Mandya: In a bizarre incident, a man brutally hacked to death his son at their house in Konanahalli Thittur village of the taluk this morning. The deceased has been identified as Vasu (26), while his father Krishnappa has been taken into custody by the Police for questioning. Krishnappa is said to have hacked his son…
Mandya: In a reported incident, a group of miscreants, posing as customers, stole Rs.15 lakh cash from SBI Bank at Mandya this morning. Soon as the SBI Bank (Agricultural Development Branch) at Bamdigowda Layout, opened at about 10 am, a group of miscreants, who are said to be 8 to 10 in number, entered the…
Mandya: Four people were killed in three separate accidents in Mandya since last midnight. Among the dead are two youths who were dragged over 250 metres by a speeding cement lorry proceeding to Mysuru from Tamil Nadu on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway this morning. The bodies were reduced to mounds of flesh. Traffic on the highway…
Rs.36 lakh equipment recovered Mandya: Arakere Police have arrested two persons on charges of stealing spare parts of JCB machines and have recovered equipment including AP Hydraulic Rock Breaker and a battery among others worth about Rs.36.8 lakh from them. The arrested have been identified as 29-year-old C. Raju of Cauvery Doddi village in Ramanagaram…
Mandya: The seven-hour ban on movement of traffic on the Mysuru-Bengaluru highway owing to JD(S) thanksgiving rally addressed by CM H.D. Kumaraswamy in Mandya yesterday had minor effects on the busy road. However, there was no major traffic jams as expected earlier. JD(S) had organised the programme at Sir MV District Stadium in Mandya to…
Mandya: Four Policemen, including a Sub-Inspector, have been suspended for the alleged death in Police custody (lock-up death) that was reported from Mandya yesterday. A CID probe has also been ordered. Forty-eight-year-old Murthy, son of Belathur Bettaiah of Besaganahalli in Maddur taluk, was allegedly found hanging in a toilet at the Mandya West Police Station…
Mandya: An alleged death-in-Police-custody (lock-up death) has been reported from Mandya this morning. Hundreds of Dalits had assembled in front of Mandya West Police Station demanding action against guilty Policemen. Three Policemen are facing suspension now. According to the Police and protesters, 48-year-old Murthy, son of Belathur Bettaiah of Besaganahalli in Maddur Taluk, was brought…
Mandya: Miscreants, who bought cigarettes at a shop, have managed to flee with the gold chain of the shopkeeper, who was busy closing the shop last night. The incident took place at about 8.45 pm yesterday at Muthurayaswamy Layout at K.R. Pet here and the shopkeeper who lost her gold chain is Jagadambha, wife of…
Mandya: Hours after Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy announced a farm loan waiver of Rs. 34,000 crore that will waive off loans up to Rs. 2 lakh, one farmer from Mandya committed suicide by hanging late last evening. The farmer has been identified as 60-year-old K.C. Bhadraiah of Kacchigere near Mandya. Ironically, Bhadraiah was a great…
Mandya: Heavy discharge of water from upstream reservoirs has resulted in the Gaganachukki and Bharachukki waterfalls in Mandya- Chamarajanagar border swell to enormous proportion. Both the waterfalls have sprung back to life regaining its splendour after a gap of four years and hordes of tourists are visiting the place this monsoon. The two branches (eastern…
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