Maddur: Former Maddur MLA Jayavani Manchegowda (91), wife of late former MLA M. Manchegowda, passed away at her residence in Maddur town on Friday due to age-related illness. She is survived by three sons Dr. M. Maheshchand, a former MLA, M. Swarupchand and Prafulchand, three daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Jayavani was…
‘Married’ lovers commit suicide
December 19, 2024Maddur: A love story between a married man and a married woman has ended in a tragedy, with the woman ending her life by jumping into a river and her lover hanging self upon hearing the news. The incident took place in Maddur taluk and the deceased are Srushti (20), a resident of Yaraganahalli village…
Tearful adieu to S.M. Krishna at his native Somanahalli
December 12, 2024Somanahalli: The mortal remains of former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna, who passed away in Bengaluru on Tuesday (Dec. 10), was consigned to flames at his native Somanahalli in Maddur taluk, Mandya district, on Wednesday. The 92-year-old Krishna was given State honours with the Police Band playing National Anthem and State Police firing three rounds in…
Krishna’s last journey
December 11, 2024Lakhs pay respects to S.M. Krishna as funeral cortege moves from his residence at Sadashivanagar in Bengaluru to his native village Somanahalli in Maddur taluk for cremation this evening with full State honours Bengaluru: Lakhs of people paid their last respects to former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna, who passed away in Bengaluru yesterday, as the…
S.M. Krishna no more
December 10, 2024Bengaluru: Karnataka woke up to the sad news of the demise of former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna at his residence in Sadashivanagar early this morning at 2.30 am. The 92-year-old veteran politician had been ailing for some time. S. M. Krishna (Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna) was instrumental in laying a strong foundation for the growth of…
Woman, son killed in accident on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
July 14, 2024They were on their way to Bengaluru after offering Ashada puja atop Chamundi Hill Maddur: A woman and her son were killed on the spot, while her daughter and son-in-law sustained serious injuries after their car crashed into a road divider on the Rudrakshipura By-pass Road on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway on Friday. The family had…
Hunsur resident dies in road accident near Maddur
November 26, 2023Hunsur: In a head on collision between two motorbikes occurred near Maddur on Mysuru-Bengaluru road on Thursday, a resident of Hunsur died on the spot and his wife escaped with minor injuries. Sadiq Ahmed, son of Hunsur auto drivers association former president Sanavullah and a resident of Kalkuni Housing Board Colony was returning home on…
Criminals posing as Police rob a man on Expressway
July 2, 2023Engineer from Kodagu was returning home after discharge from hospital in Bengaluru Mysore/Mysuru: After a break, criminals are back to rob travellers on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway. The latest robbing incident was reported on Friday night just hours after the visit of senior Police officers on the Expressway amidst a raging debate on the lack of…
Woman killed, son and granddaughter injured as scooter hits Canter vehicle on Expressway
June 22, 2023Maddur: A woman was killed on the spot while her son and granddaughter sustained serious injuries after the scooter on which they were travelling hit a Canter vehicle near K. Kodihalli in Maddur on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway yesterday. While the deceased has been identified as Varalakshmi (60), the injured are her son 40-year-old Sudhakar and granddaughter…
Man speaking on mobile phone killed by lightning
May 12, 2023Another dies due to sound of thunder Maddur: Heavy rains accompanied by thunder and lightning has claimed the lives of two people in separate incidents. While one person was killed when lightning struck him while he was speaking on mobile phone, another died of heart attack due to loud sound of thunder. In the first…
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