Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed near Fountain Circle on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road this morning as MCC authorities removed an idol of Veerabhadreshwara Swamy installed under a tree opposite the Petrol Bunk on Shivaji Road leading from Fountain Circle. Acting on a Supreme Court order directing the State Governments to remove unauthorised religious structures on Public streets, public parks…
Banyan tree on Mysuru-Bengaluru road crying for attention
October 8, 2018An age-old Banyan Tree located on Mysuru-Nilgiri road (near Gopura Park) which was being worshipped on Nagara Panchami and Sashti festivals is slowly dying as the surrounding of the tree up to above 4 ft. height is filled with concrete leaving no space for oxygen to enter the roots. This tree may fall sooner or…
Four injured in car-van collision
May 19, 2018Mysuru: Four persons were severely injured in a head-on collision between a car and a van near Royal Function Hall on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road here on Friday night. The accident took place when a Maruti Swift car coming to the city from Bengaluru was hit by a speeding van coming in the opposite direction. All the…
Shivaratreeshwara Nagar residents threaten to block Mysuru-Bengaluru Road
December 31, 2017Mysuru: Residents of Shivarathreeshwara Nagar also known as Bannimantap ‘B’ Layout have threatened to block the Mysuru-Bengaluru Road on Jan.20 if the authorities failed to provide basic amenities. Addressing a press conference at Pathrakartara Bhavan recently, Secretary of Shivaratreeshwara Nagara Residential Forum Syed Rahamath Ulla said that this area comes under Ward No. 45 and…
Tourist vehicles clog Mysuru-Bengaluru Road
December 24, 2017Mysuru: Long weekend, Christmas Holidays leading up to the New Year and the 10-day extravagant Mysuru Winter Festival are bringing tourists to Mysuru in droves. So much so that the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway is choked since yesterday afternoon with a maximum number of vehicles on the Mysuru side and with a handful of vehicles towards Bengaluru….
Land acquisition delay hits 10-laning of Mysuru-Bengaluru Road
December 7, 2017Bengaluru: The ambitious National Highway upgradation project between Mysuru and Bengaluru that will develop the existing Highway into a world-class 60-metre wide 10-lane road has hit a roadblock, thanks to the negligence of State officials and elected representatives. Sources said that though the Centre has given its approval for the project that will be a…
Farmers stir throws traffic out of gear
July 29, 2017Mysuru: Traffic on Mysuru-Bengaluru road was held up for over an hour this morning at Kalasthavadi on the outskirts of the city as about 250 farmers from Naganahalli, Palahalli, Lakshmipura and other villages resorted to a snap stir and blocked the busy road demanding water to canals. The Police were caught napping as the farmers…
Moulvi succumbs to injuries
February 15, 2017An elderly Moulvi, who had sustained serious injuries in a road mishap, breathed his last at a city hospital yesterday evening. The deceased Moulvi has been identified as Pyara Jan (75), a resident of Rajivnagar in city. Pyara Jan was crossing the Mysuru-Bengaluru Road near Columbia Asia Hospital, when a speeding motor cyclist travelling towards…
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