Srirangapatna: A youth from Mysuru was killed on the spot, when another car coming from Bengaluru side jumped over the road median on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway and rammed into the car the youth was travelling near Srinivasa Agrahara in the taluk yesterday. Police said that three other occupants of the car have sustained serious injuries and…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway-275: GPS-based toll system before Lok Sabha polls
February 11, 2024Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announces in Rajya Sabha New Delhi: Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that the Centre has initiated a pilot project for a GPS-based tolling system on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway and aims to launch the technology before announcing the Lok Sabha polls. In a written response to a…
Alleged sexual assault after promising to marry
January 7, 2024Lady employee lodges complaint against hotelier Mysore/Mysuru: A former lady employee of a private hotel on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway has lodged a Police complaint against one Preetham Puranik, in-charge of managing the hotel for allegedly assaulting her sexually after promising to marry her and also against his father Krishnadas Puranik, owner of the hotel, for reportedly…
Kannada Rajyotsava, Tipu Jayanti celebrated by Tipu Kannada Rajyotsava Vedike
November 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Tipu Kannada Rajyotsava Vedike hosted a grand celebration of Kannada Rajyotsava and Tipu Jayanti last evening at the Milan Function Hall on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. The flag hoisting ceremony was conducted by Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait and MLC A.H. Vishwanath. Following this, students from Sheikh Public School sang the State Anthem, adding to the…
Traffic congestions at Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway junctions: Start and end points needed better planning
June 9, 2023We must admit our lack of competence in development of Highways and Expressways By V. N. Prasad Recently, I saw a video titled “China’s mind-bending mega bridge: A magical journey on the world’s most complex overpass.” It is worth watching a million times. Road traffic converging at a junction is so beautifully (I mean technically)…
Two killed after bike rams into canter vehicle
May 29, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Two youths from Kerala were killed on the spot after the bike they were riding rammed into a canter vehicle from behind near Kalasthawadi on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway yesterday morning. The deceased have been identified as P.S. Nithin (21) of Edakkara town in Mallapuram district and Shaheen Shajan (21), a BSc Nursing student from Tiruvananthapuram…
Bottleneck on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway Ring Road junction
May 25, 2023Flyover in approval stage, NHAI to take up works: MP Mysore/Mysuru: In an attempt to ease the perennial traffic bottleneck on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway Ring Road junction (Kempegowda Circle) near Manipal Hospital, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha inspected the stretch this morning. He was accompanied by PWD, Police and other officers. The MP said that the…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway Ring Road junction widened
May 23, 2023Length of medians reduced to enable movement of more vehicles Mysore/Mysuru: The City Police have found a stop-gap solution to prevent the frequent traffic snarls at the ever busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway Ring Road junction (Kempegowda Circle) near Manipal Hospital. The jurisdictional Narasimharaja (NR) Traffic Police today started widening the Circle by removing and reinstalling the…
SUV topples on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
May 19, 2023Mandya: Occupants of a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) had a miraculous escape when the SUV in which they were travelling to Mysuru toppled on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway near Hosa Boodanuru village yesterday morning. It is learnt that the Toyota Fortuner SUV with four occupants from Bengaluru, was proceeding from Bengaluru to Mysuru and when it neared…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway: Hike in toll revoked at same speed
April 1, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Following a severe backlash from the general public over the decision of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to hike the toll fee on the newly opened Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway by 22 percent (on 59-km Nidaghatta-Bengaluru section), the NHAI has revoked the order in the same speed. B.T. Sridhar, Project Director of NHAI, told SOM…
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