Mysuru: Satish Narredu-trained Star Glory, to be ridden by Suraj Narredu, is fancied to win the Dr MN Doreswamy Memorial Trophy, the feature event of the races to be run over a sprint here on Wednesday. Vijay Singh-trained Anastasia (Tousif Khan up) appears to be the next best. First race starts at 2pm. 1. Gonikoppa […]
Mandya: An additional district court of Mandya has awarded a mother and her two sons rigorous imprisonment for life for beheading her husband.Nagamma and her sons Dayanayaka, 27, and Ananthanayaka, 25, were convicted for killing Manjunath. The trio had tied Manjunath at their house in Gangenahalli village in KR Pet taluk, Mandya district, and then […]
Mysuru: Principal district and sessions judge and District Legal Service Authority (DLSA) chairperson Prabhavathi Hiremath, on Tuesday, called upon officials to work towards curbing human trafficking which has become a worldwide issue.Speaking after inaugurating the one-day seminar on ‘Curbing Human Trafficking’, jointly organised by district administration, ZP, DLSA, police department, department of women and child […]
Mysuru/Hassan: A day after the death of the iconic elephant Arjuna, conflicting accounts from mahouts and eyewitnesses have cast doubts on the events that transpired during the fatal encounter with a wild tusker in the Yeslur range Monday that led to the jumbo’s death.Forest minister Eshwar Khandre initially said Arjuna had succumbed to injuries suffered […]
Mysuru: Forest officials who are carrying out tiger rescue operation in Mysuru taluk have decided to construct watchtowers at ground zeroof the operations to pin down the elusive tiger that has been keeping people on tenterhooks. DCF (Mysuru circle) KN Basavaraj said the tiger was caught in a camera trap late on December 4 night […]
Mandya: Days after an illegal sex detection racket was busted in Mandya, the district administration has started to inspect the scanning centres operating in the district.A team led by district family welfare officer Dr Venkataswamy and Pandavapura tahsildar Nandish inspected scanning centres operating in KR Pet taluk on Tuesday following several complaints about scanning centres […]
Mysuru: The iconic Lansdowne Building and Devaraja Market could be replaced by new structures, as the urban development minister Bhyrathi Suresh has stated that the government is examining the Mysuru City Corporation’s proposal seeking permission for the demolition of both buildings.He said the MCChas sought funds for the reconstruction of both the structures, which is […]
Mysuru: The death Arjuna during an elephant-rescue operation has devastated the forest staffers, forcing them to pause the operation for a brief period.“Every operation poses a fresh challenge and carrying out elephant operations involves life risksfor both elephants and staffers. We are dejected by the incident. Arjuna not just lost his life, but saved the […]
MYSURU/HASSAN: A day after the death of the iconic elephant Arjuna, conflicting accounts from mahouts and eyewitnesses have cast doubts on the events that transpired during the fatal encounter with a wild tusker in the Yeslur range Monday that led to the jumbo’s death. Forest minister Eshwar Khandreinitially said Arjuna had succumbed to injuries suffered […]
Mysuru: Even as the search operation for the tiger that attacked people has continued in Mysuru taluk, fear has enveloped residents as they are dreading the presence of the big cat in their neighbourhood. Residents have stopped taking cattle for grazing beyond a limit.Deputy conservator of forests (Mysuru Circle) KN Basavaraj said the tiger has […]
