Bengaluru: A week after octogenarian ‘Pond Man’ Kamegowda of Dasanadoddi village in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district was recognised and lauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ All India Radio (AIR) address on Sunday last (June 28), Documentary Film Director T. Kempanna said that his documentary on the legendary water…
Water Warrior Kamegowda honoured with Lifetime KSRTC bus pass
July 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Octogenarian shepherd Kamegowda from Dasanadoddi village in Malavalli taluk, Mandya district, who has dug 16 ponds in his native village over the past few decades, received a free bus pass for lifetime from Karnataka State Road Transport …
PM Modi calls shepherd from Mandya a ‘Water Warrior’
June 29, 2020The octogenarian, who created 16 ponds, responds, “It is the greatest joy of my life” Mandya: An 84-year-old shepherd from a remote Dasanadoddi village in Malavalli Taluk of Mandya found a place in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ that was aired on All India Radio yesterday. Modi, asking listeners to divert attention and…
PESCE – Mandya secures 147th Rank in NIRF-2020
June 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: PES College of Engineering (PESCE), Mandya, has secured 147th Rank at National-level in Ministry of Human Resource Development’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)-2020 among engineering institutions as announced by HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on June 11. It may be mentioned here that the College had secured 161st rank in NIRF-2019 and improved the ranking…
Cabinet approves Pandavapura Sugar Factory lease to Nirani Sugars
June 27, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday approved the 40-year lease of Pandavapura Sugar Factory (PSSK-Pandavapura Sahakara Sakkare Karkhane) to Bagalkot district based Nirani Sugars, owned by Bilgi BJP MLA and former Minister Murugesh Nirani. Announcing this after a Cabinet meeting, Law Minster J.C. Madhuswamy said that following an appeal by the sugar factory share holders,…
‘Pandavapura Sugar Factory will start crushing in a month’
June 27, 2020Sugar baron Murugesh Nirani interacts with city scribes Mysore/Mysuru: Declaring that the Pandavapura Sugar Factory (PSSK-Pandavapura Sahakara Sakkare Karkhane) that he has recently taken on a 40-year lease, will be started in a month, Chairman of Bagalkot District based Nirani Sugars Group and BJP MLA from Bilgi, Murugesh Nirani, who is also a former Minister,…
Government yet to take decision on MySugar privatisation: Murugesh Nirani
June 24, 2020Bengaluru: Stating that the Government is yet to take a decision on privatisation of MySugar Mill at Mandya, BJP MLA from Bilgi and Chairman of Nirani Sugars, Murugesh Nirani maintained that his company is not lobbying to takeover MySugar factory, as projected by a few vested interests. In a press release, Nirani, who is also…
Mandya Corona cases touch 364; second case in Chamarajanagar
June 21, 2020Mandya/ Chamarajanagar: COVID-19 positive cases in Mandya has touched 364 yesterday as four fresh cases were reported in Karnataka’s Sugar Bowl. A majority of all cases reported in Mandya are travellers from various places from Maharashtra especially Mumbai. Yesterday’s cases were that of 40-year-old male, 17-year-old youth, 39-year-old woman and an 18-year-old youth. The infected…
State committed to totally ban mining around KRS
June 20, 2020Several quarry owners have approached Court, says Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai Mandya: The State Government is prepared and committed to impose a total ban on quarrying around the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district, said Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai in Mandya yesterday. Speaking to reporters after chairing a meeting of…
Guest lecturers demand probe into suicidal deaths of fellow teachers
June 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Urging the Government to order an investigation into the suicidal deaths of their fellow lecturers during the COVID-19 lockdown, guest lecturers under the banner of Government First Grade College Guest Lecturers State Co-ordination Committee, staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here yesterday. Demanding the State Government to take serious note…
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