Mandya: 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…
Mandya’s Hi-tech Cancer Hospital remains in limbo
January 29, 2022By 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…















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