Narendra Modi to walk for over 50 metres along with people, folk and cultural troupes Mandya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway project at Gejjalagere near Mandya on Sunday (Mar. 12) and also dedicate the Cauvery drinking water scheme for the Sugar Town. Sharing details of the Prime Minister’s itinerary, Mysuru district…
PM Modi’s first Mandya visit on Mar. 12: Vehicle movement diverted; 15-km ‘no fly zone’ declared
March 9, 2023Mysore/Mandya: The 119-km Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Access Controlled Expressway is all set to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Mar. 12. Following his visit to Mandya — a first-time visit — where he is holding a 1.5-km roadshow, vehicular movements on many roads will be restricted and diverted for about 12 hours from 6…
Trees planted by Maharajas axed
March 9, 2023Only branches pruned, clarifies DCF Mandya: In a related development, many trees have been cut on the route where PM Modi is scheduled to hold a roadshow. A couple of fully grown trees on the old Mandya-Mysuru-Bengaluru Road have been chopped by the Forest Department. Seeing the destruction, several residents have questioned the Forest Department’s…
Preparations begin for PM’s 1.5-km roadshow in Mandya
March 6, 2023DC, SP inspect route from Inspection Bungalow Circle till Nanda Theatre Circle Mandya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will arrive in Mandya for the first time where he will inaugurate the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway at Gejjalagere on March 12, will also hold a roadshow on the same day. Till now, the roadshow was not confirmed as…
Sumalatha likely to join BJP
March 5, 2023Bengaluru: With the Assembly polls just a few weeks away, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish, who was as an independent candidate in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, is likely to join the BJP soon. As a first step in this regard, Sumalatha, the wife of late actor-turned-politician Ambarish, held a closed door meeting with her supporters…
Farmers picket DC Office at Mandya
February 24, 2023Mandya: Seeking fulfillment of their various demands, which chiefly included fixation of FRP (Fair and Remunerative Price) for Sugarcane at Rs. 4,500 per tonne and Milk Procurement price at Rs. 40 per litre, thousands of farmers picketed the Mandya Deputy Commissioner’s (DC’s) Office here on Thursday. Thousands of farmers, along with bullock carts and tractors…
Newspaper distributor among two killed in road accident
February 21, 2023Mandya: Two persons including a newspaper distributor were killed while three others sustained serious injuries after the car in which they were travelling rammed into a truck from behind near Gejjalagere in Maddur taluk yesterday early morning. While the deceased have been identified as newspaper distributor Saddam Shariff (23) and car driver Shakeeb (25), those…
Farmers block Expressway demanding underpass
February 20, 2023Traffic on Mysuru-Bengaluru NH-275 held up for four hours; Police resort to lathi charge Srirangapatna: Over 400 farmers of Hanakere near Mandya blocked the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway (National Highway 275) in a flash protest today demanding the construction of an underpass to facilitate their smooth movement on the access-controlled and tolled road. The road block…
‘Kidnapped’ kebab vendor found murdered, four held
February 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: R. Police have busted the mystery behind suspected kidnap and murder of a kebab vendor of Gandhinagar in city, by tracing his body at a canal in Srirangapatna taluk in Mandya on Wednesday (Feb. 15). Syed Mansoor (33), is the deceased and the Police have arrested four accused identified as Abhi alias Bruce Lee,…
Former MLC H. Honnappa passes away
February 17, 2023Mandya: Former Member of Legislative Council (MLC) H. Honnappa (72), passed away following age-related illness on Tuesday night at his residence in Induvalu village of Mandya taluk. He leaves behind his wife, two sons and a host of relatives and friends. He was elected to the Legislative Council from the local bodies Constituency representing Janata…















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