Mysuru: A container lorry meant for transporting vehicles toppled after hitting the road divider at Ring road junction on Mysuru-Nanjangud road yesterday night. Fortunately, the driver and cleaner of the lorry escaped unhurt in the mishap. The container lorry (KA-01/AK 7089) was taking a turn towards Srirampura at the Ring Road Junction, when it went…
Pedestrian killed in accident
November 21, 2019Mysuru: A pedestrian, who was crossing the road, was killed on the spot, when a lorry rammed into him on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road near Kadakola yesterday. The deceased is Shivaswamy (53), a resident of Hebbal in city. He was crossing the road near Kadakola last evening, when a lorry hit him, killing him on the spot. …
Cane growers stage rasta-roko on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road
December 14, 2018Mysuru: Seeking fulfilment of their demands, farmers under the banner of Karnataka Sugarcane Growers Association (KSGA) staged a rasta-roko on Ring Road junction near APMC Yard on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road yesterday. Their demands included cut in cane transportation costs, announcement of ex-field price, FRP (Fair and Remunerative Price) instead of unscientific ex-gate price, payment of arrears…
Nanjangud limping back to normalcy
August 19, 2018Nanjangud: After reeling under Kapila river floods for several days following huge discharge from Kabini Dam, the temple town of Nanjangud in limping back to normalcy, with flood water, receding slowly, but steadily in the last 24 hours. The flood water that had surrounded the famous Srikanteshwara Temple and other cluster temples, has receded considerably…
Mysuru-Nanjangud Road near Gun House re-opens
August 6, 2018Mysuru: The 1.15 km stretch of Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway near Gun House, which was closed to traffic since the last nine months for road widening, has re-opened to the traffic. MLA S.A. Ramdas flagged off a KSRTC bus this morning thus signalling the free flow of vehicles which will reduce congestion on other surrounding roads. The…
Factory employee among two killed in separate accidents
January 9, 2018Nanjangud: Two motorcyclists were killed on-the-spot in two separate road accidents in the limits of Nanjangud town this morning. In the first incident, a Nestle factory employee was killed when the motorcycle he was riding was knocked down by a goods lorry at BDO Office circle (Apollo Circle) on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road. The deceased has been…
Gold bars, Rs. 23 lakh cash at Dalvoy Lake !
January 6, 2018Mysuru: The Dalvoy Lake on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road was a beehive of activity this morning as people came to the Lake in search of gold and cash that had been dumped there by a gang of dacoits. Over 50 people had gathered at the Lake following rumours that dacoits had covered some gold bars and Rs….
Gambling: Six arrested
August 14, 2017Mysuru: Mysuru Rural Police, acting on a tip off that gambling was going on at a public place near the Bandipalya APMC yard milk parlour on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road, raided the place and arrested six persons indulged in gambling. The arrested persons have been identified as Sanjay, Manu, Ismail, Gurumurthy, Chamaraju and Mahesh Kumar. Mysuru Rural…
Lucky escape for passengers as mini bus rams into road divider
May 15, 2017Mysuru: Nearly 30 passengers of a mini bus had a lucky escape, when the vehicle rammed into a concrete road divider near Uttanahalli Junction on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road here last evening. It is reported that about 30 persons, residents of Gundlupet had gone to Adichunchanagiri in the mini bus and were travelling back via Nanjangud Road…
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