Written objections invited from flyover supporters, opponents Mysore/Mysuru: A public hearing convened to discuss a proposed flyover or a grade-separator at the Hosahundi-Devalapura junction on Outer Ring Road (National Highway 275-K) ended in chaos yesterday after heated exchanges between supporters and opponents of the project. The proposal involves felling 48 neem trees at the site….
Hosahundi Junction Black Spot on Outer Ring Road: Flyover plan divides residents, greens
March 23, 2026Safety Vs Trees: 35 fatal accidents in 11 years; loss of 46 grown trees Mysore/Mysuru: The junction of Outer Ring Road (ORR) and Devalapura Road near Hosahundi, identified as an accident-prone ‘black spot’, has sparked a debate over a proposed flyover project. The flyover is proposed between the busy Nanjangud Road and Uthanahalli Road Junction…
One killed, four others injured as car rams into electric pole
March 4, 2026All were pursuing their 1st year M.Tech course at VTU Mysore/Mysuru: One student was killed while four others sustained serious injuries when the person behind the wheels of the car in which they were travelling lost control of the vehicle and rammed it into an electric pole on the Outer Ring Road, near Manasinagar last…
Inferno at Scrap Hub
February 9, 20263 am blaze destroys 12 godowns at Old Kesare Mysore/Mysuru: A massive fire broke out in the wee hours of today, destroying over 12 godowns in city. Luckily, no loss of life has been reported. The blaze erupted around 3 am in a warehouse storing copper wires at Old Kesare on the Outer Ring Road…
Four injured as car hits electric pole, catches fire on Ring Road
December 2, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Four persons travelling in a Skoda car sustained injuries when the car hit the electric pole and caught fire near Pushpashrama Junction on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) in the wee hours of Sunday. Those injured are Mohammed Ibrahim, who was driving the car, Mohammed Maaz, Syed Roshan and Mohammed Asif, residents of Mysuru,…
Pedestrian killed in accident
November 23, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: A pedestrian, who had sustained serious injuries after a speeding car hit him on the Outer Ring Road and admitted to a private hospital, has succumbed to injuries at the hospital on Nov. 19 night. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Nadeem (34), a resident of Hanumanthanagar at Bannimantap in city. On Nov….
Outer Ring Road to get 35 more traffic signals
November 3, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police, who have already installed traffic signal lights at several junctions along the 42.5-km Outer Ring Road (ORR), is gearing up to install 35 additional signals by the end of December. This move is part of a comprehensive traffic management initiative aimed at improving road safety and ensuring strict enforcement of…
Rs. 390-crore drug racket bust in Mysuru: City BJP seeks Governor’s intervention, NIA probe
August 16, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Unit BJP has demanded that the recent seizure of Mephedrone (MD) worth Rs. 390 crore, from a large-scale drug manufacturing unit on the Outer Ring Road near Belavatta, be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The unit was busted by the Anti-Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Police. Addressing a press conference…
Smoky dumpyard
August 6, 2025Wire-burning menace chokes Hale Kesare, Rajivnagar; residents breathe poison Mysore/Mysuru: A suffocating blanket of toxic smoke has engulfed Hale Kesare and Rajivnagar 3rd Stage (near Varuna Canal), where mounds of garbage are being dumped and electrical wires openly burned daily in broad daylight. The stretch of the Varuna Canal, running along the Outer Ring Road…
Excise Dy.SP conducts inquiry, orders crackdown on narcotics network
August 2, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Following the discovery of a large quantity of drugs in a shed at Belavatha on Mysuru Outer Ring Road (ORR) and registration of the case by the Mumbai Police in Maharashtra, suspicion has grown that narcotics may have been supplied from Mysuru. In a proactive step aimed at tightening surveillance and curbing drug-related offences…















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