Deceased failed to take note despite repeated honking by Loco Pilot Mandya: Two women, who alighted from a train, were run over by another speeding train at Mandya Town Railway Gate this morning. In a tearing hurry to cross the Railway line, the women did not pay attention to the approaching train from Mysuru though…
R. Ashok returns as Mandya District in-Charge Minister
January 25, 2023Mandya: After a gap of few years, Revenue Minister R. Ashok has been appointed as the new Mandya District in-Charge Minister, replacing Excise Minister K. Gopalaiah, who held the responsibility for exactly a year. The State Government issued an order to this effect yesterday. Excise Minister K. Gopalaiah, the MLA from Mahalakshmi Layout in Bengaluru,…
Youth ends life after mother found dead under mysterious circumstances
January 3, 2023Mandya: A youth reportedly committed suicide by coming under a train on Monday, a day after the Police had questioned him on the death of his mother, who was found hanging under mysterious circumstances at her residence here on Sunday. The deceased are Veena Jodini (63), a retired teacher and her son Nitin (32), residents…
Name Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway after Nalwadi: Mandya MLCs
December 25, 2022Mandya: With the ambitious Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Expressway project nearing completion, Congress MLCs from Mandya — Madhu G. Madegowda and Dinesh Gooligowda — have urged Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to name the Expressway after Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar. The MLCs, apart from submitting a memorandum to the CM, have also appealed PWD Minister C.C. Patil, Mandya District…
Ex-serviceman killed as truck runs over
November 16, 2022Mandya: An ex-serviceman, who hit a bike and fell down while trying to avoid a huge pothole, was killed after he was run over by a truck near Kaaremane Gate near Mandya. The deceased is S.N. Kumar (39), a resident of Sathanur village in Mandya taluk. Kumar, after taking retirement from the Indian Army, was…
Professor’s chain snatched
November 14, 2022Mandya: Miscreants have snatched a gold chain of a Professor of a private Engineering College, while she was waiting for a bus at Siddaiahana Koppal Gate in the taluk on Nov. 10. The Professor, who lost her gold chain is 25-year-old B.H. Rakshitha, a Professor at Cauvery Engineering College in Mandya. On Nov. 10 at…
Child artiste Keerthana is Mandya’s Assistant Commissioner now
November 9, 2022Mandya: H.S. Keerthana, who recently assumed charge as the Assistant Commissioner (AC) of Mandya, had made her entry into Sandalwood as a child artiste at the age of four and has acted in many Kannada films and TV serials. Apart from acting with the giants of Kannada film industry as a child artists, Keerthana had…
Cops stop man from taking wife and ailing infant to hospital in Mandya
November 4, 2022Make mother-child sit on roadside for hours till husband fetches money to pay fine for helmetless riding Mandya: Traffic Police personnel, who stopped a man from taking his wife and his seven-month-old ailing infant to hospital as he was not wearing a helmet, made the mother and child sit on the roadside for hours till…
KRS Dam inflow reaches 294 tmcft after 60 years
November 2, 2022Crossed 200 tmcft mark 10 times in 49 years Kushalnagar: The Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam at Srirangapatna taluk in Mandya district has broken a couple of records this year, thanks to bountiful rains in the catchment areas and also in the surrounding areas where the Dam is located. After 60 years, the inflow to…
Takes charge as Mandya DC
October 28, 2022Mandya: Dr. H.N. Gopalakrishna, a 2012 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre took charge as the new Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Mandya from outgoing DC S. Aswathi at the DC office here yesterday. Dr. Gopalakrishna who was serving as the Commissioner of Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports at Bengaluru, was posted as Mandya DC…
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