They 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,…
Mysuru: 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…
Mysuru/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…
Mysuru: 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…
NHAI 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…
Srirangapatna: 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…
Mysuru: 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…
Srirangapatna: 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…
Mysuru: A 50-year-old motorcyclist, who was undergoing treatment at a city hospital after sustaining serious injuries in a road mishap, breathed his last yesterday evening. Jayakumar (50) of Arakere in Srirangapatna taluk is the deceased. He was travelling on his motorcycle from Baburayanakoppal to Srirangapatna on Mysuru-Bengaluru highway on the night of Apr.19, when a…
Mandya: The District Administration’s decision to divert traffic from Mandya on the ever-busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, caused severe inconvenience and a lot of hardship to thousands of commuters. As Nikhil Kumaraswamy was scheduled to file his nomination in a huge road show, the authorities had diverted traffic on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway passing through Mandya, from 9 am…
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