Mandya: Mandya District Minister K. Gopalaiah said yesterday that the Government would seek additional underpasses and subways on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway for pedestrians to cross. Speaking to reporters in Mandya after inspecting parts of the Highway that were marooned under water last week, he said that the project would greatly benefit the people but there…
Boodanur Lake breaches near Mandya: Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway traffic diverted via Maddur, Bharathinagar
August 3, 2022Mandya: Traffic on the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway has been closed following flooding of the Highway as Boodanur Lake near Mandya has breached following heavy rains on Monday night. The lake was full to the brim and the bund breached. A large quantity of water from the lake flooded the Highway, bringing vehicular movement to a…
ATM kiosk theft in Maddur: One arrested in Uttar Pradesh
June 11, 2022Hunt 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…
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