two cities Mysuru: Vehicle users will have to wait till mid-2022 for a smooth ride on the 140-odd-km Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway that is being upgraded to a 10-lane highway and as an Economic Corridor. The 10 lanes include four service roads on either…
Srirangapatna Highway robbery case: TWO ARRESTED
December 1, 2019They were repeat offenders who were out on bail in three similar cases Mysuru: In a swift action, the Srirangapatna Rural Police have arrested two persons on charges of robbing commuters on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway after faking accidents. They are repeat offenders and interestingly, in the past too, they were arrested and in one case,…
Shashti Jatra: Traffic diversion on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road tomorrow
December 1, 2019Mysuru: With the famous Shashti Jatra of Subramanyeshwara Swamy Temple at Siddalingapura on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway scheduled to take place tomorrow (Dec.2), the City Police have restricted vehicle movement between Mysuru and Siddalingapura, during the period between Dec.1 midnight and Dec.2 midnight. Accordingly, vehicles bound for Bengaluru from Mysuru should take the Ring Road from Columbia…
Breakthrough in fake accident, real robbery case: Three interrogated
November 30, 2019Mysuru/Mysore: In a major breakthrough, the District Police have begun interrogating three persons in the case where a car was waylaid after faking an accident on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway near Srirangapatna. Muddappa of Kodagu was the victim and Rs.30,000 was robbed from him on the pretext of availing hospital treatment. Star of Mysore had published…
K.R. Mills partially demolished for Mysuru-Bengaluru road widening
October 25, 2019Mysuru: With the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway being widened, a portion of the building of K.R. Mills, a heritage structure on the Highway, was razed on Wednesday, to facilitate road widening. The Krishnarajendra Textile Mills, popularly known as K.R. Mills,was established by the then Maharaja of Mysore Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar in 1929,to provide employment to the people…
Outdated Medians to give way for modern Jersey Barriers
July 15, 2019NHAI to replace 250-mm Medians with 0.85-meter Jersey Barriers on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway Mysore: In order to minimise accidents on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will replace the existing raised medians with pre-cast concrete Jersey Barriers. Many vehicles meet with accidents on this Highway as speeding drivers lose control and topple over the…
Traffic on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway disrupted as farmers block Road at Srirangapatna
July 6, 2019Srirangapatna: Traffic on the ever busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway came to a standstill at Srirangapatna as hundreds of farmers blocked the Road in protest against the State Government’s failure to release water to KRS and Hemavathi Canals. Upset over the Government’s apathy to their demands, which chiefly included release of water to canals, revival of Pandavapura…
Journalist, wife, son injured as cars collide head-on
June 21, 2019Mysuru: A journalist, his wife and son sustained serious injured when two cars collided head-on near Kalenahalli on Mysuru-Bengaluru highway in Mandya taluk yesterday. The injured are journalist Nesara Kadanakuppe, his wife Megha and son Akshara. They were proceeding on the highway towards Mysuru, when another car proceeding towards Bengaluru, hit the median and collided…
Block Health Education Officer killed in road accident
April 28, 2019Srirangapatna: A Block Health Education Officer was killed when a car rammed into the scooter the Officer was riding near Kodishettypura village on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway yesterday. The deceased Officer is Manjula (40), a resident of Mandya. Manjula was proceeding to Kodishettypura General Hospital on her scooter, when a car rammed into the scooter resulting in…
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