Mandya: A woman’s fad for shooting video reels on cell phone has cost her life, with her suspecting husband allegedly doing her to death at Koppalu village in the district recently. The incident came to light after her body was found in Cauvery River. Pooja (26), wife of Srinath, and daughter of Doreswamy of Koppalu…
Mandya farmer gets special I-Day invite
August 11, 2023Mandya: In a remarkable gesture, N.H. Virupakshappa, a farmer hailing from Mandya district, has received an invitation to participate in the upcoming 76th Independence Day (I-Day) celebrations at the Red Fort in New Delhi. Virupakshappa’s commendable contributions to agriculture and him being a beneficiary of the Prime Minister’s Kisan Samman Yojana have earned him this…
Echo of vehicles plunging into canals in Mandya: DC constitutes panels to study need for crash barriers
August 4, 2023Officials, elected representatives conveniently forgot the 2018 Kanaganamaradi bus accident that killed 30 Mandya: Following two recent accidents involving cars plunging into the VC Canal in Mandya district, which resulted in the tragic death of five individuals, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Kumara has taken prompt action by constituting Committees. The primary purpose of these Committees is…
CM travels on Expressway; reviews safety measures
July 29, 2023Mandya/Srirangapatna: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah travelled by road from Bengaluru to Mysuru on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway and stopped at two places to review the safety measures taken by the Police and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to prevent accidents on the high-speed access-controlled road. His cavalcade first stopped near Amaravathi Hotel — near Ummadahalli…
Car plunges into VC Canal in Mandya: Missing driver’s body found
July 28, 2023Mandya: The body of the driver, which was untraceable after the car he was driving plunged into the VC Canal yesterday, has been traced this morning. The deceased is Lokesh and the incident had taken place near Thibbanahalli in Mandya taluk. Eyewitnesses had stated that Lokesh lost control of the car, which veered off the…
KRS water level crosses 104 ft.
July 26, 2023Dam can reach 124.80 feet in 10 days if daily inflow of 50,000 cusecs is maintained Srirangapatna: Water level at the KRS Dam in Srirangapatna Taluk breached the 100 ft. mark and touched 104.80 ft. this morning as against its maximum level of 124.80 ft. After a delayed South West Monsoon, the Dam has been…
Unabated Expressway Robbery
July 13, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: An attempted robbery on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, last night has been reported. It is learnt the incident took place last midnight at a place after Tubinakere in the premises of Mandya Industrial Area, before the Gananguru Toll Plaza while the car was coming from Bengaluru. However, the attempted robbery was foiled by an alert driver…
Crushing operations begin at MySugar
July 7, 2023Mandya: After a one-week delay, the crushing operations for the year 2023-24 began at MySugar factory in Mandya on Thursday. Sugar Minister Shivanand Patil launched the crushing operations at the 90-year-old Sugar factory, the only State-run Sugar factory in the State, yesterday. The crushing was earlier scheduled to be launched on June 30. Speaking on…
Expressway: ADGP Kumar mulls cancelling DL for rash driving
July 1, 2023Mandya: ADGP (Traffic and Road Safety) Alok Kumar has said, “At the outset it appears that the 10-lane Access-Controlled Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway is unscientifically built at places which calls for taking measures at the earliest to check the rate of accidents and deaths, by discussing with the top Officers of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)…
Rise in accidents on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway: ADGP Alok Kumar inspects ‘black spots’ in Mandya district
June 30, 2023Mandya: In the wake of rise in number of accidents on Access Controlled 10 lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, ADGP (Traffic and Road Safety) Alok Kumar inspected several stretches of the Expressway that have turned into black spots near Nidaghatta, Maddur and Gejjalagere in Maddur taluk and Hanakere in Mandya taluk in the district this morning. The…















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