Mandya: A 23-year-old youth, who was allegedly forced to work as a bonded labourer at a chicken meat stall for the interest amount to the loan he had taken, has been rescued by the taluk officials at Bellur Cross in Nagamangala on Wednesday evening. The youth who was rescued belonged to Budubuduke Colony in Nagamangala…
Sugar baron Murugesh Nirani in city
June 9, 2020Invites Pramoda Devi to re-open Pandavapura Sugar Factory Mysore/Mysuru: Just a couple of days after Bagalkot District-based MRN (Murugesh Rudrappa Nirani) Sugars bagged the Rs.405 crore contract for running the decades-old Pandavapura Sahakara Sakkare Karkhane Niyamita (PSSKL) at Pandavapura in Mandya District on a 40-year lease, BJP MLA from Bilgi and former Minister Murugesh Nirani,…
Narrow escape for Minister as boulder explodes near his moving car
June 8, 2020Mandya: Horticulture and Sericulture Minister K.C. Narayanagowda, who is also Mandya District In-charge Minister, had a close shave when a boulder exploded very close to the car he was travelling near Bankapura in Nagamangala taluk of the District on Sunday. Narayanagowda was on way to his Constituency K.R.Pet travelling in his car on Bengaluru-Jalasuru road,…
Privatisation of Pandavapura Sugar Factory: ‘Our aim is to help cane growers,’ says Co-op. Minister
June 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Replying to reporters on the sidelines of re-opening of Mysuru Zoo on privatisation of Pandavapura Sugar Factory, District Minister S.T. Somashekar said: “Though the Government had invested over Rs.400 crore on the factory, we were not getting expected result due to some or the other drawbacks and hence, the factory remained closed till now….
Nirani Sugars wins Pandavapura Sugar Factory lease tender
June 7, 2020To pay Rs.405 crore to Govt. for 40-year lease Mandya: Bagalkot District-based Nirani Sugars, owned by current BJP MLA from Bilgi and former Minister Murugesh Nirani, has bagged the lease bid for taking control of the decades-old Pandavapura Sahakara Sakkare Kharkhane Niyamita (PSSKL), popularly known as Pandavapura Sugar Factory located at Pandavapura in Mandya District….
Siddu writes letter to CM urging to retain MySugar under Govt. control
June 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the Government leased out the decades-old Pandavapura Sugar Factory, one of the oldest Sugar factories in the State to Bagalkot-based Nirani Sugars, Opposition leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has urged the Government not to privatise the prestigious State-run MySugar Factory at Mandya and to retain it under Government control. In…
Takes charge as MySugar MD
June 7, 2020Mandya: Amid speculations of privatisation, senior IAS Officer P. Vasanthkumar took charge as the new Managing Director (MD) of State-run MySugar Factory here on Saturday. He succeeds Shantharam, who was transferred on June 1. Vasanthkumar is a native of Mandya district, hailing from Malavalli.
Earth Day Network declares Kokkare Bellur as ‘Star Village’
June 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Kokkare Bellur village in Mandya District that has the Kokkare Bellur Bird Sanctuary has been awarded ‘Star Village’ Award by Earth Day Network, an International organisation for Environment. The Earth Day Network’s mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. It is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working…
Felicitation to Corona Warriors marks Rebel Star Ambarish’s birth anniversary
May 30, 2020MP Sumalatha hands over six ventilators to Mandya COVID Hospital Distributes grocery kits to specially-abled persons and ASHA workers Mandya: To mark the birthday of late sandalwood actor Ambarish, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish honoured Corona Warriors and distributed grocery kits to specially-abled at various places in the district yesterday. At a programme organised at Dr….
Coronavirus cases mount to 1,458 in Karnataka
May 20, 2020With 168 cases, Mandya stands second in State, after Bengaluru Urban that has 250 positive cases Bengaluru: With 63 fresh COVID-19 cases being reported, the total number of people infected from the disease rose to 1,458 in the State till 2 pm today (Wednesday). According to official sources, in Hassan district 21 persons tested positive,…
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