All arrested are teenagers; they forced victims to transfer money through UPI app Mysuru: In a daring daylight robbery, a five-member gang assaulted two victims on Sept. 19 around 3.30 pm near a bridge at Old Kesare, next to Varuna Canal. The accused, all between 18 and 20 years old, targeted the two victims and…
Hazardous chlorine gas leak: 37 fall ill
June 8, 2024Incident at Old Kesare scrap shop; toddler among affected persons; 26 treated; 11 still in hospital Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 37 people, including a toddler, fell indisposed following a chlorine gas leak at a gujari (scrap) shop at Old Kesare in the city last evening. The victims experienced breathing problems including breathlessness while some others…
Scrap cylinders bought at Davangere auction
June 8, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Mohammed, the owner of the scrap shop where the incident occurred, had purchased old machinery, chlorine cylinders and other equipment in an auction from the water purification unit of Davangere City Corporation three months ago. He had stored them in the shed of his shop, which were then taken out for crushing at about…
Shift Waste Management Plant from Old Kesare: MLA GTD tells MCC
February 3, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda directed the officials concerned to shift the Waste Management Plant from Old Kesare in the city to a suitable place. He came out with the above instruction during a meeting of officials from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Hootagalli City Municipal Council (CMC), Town Panchayats of Rammanahalli, Srirampura, Bogadi and Kadakola,…
Nauseating Stench: Meat waste plant leaves residents of Old Kesare and surrounding areas gasping for clean air
June 23, 2019If Saadat Hasan Manto, writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana during the British Raj became famous with his Urdu short story “Boo” that means “Smell”, a quiet locality in Mysuru is becoming famous or rather infamous or call it notorious for its “Smell” — a horrible meat waste stench. The smell is due to…
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