Deceased’s wife, paramour among three arrested Mandya: The mystery over a decomposed body found five months ago has been solved with the arrest of three persons including the wife of the deceased and her paramour by Basaralu Police. The arrested are 26-year-old Shylaja, wife of deceased Javaregowda from Sollepura in Kikkeri hobli, Shylaja’s paramour 25-year-old…
Bag prizes in State-level Folk song competition
March 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: City’s Omkarmal Somani Institute of Education, Kuvempunagar, bagged two Rolling Shields (2019-20) in the State-level Folk Song competitions held at PES College in Mandya recently. The College team — Ramesh Thayur, Krishnamurthy and Tara — bagged ‘DeJaGow Memorial’ and ‘K.V. Shankaragowda Memorial’ Rolling Shields in the State-level Folk song competitions.
38 rowdy-sheeters to be banished from Mandya
March 1, 2020Mandya: Thirty-eight rowdies including some of the most feared ones are set to be banished from Mandya for creating law and order problem and for instilling fear among the people of Mandya. The District Administration and the Police together have identified the 38 rowdies in their efforts to maintain peace in the Sugar Bowl. In…
Menstrual taboo: Women isolated in huts
February 23, 2020This inhuman practice is followed for generations in a remote Mandya village By Nagaiah Lalanakere Mandya: At a time when the world is witnessing rapid advancements in science and technology like never before, here is a case where menstruating women and lactating mothers are barred from entering the village. Women and young girls of Gollarahatti…
Gold deposits found near Srirangapatna
February 23, 2020Mandya: Days after scientists confirmed the existence of Lithium deposits near Karighatta in Srirangapatna taluk, it has now come to light that scientists had discovered gold deposits at Hunjanakere near Arakere in the taluk when Britishers ruled the country in the nineteenth century. British Scientists are said to have discovered gold deposits at a hillock…
Miscreants set fire to Gas agency
February 23, 2020Mandya: Key documents of a Domestic Gas (LPG) Distribution Agency was destroyed when a few miscreants set fire to its office at Bindahalli in Pandavapura Taluk on Friday night. The fire destroyed documents and a computer in the office of Eshwari Gas Agency. Fire fighters from Pandavapura, who rushed to the spot, doused the fire…
Lithium reserve discovered in remote Mandya villages
February 22, 2020Boon for electric mobility in India Mandya: In what could be a major boost to India’s electric vehicle dreams, researchers have discovered lithium reserves in Mandya district, a first in India. Researchers at the Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD), a unit of India’s Atomic Energy Commission, have estimated lithium reserves of 14,100 tonnes in a small…
Double murder on Shivaratri night shocks Pandavapura
February 22, 2020Pandavapura: Even as people from most parts of the State were observing Shivaratri ‘Jaagarane’ (Night vigil), a double murder on Shivaratri night has shocked the Sugar town of Pandavapura in Mandya district. Suresh alias Koli Suresh and Nagaraju of Mahdeshwarapura in the taluk are the ones who were knifed to death. Koli Suresh, an auto…
Dogs feed on woman’s body
February 22, 2020Mandya: In a bizarre incident, the body of an unidentified woman who is believed to have been murdered, was found severely mutilated with street dogs chewing off several parts at Hemmige village in the outskirts of the district on Friday. Following a tip-off that the mutilated body of a woman was lying close to a…
Insurance Co. ordered to pay Rs. 37.87 lakh to accident victim
February 18, 2020Mandya: The First Additional Senior Civil Court, Mandya, and the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has ordered a private insurance company to pay Rs. 37,87,900 as compensation to an injured accident victim, who had suffered serious injuries to his legs. The compensation amount has to be provided within two months of the order. N. Puttaswamy,…
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