Criminals target cars on Kodagu-Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, Yelwal bypass road, between Srirangapatna and Mandya Mysuru/Mysore: There seems to be a new modus-operandi being employed by robbers and fraudsters — to fake an accident, waylay unsuspecting motorists, mostly lone drivers and tell them that their vehicle has hit them and they need to be taken to a…
‘Disrespect’ to soldier triggers protest
November 22, 2019Mandya: A CRPF soldier from Mandya, who was serving at Chennai in Tamil Nadu died of jaundice in Chennai on Wednesday. The deceased is H.N. Devaraj (40), son of Dodda Narayani and Boramma couple of Haniyambadi village. He leaves behind his wife Gayathri, sons Adarsh and Manju and a host of relatives and friends. The…
Man who murdered his daughter-in-law commits suicide in jail
November 20, 2019Mandya: A man, who had murdered his daughter-in-law and was arrested by the Police, has committed suicide in the jail where he was jailed as an under trial. The deceased under trial is Nagaraju (52) of Ragimuddanahalli. Nagaraju had allegedly murdered his son Anil’s wife Veena on Nov.9 by slitting her throat following which, Anil…
Youth who had married against parents’ wish murdered
November 16, 2019Body found in Hemavathi River near Holenarsipur Mandya: A 29-year-old youth, who fell in love and married the girl against her parents’ wish has been allegedly murdered and his body was found floating in Hemavathi River near Holenarasipur. The deceased is Manju, a resident of Siddaianakoppal village in the taluk. His body was traced in…
Unprofessional behaviour by Cops at Police Station
November 13, 2019Sub-Inspector, ASI on duty indulge in fight Mandya: Law Keepers displaying unprofessional behaviour and indulging in a fight inside the Police Station over night beat deployment, has come to light lately at Basaralu Police Station in the taluk. The Cops, who indulged in the fight, are Sub-Inspector (SI) Jayagowri and Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Shivananjegowda. SI…
KRS rainfall breaks 34-year record
November 10, 2019Mysuru: Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district, where the world famous KRS Dam is built across River Cauvery, received a record rainfall of 166.8 mm in a 12-hour period from 7 pm on Friday (Nov.8) to 7 am on Saturday (Nov.9). This breaks the 34-year record. Rain water measuring gauge installed…
Man kills daughter-in-law by stabbing in Mandya
November 10, 2019Husband lodges complaint against his father with Mandya Rural Police Mandya: A 24-year-old woman and a mother of two children was allegedly murdered by her father-in-law for resisting his harrassment. He stabbed her a couple of times and slit her throat. This shocking incident rocked Mandya last evening and the woman’s husband along with villagers…
Two Special bogies for women in MEMU train
November 2, 2019Mandya: Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish inaugurated two special bogies for women in the Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) train for the benefit of women employees commuting between Mysuru and Bengaluru. She cut the pink ribbon to flag off the train that had bogie number 66551 for women. The Mandya Railway Station was packed on Thursday,…
Farmer ends life in Mandya taluk
November 2, 2019Mandya: A farmer Manjunath (40), son of Srinivas of Hulivana village in the taluk allegedly committed suicide this morning by hanging from a tree at the agricultural land he owned. Manjunath was said to had grown sugarcane in his 3-acre land. He was reportedly waiting for the clearance permit for the 14-month-old crop to be…
Leopard kills 10 sheep in Nagamangala taluk
October 25, 2019Mandya: A leopardess and her cubs that entered a shed where sheep were housed, have killed ten sheep and have taken away two of them. The incident took place at the sheep shed belonging to Suresh near Kabbalamma Temple in Gowri Koppal village, Devalapura Hobli in Nagamagala taluk of Mandya district yesterday night. Villagers said…
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