Mysuru: A day after Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers claimed a secret lab was set up in Mysuru to manufacture drugs, the district police have seized raw materials meant for manufacturing synthetic drugs at a rented house in Yandahalli, within Mysuru South police station limits.However, police are awaiting reports from FSL experts to confirm whether…
Mysuru: Two days after Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers raided a chemical manufacturing unit in north Mysuru, the bureau claimed to have busted an inter-state drug trafficking syndicate and a clandestine drug manufacturing unit in Mysuru. NCB has valued the seized drugs at Rs 10 crore. Apart from the contraband substances, Rs 25.6 lakhs in…
Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has intensified its efforts to retain the Super Swachh League (SSL) position in the Swachh Survekshan survey for clean city rankings this year.Last year, Mysuru made it to SSL, a newly introduced category under the survey conducted by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs. Chandigarh and Noida were…
Mysuru: With the passing of legendary wrestler “Tiger” Pailwaan Balaji Jetti, Mysuru lost a towering personality whose life and achievements were inseparably linked to the city’s cultural and sporting heritage. He passed away on Friday at the age of 67. His mortal remains are kept at his house in Sunnadakeri. The final rites will be…
Mysuru: KPCC vice-president VS Ugrappa alleged that the BJP consistently came to power through ‘backdoor methods’ rather than by securing a clear people’s mandate. Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Ugrappa alleged that the country was currently witnessing an ideological clash between the principles of Mahatma Gandhi and that of Nathuram Godse, asserting that the…
Mysuru: Amid objections by a few members of the Board of Management (BoM) of KSOU over the selection to confer honorary doctorates, the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) authorities on Friday announced the names of eight dignitaries to be conferred with honorary doctorates at the 21st convocation on Saturday. The board members sent their objection…
Madikeri: Civic workers attached to Gonikoppal GP, led by the Karnataka State Civic Workers Association, on Friday protested in front of the GP office, demanding the right to clean environment and other facilities. The association president DR Raju urged that their demands be fulfilled. They demanded that the fish and pork markets, located near the…
Mysuru: In a big boost to Sunday’s walk to Chamundi betta, the second such protest in recent weeks against PRASHAD works, Mysuru royal family matriarch Pramoda Devi Wadiyar and Melukote MLA Darshan Puttannaiah announced their participation. They extended their support to the ongoing Save Chamundi Hills drive.Parashurame Gowda, general secretary of People for Environment, said…
Madikeri: An auto driver was killed in a hit-and-run accident near Sampaje on Mangaluru-Madikeri NH 275 late on Thursday in Kodagu. Sundar C, 56, former vice-president of Sampaje GP, died in the accident. A speeding car overtook the autorickshaw driven by Sundar on a curvy road from the left, and the auto toppled after the…
Mysuru: A bridegroom was attacked by ex-lover of his bride and his accomplices with a sharp knife and dragger in Kollegal taluk of Chamarajanagar district late on Thursday. He was threatened the group for marrying the girl, police said.Police said the incident took place when the bridegroom was heading towards the wedding reception in his…
