Mysore/Mysuru: A lady security staff was killed while her colleague sustained severe injuries when a Toyota Innova vehicle hit their two-wheeler near Siddalingapura on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway this morning. While the deceased has been identified as Saraswathi (32), wife of Paramesh and a resident of Bevinakuppe in Pandavapura taluk, the injured is Lakshmi. Both were working…
Abused by relative: Brothers commit suicide
July 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Depressed over being abused by a relative, two brothers committed suicide at Siddalingapura yesterday. The deceased brothers are Dharanesh (47) and Ganesh (40). According to N.R. Police, the brothers were abused by one of their relative over a land issue following which Ganesh committed suicide by consuming poison at a vacant plot near Hale…
Snake Shyam rescues Cobra from bedroom
June 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A Cobra that had entered the bedroom of a house where a mother and her pregnant daughter were sleeping and took refuge under a suitcase has been rescued by city’s well-known snake rescuer and wildlife conservationist Snake Shyam at Siddalingapura near here on Wednesday midnight. The Cobra was rescued from the house of one…
House burgled at Siddalingapura
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Miscreants, who gained entry into a house, have decamped with gold jewellery worth Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 20,000 cash from the house at Siddalingapura in Metagalli Police limits on Apr. 5. The burglary took place at the house of Raghavendra. He (Raghavendra), along with his wife, had gone to Bharathipura near K.R. Pet to…
Borewell spews contaminated water reeking of petrol
February 24, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Occupants of a housing complex in Siddalingapura are facing a unique and potentially dangerous problem. Water from a borewell here can not be used for drinking or other purposes as it smells like petrol. It’s yellowish in colour and has an unpleasant taste. The problem is so acute that the residents have stopped using…
Before robbing Bengaluru-bound engineer in city… Extortionists had robbed two more persons at Induvalu, Siddalingapura
January 16, 2020Modus operandi: Offering Lift Mysuru: The gang of three miscreants, who had robbed a Bengaluru-bound engineer Madhu Vikas of cash and gold ornaments in the early hours of Jan. 13 morning, had earlier robbed two-persons of their cash and mobile phones near Induvalu and Siddalingapura on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway on the same day. The miscreants, who…
When Bovines jump across Flames
January 16, 2020Kichchu haisuvudu, Laksha Deepotsava mark Makara Sankranti Mysuru: Makara Sankranti was celebrated in various parts of the Indian subcontinent yesterday which marked the shift of the Sun into ever-lengthening days. The festival is a seasonal observance as well as a religious celebration. It is a solar event making it one of the few Hindu festivals…
Siddalingapura Temple records collection of over Rs.4 lakh on Shashti day
December 7, 2019Mysuru: The famed Sri Subramanyeshwara Swamy Temple at Siddalingapura on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, recorded a total collection of Rs.4.21 lakh on Shashti festival day on Dec.2. The temple recorded hundi collection of Rs.2,71,900 and Rs.1,50,000 from vehicle parking fee and special entry tickets, totalling Rs.4,21,900. Tahsildar Ramesh Babu said that the temple collection this year was…
Thousands attend Shashti Jatra at Siddalingapura
December 2, 2019Mysuru: Braving the morning chill, thousands of devotees from different parts of the State thronged the famed Sri Subramanyeshwara Swamy Temple at Siddalingapura on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, for the annual Shashti Jatra today. Subramanya Shashti is a big festival in the Margashira Maasa dedicated to Lord Subramanya. The Shashti rituals began as early as 1 am,…
Shashti Jatra: Traffic diversion on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road tomorrow
December 1, 2019Mysuru: With the famous Shashti Jatra of Subramanyeshwara Swamy Temple at Siddalingapura on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway scheduled to take place tomorrow (Dec.2), the City Police have restricted vehicle movement between Mysuru and Siddalingapura, during the period between Dec.1 midnight and Dec.2 midnight. Accordingly, vehicles bound for Bengaluru from Mysuru should take the Ring Road from Columbia…
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