Chamarajanagar / Mandya: It is a known fact that the State is facing severe drought owing to deficit rainfall. But the recent rainfall in Cauvery and Kabini catchment areas have brought little respite to farmers and people living in the area. And with the water being released to Tamil Nadu through Kabini and KRS reservoirs,…
CM B.S. Yediyurappa announces Rs. 2 crore for ‘Annadana Bhavan’ at Melukote
July 28, 2019Mandya: Bookanakere in K.R. Pet taluk of Mandya district, the birth place of Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, wore a festive look on Saturday as Yediyurappa arrived there a day after taking oath as the Chief Minister. As the CM’s convoy entered Bookanakere, the villagers burst crackers and raised slogans cheering the veteran BJP leader. Yediyurappa…
Four of a family killed in road accident
July 28, 2019Mandya: Four persons of a family including two children were killed on-the-spot when the car in which they were travelling reportedly jumped the road diver in a bid to avoid ramming into a roadside stationary car and hit a KSRTC bus coming on the other side of the road near Gejjalagere Colony, Maddur taluk on…
Suspected teak wood smuggler killed as vehicle overturns
July 27, 2019Mandya: A suspected teakwood smuggler from Kodagu was killed when a vehicle, laden with the wood, overturned at the Regional Forest Park at Induvalu in Mandya taluk early on Friday. Manju (40) from Kodagu district is the deceased. Manju, who was part of a four-member gang, had entered the Induvalu Nature Park (Induvalu Prakruti Udyanavana)…
Rousing reception to new CM at Bookanakere
July 27, 2019The newly sworn-in Chief Minister of Karnataka B.S. Yediyurappa was accorded a rousing reception by his supporters, relatives and family members on his arrival at his native village Bookanakere in K.R. Pet taluk of Mandya district this morning.
Mandya DC offers prayers at KRS for rains
July 27, 2019With the monsoon playing truant and the district facing severe water crisis, the District Administration offered special prayers at KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk on Friday. A team of officials led by Mandya DC Manjushree and SP Shivaprakash Devraj offered special prayers to Goddess Cauvery at KRS, praying the almighty for good rainfall and filling…
Water release amidst shortage irks farmers
July 21, 2019While Gejjaganahalli farmers protest inside a dry canal; Farmers of Nanjangud protest inside Kapila River Mandya/Mysuru: Even as the MLAs of all three major political parties in the State are busy formulating strategies either to safeguard the State Government or topple it, the farmers of old Mysuru region, especially those from Mandya and Mysuru districts…
Couple found murdered in K.R. Pet
July 19, 2019Suspected to have been killed four days back Mandya: A couple was found brutally murdered with lethal weapons at their house in Rayasamudra village, K.R. Pet taluk in Mandya district. As the couple did not come out of the house since two days, the neighbours peeped through the window this morning and found them lying…
Mandya man’s heart beats in Chennai
July 18, 2019Mysuru: Mysuru City Police created a Green Corridor (traffic-free-corridor) to facilitate the transport of a live heart and lungs from Apollo BGS Hospital in Kuvempunagar here to Chennai last evening. The heart and lungs harvested from a brain-dead patient, who hailed from Mandya, was transported in an ambulance along with a medical team to the…
School water tank poisoning case: Students recovering; to be kept under observation for two days
July 18, 2019Mandya: The students of A. Hulkere Government High School, who had consumed pesticide-laced drinking water from the School’s overhead water tank and admitted to the hospital, are recovering and the doctors are continuing with the treatment. As the miscreants had mixed organophosphorus, a pesticide, the doctors, suspecting that the pesticide may react at later stages,…
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