To 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,…
Mumbai link haunts Mysuru, Mandya and Kodagu Districts
May 18, 2020Mandya reports 17 COVID-19 positive cases today, Mysuru and Kodagu one each Mysuru/Mandya/Madikeri: Karnataka reported the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases this morning as 84 fresh cases surfaced in the past 24 hours pushing the tally to 1,231. Apart from 18 fresh cases in Bengaluru Urban District, Mandya recorded 17 cases, Mysuru and Kodagu…
Corona positive cases touch 50 mark in Mandya
May 17, 2020Man who had travelled to Kolar tested positive Mandya: A man (P-1057), who had travelled from Manya district to Kolar for work, has been tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday thus bringing the number of positive cases in the district to 50. P-1057, a 40-year-old man residing at Kadiwagilu village in Maddur taluk, is working as…
Thirteen COVID-19 positive cases in Mandya yesterday
May 16, 2020Mandya: Thirteen people including three children have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Mandya district yesterday. The number of positive cases in the district has now risen to 49. According to the report, all the 13 persons who tested positive had arrived from Mumbai and had quarantined themselves. They include two girls aged six and…
Cop receives 14 stitches on head preventing husband-wife fight
May 11, 2020Mandya: A Police Head Constable attached to Kesthur Police Station suffered serious head injuries after being struck with an axe while trying to prevent a fight between a couple at Arekalludoddi village in Maddur taluk on Friday. While the seriously injured cop is C.P. Shivaraju, the man who struck him on the head with an…
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