K.R. Pet: In a tragic incident, two persons of the taluk were killed, when the tempo they were travelling collided head on with an Eicher vehicle on B-M Road in Nagamangala taluk of Mandya district on Friday. The deceased have been identified as Yogesh (30), a resident of Agrahara Bachahalli in K.R. Pet taluk and…
Four Sub-Registrars dismissed from service along with three staff
July 9, 20218th accused, a Senior Sub-Registrar, is dead Bengaluru: In a decision that can serve as a warning to corrupt Government servants, the State Government has dismissed seven currently serving staff, including four Sub-Registrars on charges of fudging challans at Mandya Sub-Registrar Office that resulted in losses to the tune of lakhs of rupees to the…
Trial blasts around KRS Dam soon to study impact
July 8, 2021CSIR-CIMFR to conduct blasts at three places to gauge vibration impact Rs. 22 lakh paid as fee; explosives worth Rs. 8 lakh to be used Mandya/Mysuru: The heat and dust raised over illegal stone and granite mining activity’s threat to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam is showing no signs of thawing anytime soon as the…
Srirangapatna MLA visits KRS Dam; seeks info from officials
July 8, 2021‘All Mandya JD(S) MLAs are involved in mining; what is wrong in it?’ Srirangapatna: Amidst raging controversy over the safety of Krishna Raja Sagar Dam in Mandya and following Mandya MP Sumalatha’s revelations that cracks have developed in the Dam due to mining activity, Srirangapatna MLA Ravindra Srikantaiah visited the Dam this morning to take…
Veteran politician G. Madegowda hospitalised in B’luru, to be shifted to Mandya today
July 5, 2021Mandya: Veteran politician of Mandya and former Minister G. Madegowda has been admitted to a Hospital in Bengaluru following age-related illness. The 94-year-old politician, who was suffering from lung ailments, was admitted to the Hospital 15 days ago. Madegowda, who served as Forest Minister in R. Gundurao-led Congress Government in the 1980s, was elected thrice…
Real heroes: Brain-dead Mandya farmer’s vital organs donated
June 30, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: There are very few selfless people whose will to help others never ends even when they themselves are in pain. One such example has been set by the family of a farmer in Mandya who was declared brain dead. The family did not think twice before donating his heart, lungs, kidneys, liver and other…
Lubrication of KRS crest gates begins
June 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The greasing and oiling (lubrication) of crest gates installed at different levels of KRS Dam built over river Cauvery in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district has started. With the works being carried out as part of maintenance ahead of monsoon having begun, Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd. (CNNL) Executive Engineer M.B. Raju inspected the works on…
Mandya unlocks; vehicles crowd roads
June 21, 2021Two injured in a three-vehicle accident Srirangapatna: The brighter side of the lockdown is that there are less accidents as many people postpone their travel plans and remain closeted indoors. The dark side of the unlock process, however, is that it causes accidents as maximum number of vehicles will be on roads. Three vehicles were…
Tragedy strikes family on Father’s Day
June 21, 2021Father dies of heart attack hours after daughter commits suicide Girl takes extreme step as she was not admitted to private college Malavalli: Tragedy struck a family on Father’s Day yesterday (June 20) when the father died of heart attack while preparing for the last rites of his daughter who had committed suicide in the…
Efforts are on to ascertain lithium deposit in Mandya village: AMD
June 18, 2021Bengaluru: Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) for Exploration and Research, a constituency unit of the Department of Atomic Energy and Geological Survey of India, has clarified that AMD is the sole exploration agency which is exploring the area for spodumene and niobium-tantalum minerals from pegmatite gravels in Allapatna-Marlagalla sector in Srirangapatna taluk, Mandya district since 1979….
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