Admitted to hospital with severe leg pain Mandya: Kamegowda, an octogenarian shepherd from Dasanadoddi village in Malavalli taluk, Mandya district, who was lauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme for digging 16 ponds in his village to solve the village’s problem of water scarcity and converting the barren hillock into…
Dead body shifted from one village to another for last rites
July 9, 2020Suspected COVID death: Cremation refused as villagers insist on lab report One village finally agrees to cremate outside its boundaries Mandya: Fear is robbing the dead of dignity. While there are many reports of many COVID Hospitals in cities and care homes abandoning and even leaving the dead on beds amid the Coronavirus pandemic, such…
Kannada actor Susheel Kumar commits suicide
July 9, 2020Mandya: Sandalwood co-star Susheel Kumar (30), committed suicide by hanging self at his friend’s house at Induvalu village in the taluk. He was a resident of V.V. Nagar 18th Cross in Mandya and was working as a trainer at a gym in Bengaluru. Susheel had acted in Duniya Vijay’s ‘Salaga,’ ‘Kamarottu Check-Post’ and other films. …
KRS Dam touches 100 feet mark
July 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Thanks to copious rains in the catchment areas of Kodagu, water level at the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya District has reached the 100 feet mark. According to the statistics provided by Cauvery Neeravari Nigama Limited (CNNL), water level this morning stood at 100.33 feet as against a maximum level of 124.80…
Mysuru reports fresh 47 COVID-19 cases; total 528
July 7, 2020Mandya records first virus death Mysore/Mysuru: After reporting 45 COVID-19 positive cases yesterday (July 6) including three deaths, Mysuru again reported 47 cases this morning. With the latest figures, the number of people who have contracted the disease in Mysuru has reached 528, Health Department sources said. The latest rise in figures have to be…
Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish tests positive for COVID-19
July 6, 2020Mandya: Mandya Lok Sabha MP Sumalatha Ambarish tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, July 6. Confirming the same, she tweeted, “It (test result) is positive with very mild symptoms and I have been advised home treatment,” she confirmed. “I had developed mild symptoms of headache and throat irritation on Saturday, July 4. I decided to…
Documentary on ‘Pond Man’ Kamegowda gains entry to Intl. Film Festival of India
July 5, 2020Bengaluru: 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…
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