By M.K. Mohanraj Mandya: Thanks to official apathy and callousness of elected representatives, the Mandya Hi-tech Cancer Hospital has remained in limbo despite sanction of funds. As a convenience to patients from Mandya and surrounding districts, the Government had sanctioned a Hi-tech Cancer Hospital at Mandya in 2014 on the lines of Bengaluru’s Kidwai Memorial…
Unidentified bodies found
January 20, 2022Nagamangala/Mandya: In separate cases, Bellur and Maddur Police have found bodies of unidentified persons in their respective jurisdictions. In the first case, Bellur Police have found a body of an unidentified woman under the bridge on NH-75 near Kanchinakote Gate in the taluk. The deceased is aged between 55 and 60 years and was wearing…
Mandya District Administration asks devotees not to go on ‘Om Shakti’ pilgrimage
January 7, 2022Mandya: With the district reporting a sudden spurt in Corona cases which is attributed to devotees returning to the district after visiting Om Shakti temple in Tamil Nadu which has turned out into a COVID hotspot of late, the Mandya District Administration has banned the district devotees from visiting the Tamil Nadu temple. Speaking to…
Teenager loses battle with life but gives life to many
December 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: He was hit by a speeding car driven by a Policeman on the day of his birthday and the teenager lost his battle with life. Now his vital organs have provided a new lease of life to many people. After the accident, the Policeman ran away and obtained bail. The youth, who was seriously…
3 College students injured in road accident
December 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Three students were seriously injured after a car driven by a head constable of a Police Station in Bengaluru, allegedly hit them when they were returning from college in Malavalli of Mandya district last evening. The head constable was alone in the car and he fled the spot before a crowd gathered. While two…
Mandya MP appeals CM to help flood hit farmers
November 25, 2021Bengaluru: With scores of farmers in Mandya District badly affected by recent incessant rains, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at his official residence on Race Course road in Bengaluru on Tuesday and sought his intervention in helping the farming community, which is deeply depressed by crop loss caused by floods and…
Tilted Kalasha of Melukote Temple Rajagopura repaired
November 24, 2021Melukote: Thanks to the efforts of Melukote MLA C.S. Puttaraju, the Kalasha of the Rajagopura of Melukote Sri Yoganarasimhaswamy Temple, which was tilted, has been repaired on Saturday last. One of the Kalashas of the Rajagopura of the temple, which has a Vijayanagar style architecture, was tilted, causing concerns among the devotees. MLA Puttaraju, who…
Historical Janardhana Temple collapses
November 21, 2021Located on the banks of Amanikere in Kikkeri of K.R. Pet taluk, it is built in Hoysala style architecture Mandya: The historical Janardhana Temple at Kikkeri in K.R. Pet taluk of Mandya district has collapsed due to incessant rains that has been lashing the town for the past few days. The temple is located on…
Heroin, opium make its way to Mandya
November 21, 2021Two arrested, Rs. 6.75 lakh narcotic substances seized Mandya: Mandya Police have arrested two persons, who were trying to sell narcotic substances (drugs) heroin and opium in a public place and have seized the drugs worth Rs. 6.75 lakh from them. Following the arrest and seizure of drugs, it looks like the drugs have made…
No more film shooting at Melukote temple town
November 16, 2021Movie unit vandalises Kalyani and place reserved for gardens, landscaping Melukote: Commissioner of Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage B.R. Poornima has banned shooting of films at all sites of historical, religious and archaeological importance at the temple town of Melukote. The order was issued following complaints of vandalism, polluting of a temple Kalyani by…
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