Mandya: 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,…
Four minors among five arrested for highway robberies
February 17, 2020Rs. 21.5 lakh worth vehicles, gold ornaments, mobile phones, tab and cameras recovered; machetes, iron rods and spanners seized Mandya: Srirangapatna Police have arrested five persons including four minors on charges of committing highway robberies and have recovered four and two-wheelers and other valuables besides seizing machetes, iron rods and spanners from them. Addressing a…
Water released to KRS Canals
February 14, 2020Mandya: Following demand from farmers, Cauvery Neeravari Nigama Ltd.(CNNL) authorities has released water to KRS canals starting from yesterday (Feb.13). CNNL Superintendent Engineer K.G. Vijaykumar said that following a Cauvery Tribunal order, water has been released in all canals of KRS reservoir to enable the farmers to irrigate sugarcane fields along the path of the…
Broken bicycle turns into farm weed remover
February 12, 2020Faced with labour shortage, farmers in Mandya, Melukote innovate KUNTE Mandya: Farmers spend over 40 percent of their total cultivation cost on labour alone and as such, the profession is no longer profitable. Hence over 1,00,000 farmers give up farming every year in India. With lack of relevant technology and the cost of labour doubling…
Fire destroys documents, furniture at Canara Bank near Nagamangala
February 10, 2020Mandya: An accidental fire has destroyed documents, furniture, computers and other items of Canara Bank at Arani village in Nagamangala taluk in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Though it is suspected that an electrical short circuit might have been the reason behind the fire, the exact reason is yet to be ascertained. Fire and…
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