Mysore/Mysuru: With the granite sculpting works for Mysuru War Memorial that is coming up at the NCC Parade Grounds near old Deputy Commissioner’s Office along Mysuru-Hunsur Road going on at a brisk pace, the construction work of the memorial is expected to be complete by September this year. The memorial, aimed at developing patriotism and…
Over 90 peepal tree plants grow on city’s first flyover at Hinkal
November 29, 2023Roots threaten to pry apart slabs, damaging structural integrity of a people-friendly project Mysore/Mysuru: Five years have passed since the grand inauguration of the Mysuru-Hunsur Road and Outer Ring Road grade separator at Hinkal which is Mysuru’s maiden flyover. Yet, this facility of development now stands as a testament to administrative indifference and neglect. The…
Tree-cutting: Forest Dept. to hear public grievances at Hootagalli on Nov. 28
November 25, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department has proposed to cut down 239 trees of different species and trim two other trees along Mysuru-Hunsur road, on the stretch from Hinkal to St. Joseph’s School, that forms part of NH-275 (Bantwal-Bengaluru), as part of road expansion plans. Ahead of the felling of trees, the Department will conduct a public…
Lucky escape for car driver
October 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A car driver escaped miraculously, when he lost control of the vehicle and rammed it into a electric pole on Mysuru-Hunsur Road on Sunday midnight. It is leant that a resident of Jayapura in the taluk was proceeding in a Maruti Swift car (KA-09-P-9212) from Paduvarahalli Traffic Signal side towards Kalamandira. When he neared…
Bike rider injured as plant creeper encircles tyre
September 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In a bizarre incident, a bike rider sustained injuries after his bike skidded when a plant creeper encircled a tyre of his two-wheeler while crossing a road-hump near Manuganahalli check-post on Mysuru-Hunsur Road on Thursday morning. The youth was reportedly proceeding on the bike from Yelwal to Bilikere when the self-accident occurred and his…
Kerala jewellery shop owner kidnapped; Rs. 1 crore looted
March 20, 2021Gangs that rob gold merchants on Mysuru-Hunsur Road become active Mysuru: In a daring act of crime, a group of miscreants made away with Rs. 1 crore cash and a car belonging to a Kerala-based businessman on the busy Mysuru-Hunsur Road on Mar. 16. The sensational incident has been reported late and interestingly, the crime…
Raintree Seedpods, water turn road stretch into biker’s nightmare
March 31, 2019Mysuru: Many two-wheelers are regularly skidding on the Valmiki Road-Hunsur Road junction near a petrol pump on the Mysuru-Hunsur Road. The culprit is a tree — Raintree Seedpod or Ablizia Saman (locally called Chatri Mara or Bage Kai Mara) — whose seeds, when crushed under vehicles and mixed with water, makes the road slippery. This…
Rider injured
November 21, 2018Mysuru: A 33-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured when the two-wheeler he was riding was knocked down from behind by a speeding car near Bilikere on Mysuru-Hunsur Road last night. K.S. Raghu of Kempanahalli in Hunsur and an Infosys employee is the injured. He was returning home on his TVS motorcycle (KA-45-J-807) at around 9 pm,…
Bike rider killed in mishap
November 7, 2018Hunsur: A 37- year-old bike rider was killed on the spot, while the pillion rider sustained grievous injuries when the motorcycle they were travelling rammed into a stationary Timber Lorry near Bannikuppe on Mysuru-Hunsur Road late last night. The deceased has been identified as Ataullah Khan, a resident of Mysuru Block in Hunsur town, while…
Engineering student dies in road accident
July 10, 2018Mysuru: A 22-year-old Engineering student of a college in city, was killed on the spot, when a lorry ran over him on Mysuru-Hunsur Road near Yelwal on Monday. The deceased student is Yashwanth Kumar, son of Mahadevu and a resident of Nilangala village near Bettadapura in Periyapatna taluk. Yashwanth, who had been to his native…
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