Chamarajanagar: The works on widening National Highway (NH) 209 and the by-pass road is going on in full swing. The NH-209 is the last of the major roads and the last National Highway from Bengaluru which is still a single lane. The NH-209 connects Dindigul in Tamil Nadu from Bengaluru via Kanakapura-Malavalli-Kollegal and Chamarajanagar. It…
Law College for Chamarajanagar soon
January 10, 2018Gundlupet: District In-Charge Minister Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad has disclosed that a Law College has been sanctioned for Chamarajanagar which will come up soon. She was speaking after inaugurating a pure drinking water unit at Beratahalli village in the taluk yesterday. Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad observed that the salt content in drinking water was high which was resulting…
ADC K.M. Gayathri takes over as in-Charge Municipal Comr.
December 3, 2017Chamarajanagar: Additional DC K.M. Gayathri has assumed charge as In-Charge Commissioner of City Municipal Council. Incumbent Commissioner M. Rajanna had been dismissed from service alleging misappropriation of funds and was relieved on Nov. 23. DC B. Ramu, in the interest of smoother functioning of the Municipality, had issued an order indicating that Additional DC would…
To hang till death: High Court upholds death penalty of killer for murdering five labourers in Chamarajanagar
October 27, 2017Chamarajanagar: The High Court has upheld the death penalty (To be hanged till death) of a killer pronounced by the Chamarajanagar District Court for killing five labourers in Chamarajanagar. The accused has been identified as 47-year-old Murugesan alias Muruga of Periyar village in Mettur taluk, Salem district in Tamil Nadu. He had brutally murdered…
Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad is Chamarajanagar in-charge Minister
October 14, 2017Chamarajanagar: Minister for Sugar and Small Scale Industries, Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad has been appointed as the new Chamarajanagar District in-Charge Minister in place of Food & Civil Supplies Minister U.T. Khader. Following the death of H.S. Mahadevaprasad in January this year, U.T. Khader was functioning as the District in-Charge Minister But with her appointment, Dr….
Injured tigress rescued
October 10, 2017Chamarajanagar: A tigress, which was injured in a fight, was rescued by the Forest Department and brought to Mysuru Zoo where it is kept under observation after being treated for its injuries. The tigress, aged between 7 and 8 years, which was severely injured in a fight at Hediyala Range coming under Bandipur Tiger Reserve…
Plea to set up Natl. Institute of Pharma Education and Research in Ch.Nagar
October 6, 2017Chamarajanagar: Chamarajanagar Member of Parliament R. Dhruvanarayan has urged Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers H.N. Ananthkumar to establish a National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) in Chamarajanagar. The MP, who called on the Union Minister at New Delhi recently, told him that approximately 1,600 acres of Government-owned land was present in the…
CM performs bhoomi puja for B. Rachaiah Memorial
August 10, 2017Chamarajanagar: Asserting that he was visiting Chamarajanagar frequently to do away with the jinx tag attached to the town (that the CMs will lose power if they visited the town), Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has said that he was doing so to put an end to further debates in this regard. Speaking to press persons after…
Man kills wife, buries her
August 5, 2017Chamarajanagar: The Town Police have been successful in nabbing a man, who had committed the dastardly crime of killing his wife and burying her clandestinely. Abdul Asif, a resident of Galipura Extension here, is the person arrested. He has allegedly murdered his wife, the unfortunate Baby Ayesha (35). Asif had married Ayesha from Mysuru about…
Mariyala Mutt Seer no more
July 29, 2017Chamarajanagar: Chamarajanagar taluk Mariyala’s Sri Murugharajendra Swamy Mahasamsthana Mutt Seer Vidwan Sri Mahantaswamiji passed away yesterday following brief illness. He was 80. Last rites were performed at the Mutt premises as per Veerashaiva tradition this afternoon. Born on Oct. 2, 1937 at Teramballi village in Kollegal taluk of Chamarajanagar, the Seer after having early education…
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