Hunt on for other gang members who stayed in Maddur as tender coconut vendors Maddur: Two months after a gang of five thieves that had stolen Rs. 20.62 lakh from an ATM kiosk after breaking open the cash machine with a gas cutter, the Maddur Police have arrested one person from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh…
MP Sumalatha says she will not join any party
May 2, 2022Maddur: Setting aside speculations that she would be joining the BJP, Independent MP from Mandya Sumalatha Ambarish, wife of late actor Ambarish, asserted that she had not anywhere discussed plans about joining the BJP or any other party. Speaking at the Taluk-level health programme that was organised at Maddur on Thursday, Sumalatha clarified that she…
Tragedy during Kondotsava near Maddur: Woman killed, 40 hurt after terrace wall collapses
March 30, 2022Maddur: A woman was killed while over 40 persons including 10 children sustained injuries when the terrace parapet wall of a house collapsed during Sri Basaveshwara Swamy Kondotsava at Huligerepura village in Maddur taluk yesterday early morning. While the deceased has been identified as Puttalingamma (50), wife of Devarasa of the village and the injured…
Maddur Taluk’s tail-end regions too will get KRS water: CM
March 17, 2022Pandavapura: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has assured that he would work towards providing KRS water to the tail-end regions of Maddur taluk. He was speaking at the stage programme of Vairamudi Utsava held at Melukote in the taluk on Monday night. Recalling that as a Water Resources Minister earlier, he had developed 16 Gates of…
Car topples near Maddur: MP Pratap Simha extends helping hand
November 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has extended a helping hand to accident victims after a car toppled on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway near Maddur yesterday afternoon. A group of people were travelling in a Toyota Innova MUV when the driver lost control of the vehicle as one of the tyres of the car burst and toppled. Due…
Two Bengalureans meet watery grave at Ganalu Falls in Mandya
September 20, 2021Halagur: Two youths from Bengaluru, who had come to Ganalu Falls in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district, met watery graves after they reportedly went for a swim on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Samuel (21) and Sibil (21), both residents of M.S. Palya in Bengaluru. It is learnt that Samuel and Sibil had…
Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Expressway: Unscientific, says Sumalatha; Pratap Simha hits back
August 20, 2021Mandya: Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish has termed the works of the 10-lane Expressway between Mysuru and Bengaluru as unscientific and would inconvenience people of Kodihalli in Maddur taluk. At the DISHA (District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee) meeting held in Mandya on Wednesday, Sumalatha said that the works are not being undertaken scientifically. “Take Kodihalli…
Real heroes: Brain-dead Mandya farmer’s vital organs donated
June 30, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: There are very few selfless people whose will to help others never ends even when they themselves are in pain. One such example has been set by the family of a farmer in Mandya who was declared brain dead. The family did not think twice before donating his heart, lungs, kidneys, liver and other…
Rs. 17.50 lakh cash looted from ATM at Maddur
May 24, 2021Maddur: A group of thieves, making use of the lockdown and after noticing the absence of security at an ATM, have decamped with Rs. 17.50 lakh cash after cutting open the ATM machine with a gas cutter last night. The robbery took place at the SBI Bank ATM kiosk in Kolli Circle in Maddur. The…
Old rivalry: Youth allegedly murdered near Maddur
May 12, 2021Maddur: A 26-year-old youth was allegedly murdered with lethal weapons by a group of youths over old rivalry at Gejjalagere village near Maddur on Monday night. Another youth, who was with him has suffered serious injuries following a brutal assault and is undergoing treatment at the District Hospital. The deceased youth is Hemanth Kumar, son…
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