Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking redressal of long pending Railway issues concerning her Lok Sabha Constituency, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish met South Western Railway (SWR) Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Rahul Agarwal at his office near City Railway Station this morning and submitted a memorandum that listed Railway issues that needs immediate attention of the Department. Railway officials Manjunath…
Murder of rice pulling racketeer: Halagur Inspector suspended for allegedly trying to hush up the case
March 3, 2022Mandya: Superintendent of Police (SP) N. Yathish has ordered suspension of Halagur Circle Inspector D.P. Dhanaraj for allegedly attempting to hush up the murder of a rice pulling racketeer identified as Saleem. Saleem (40), a native of Kollegal, who was involved in the rice pulling racket, was murdered and Inspector Dhanaraj has been accused of…
MySugar to re-start functioning from this year, says Minister
February 24, 2022Mandya: The operations of MySugar, Mandya’s iconic sugar factory, which were shut down in 2019-2020, will resume this year. Speaking to presspersons after visiting MySugar factory here on Wednesday, Minister for Sugar and Textiles Shankar Patil Munenakoppa said that the Government was doing everything it can to revive the nearly century old sugar factory, which…
A poet at heart, though a thief
February 24, 2022Mandya: A thief, whose attempt to steal money and valuables from an Anganwadi in Mandya district was unsuccessful, wrote a good piece of literature comprising stories and poetry before he left the place. He stayed at the Anganwadi all through the night and gave work to his mind to create the literature. He even cooked…
Former MLA and educationist H.D. Chowdaiah passes away
February 17, 2022Mandya: Former MLA and long term Chairman of People’s Education Society (PES) H.D. Chowdaiah (94), died of age-related ailments at his residence in Holalu village on the outskirts of Mandya on Tuesday night. Chowdaiah leaves behind sons H.C. Mohan Kumar and H.C. Hariprasad and daughters H.C. Bhagya, H.C. Latha and Dr. H.C. Savitha. His wife…
‘Youths engaged in agriculture finding it hard to get brides’
February 15, 2022Mandya Nehru Yuva Kendra Accounts Officer Basavaraj at MGP’s awareness-cum-interaction programme on ‘Role of Consumer Youth Clubs in Nation-Building’ Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that youths engaged in agriculture are finding it hard to find brides as parents are reluctant to have a marriage alliance with agriculturists for their daughters, Mandya Nehru Yuva Kendra Accounts Officer Basavaraj said…
Mass murder at KRS village also a result of rivalry
February 10, 2022Victim had warned accused to stay away from her husband Accused wanted to kill paramour’s wife to continue affair Mandya: Close on the heels of the Police making an arrest in the gruesome murder of five members of a family including four children on Bazaar Lane in Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) village on Saturday night,…
Minister directs for appropriate collection of royalty from Mine owners
February 7, 2022Mandya: Maintaining that the Government is losing hundreds of crores of rupees due to inappropriate collection of royalty from Mine owners, Minister for Mines and Geology Halappa Achar instructed the officials to be stringent in collecting royalty from Mines. He was addressing a progress review meeting of the Department at Mandya ZP office here recently….
L.R. Shivaramegowda expelled from JD(S)
February 1, 2022Mandya: A day after an audio in which former JD(S) MP L.R. Shivaramegowda had made insulting remarks against late former MP G. Madegowda went viral, the JD(S) on Monday expelled L.R. Shivaramegowda from the primary membership of the party. Soon after the audio went viral, there were widespread protests against Shivaramegowda all across Mandya district…
Man kills divorced wife
January 30, 2022Mandya: A 40-year-old man, who had divorced his wife four years ago, has allegedly murdered the woman by slitting her throat with a knife and has also bludgeoned her with a stone. The incident took place at Ragimuddanahalli in the taluk on Friday evening. While the deceased has been identified as Shalini (32), the accused…
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