Local residents hope to see a new Shivapura Freedom Monument at least for Platinum Jubilee of India’s Independence By Nagaiah Lalanakere Any road traveller from Mysuru to Bengaluru would not miss a striking red and white building with a unique shape at Shivapura in Maddur taluk, Mandya district. One plain look at the building will…
Illicit affair gone sour; woman murdered
August 22, 2019Mysurean among two held in Mandya Mandya: Two persons including a Mysurean have been arrested by Belakavadi Police in Mandya in connection with a woman’s murder. The accused are 50-year-old Mahadevashetty of Nerekyathanahalli in T. Narasipur taluk and 35-year-old Satish of Kumbarakoppal in Mysuru. The murdered woman is Premakumari, a resident of Doddabaagilu village in…
Tahsildar shuts 30 stone quarries at Pandavapura
August 19, 2019Mandya: Following reports of stone crushers and miners violating the blanket ban on the use of explosives in mining and stone quarrying activities within 20-kilometre radius around the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, Pandavapura Tahsildar has ordered the closure of more than 30 mining units. These mining units are functioning at Baby Betta Kaval stone…
Youth murdered in broad daylight
August 8, 2019Malavalli: Miscreants brutally hacked a 30-year-old youth in broad daylight with lethal weapons at a shop in Halagur, Malavalli taluk, yesterday. The youth succumbed to severe injuries at Malavalli Government Hospital. The deceased youth is Ramu, son of Chikkadevaiah and a resident of Dalimbehalli in Sathanur hobli of Ramanagaram district. Ramu, who was employed at…
Nagamangala mobile phone showroom burglary case: Two Mysureans among three burglars arrested; Rs.20 lakh worth mobile phones recovered
August 7, 2019Mandya: Nagamangala Police have arrested three burglars including two from Mysuru for burgling Sangeetha Mobile Showroom and decamping with mobile phones worth lakhs of rupees. The Police have recovered 144 mobile phones worth about Rs.20 lakh and have seized three two-wheelers worth about Rs.1 lakh, gas cutters, shutter cutter, cutting machine and other things used…
Dr. M.V. Venkatesh is Mandya DC
August 6, 2019Mandya: The State Government has transferred Mandya Deputy Commissioner N. Manjushree, replacing her by Bengaluru Horticulture Dept. Director Dr. M.V. Venkatesh as DC. Venkatesh is a 2009 batch officer and had held the post of Ramanagaram ZP CEO earlier. Manjusree has not been assigned any position yet.
No one from my family will contest K.R. Pet by-poll: HDK
August 4, 2019K.R. Pet: Asserting that no one from his family was going to contest K.R. Pet Assembly segment by-poll, former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) maintained that the choice of the JD(S) candidate for the seat will be based on the decision of local leaders. Addressing party workers at a Kalyana Mantap in K.R. Pet town…
Waterfalls Calling! : Visitors throng Gaganachukki, Barachukki and Hogenakal Falls
July 30, 2019Chamarajanagar / 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…















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