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Two-phase security for safe Mysuru Dasara
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Two-phase security for safe Mysuru Dasara

September 20, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: In preparation for a safe, smooth and culturally vibrant Dasara, the Mysuru City Police have drawn up comprehensive security arrangements, introducing a two-phase deployment strategy to ensure effective crowd management and a quick response to any incidents. Addressing a press conference in the city yesterday, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar announced that the first…

Building owners on Jumboo Savari route sensitised
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Building owners on Jumboo Savari route sensitised

September 17, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar along with other Police officials and MCC officials conducted spot inspections of dilapidated, weak and precarious buildings along the Dasara procession route yesterday. This inspection comes in the wake of Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth  Reddy, who is also the Dasara Special Officer, stating that all dilapidated, weak…

City Police Chief holds meeting with hoteliers
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City Police Chief holds meeting with hoteliers

September 17, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar has instructed hoteliers to take adequate security measures in view of Dasara from Sept. 22. Seema Latkar was addressing the meeting of hoteliers, lodge owners, operators of service apartments and Paying Guest (PG) accommodations and managers, at a hotel in city recently. “Dasara attracts tourists from the country and…

Puja performed to Palace Cannons
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Puja performed to Palace Cannons

September 5, 2025

Mysuru, Sept. 5 (MTY&KS)- With Dasara festivities commencing from Sept. 22, traditional puja was performed to the Palace cannons at the Mysore Palace premises this afternoon. Priest S.V. Pralhad Rao, accompanied by other priests, performed puja to cannons after they were pulled forward. City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar, DCP (Law and Order) R.N. Bindu Mani,…

Dum Laga Ke…
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Dum Laga Ke…

September 5, 2025

City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar and DCP (Law and Order) R.N. Bindu Mani pulling a Palace cannon to run over the lemons placed at the base of the wheels as part of the traditional Dasara ritual after Palace priest Pralhad Rao performed puja to the seven cannons at Mysore Palace premises this afternoon.

Top Cop appeals for peace in festival season
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Top Cop appeals for peace in festival season

August 23, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of festive season, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar has appealed citizens of Mysuru to maintain peace, by following the advisory issued by the Police. She was speaking at a peace meeting of inter-faith leaders at her office in Nazarbad on Thursday, in view of Gowri-Ganesha and Eid Milad (Milad Un-Nabi) festivals.  Gowri-Ganesha festival…

Drunken brawl: CCB Inspector Mohan Kumar suspended
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Drunken brawl: CCB Inspector Mohan Kumar suspended

August 19, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar has ordered suspension of City Crime Branch (CCB) Inspector Mohan Kumar after he allegedly indulged in a drunken brawl at a pub in city. Speaking to Star of Mysore, the City Police Commissioner said that as the Inspector had brought disrespect to the Police Department he has been suspended…

Seven Police teams mobilised to hunt down drug peddlers
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Seven Police teams mobilised to hunt down drug peddlers

July 29, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: The shocking discovery of an MDMA drug manufacturing unit on Mysuru’s outskirts has triggered one of the city’s most extensive anti-narcotics crackdowns in recent years. Since Sunday evening, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar has personally spearheaded sweeping raids across multiple neighbourhoods, targeting suspected drug peddlers and users. Simultaneous operations were carried out at 59…

MDMA racket in city: 35 homes raided
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MDMA racket in city: 35 homes raided

July 28, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of a massive MDMA (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine or ecstasy) drug bust on the Outer Ring Road, Mysuru City Police have intensified their crackdown on narcotics networks operating in and around the city. The joint operation conducted on Saturday by the Maharashtra Anti-Narcotics Squad and Mysuru City Police unearthed a sophisticated drug racket operating…

City Police launch traffic beat system to prevent accidents
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City Police launch traffic beat system to prevent accidents

July 23, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru:  City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar inaugurated the new traffic beat system in the city this morning. The event was held at the Commissioner’s Office auditorium in Nazarbad. Explaining about the initiative, which is also a first of its kind, Latkar, with the help of a PowerPoint Presentation, said, “The Traffic Beat System, in general,…

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