Mysuru: Hours before the Five-Judge Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi delivered the verdict in the historic Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute this morning, the Mysuru City Police had beefed up security at all sensitive and hyper-sensitive areas across the city as a precautionary measure. As part of…
A tribute to fallen heroes
October 21, 2019Police Commemoration Day remembers sacrifices of Policemen who died in the line of duty Mysuru: Observed on Oct. 21 every year, the Police Commemoration Day remembers the sacrifices of 10 Policemen who died in Chinese firing in 1959. Chinese troops opened fire and threw grenades at a party of 20 Police personnel. 10 were killed…
Police get thumbs-up for security arrangements
October 9, 2019Mysuru: Even as the 10-day Dasara festival drew to a close, the City Police got a thumbs-up for the security arrangements for the smooth conduct of Jumboo Savari on Tuesday, marking the culmination of the festival. Lakhs of people had thronged the entire procession route covering about 5 km, to witness the Jumboo Savari and…
Police issue guidelines to people visiting Palace, Torchlight Parade Grounds
October 6, 2019Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police have issued the following guidelines to be followed by the public and visitors to Mysore Palace and Torchlight Parade Grounds at Bannimantap. • Public and visitors to the Mysore Palace and Torchlight Parade Grounds should enter through the designated entry gates. • Public and visitors are urged to co-operate with…
Separate enclosures for boys and girls at ‘Yuva Sambhrama’
September 19, 2019Mysuru: Cracking down on unruly mob behaviour and incidents of eve-teasing on the first day of Yuva Sambhrama at the Open Air Theatre inside Manasagangothri campus, the city Police and Yuva Sambhrama organisers have bifurcated the Open Air Theatre gallery where there are separate places for girls and boys. To bolster security further, a special…
5-km ‘Jumboo Savari’ route to have 199 cameras
September 17, 2019One CCTV camera every 25 metres to prevent sabotage Mysuru: Like previous years, this Dasara too will be a fool-proof Dasara and the city Police have taken measures to ensure that the festival passes off smoothly and is crime-free. And for this, they have relied on technology and have procured 199 special CCTV cameras from…
Elderly lady who was gagged by robber dies
August 24, 2019Criminal stuffed clothes into her mouth to prevent screams; had snatched seven gold bangles Mysuru: The elderly woman, who was gagged by a robber inside her bathroom in an upscale area in city, died last night as she had sustained severe internal injuries and had suffered shock trying to wriggle out of the criminal’s hands. …
Fruit seller turns criminal to clear debts
August 22, 2019Arrested for snatching gold bangles from elderly woman Police nab the accused within 30 minutes of crime Mysuru: If the Police are always blamed for not detecting a crime promptly and for adopting delaying tactics, here is a case where the Police nabbed a criminal who committed a daring robbery in broad daylight yesterday in…
Dasara 2019: City Top Cop holds preliminary meeting
August 7, 2019Mysuru: In the wake of Dasara High Power Committee meeting scheduled in Bengaluru on Aug.9, City Police Commissioner K.T. Balakrishna held a preliminary meeting to discuss on security arrangements with all Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) and Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) (ACPs) at his office in Nazarbad yesterday. Addressing the meeting, he said that…
Chain-snatching incident re-surfaces in city
August 6, 2019Bike-borne miscreants target elderly women, snatch gold chains worth about Rs.1.8 lakh Mysuru: After a brief lull, bike-borne chain-snatchers, who targeted lonely elderly women in separate incidents, have snatched gold chains weighing about 60 grams and worth about Rs.1.8 lakh in city last evening. In the first incident, bike borne miscreants have snatched a gold…
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