Mandya: In the backdrop of Mandya Deputy Commissioner (DC), who is also the District Magistrate externing rowdy-sheeter Ashok Pai from the district for six months, the Mandya District Police are preparing to extern more rowdy sheeters from the district. Mandya Superintendent of Police (SP) Shivaprakash Devaraju, who spoke to press persons, said that as the…
Mother drowns children in water drum, commits suicide
January 21, 2019Mandya: A 25-year-old mother of two children, depressed over incurable skin disease, allegedly drowned her two children in a water drum and later committed suicide by hanging self at her house in Shivanahalli at Nagamangala taluk in the district yesterday afternoon. While the mother is identified as Shivamma alias Mahalakshmi, wife of Manjunath, a Gram…
Mysuru student drowns in River Cauvery
January 17, 2019Mandya: A city student, who had gone for a swim along with three of his friends to River Cauvery near Karekura village in the taluk, was reportedly drowned yesterday afternoon. While the deceased student is Hemanth (21), son of Raghuram of Mysuru, his friend who had gone with him are Kowshik, Manoj and Lokaranjan. All…
Nine get life term for rice merchant’s murder
January 12, 2019Mandya: Nine persons, followers of JD(S) National General Secretary Zafrullah Khan, charged with murdering a rice merchant in 2010, were sentenced to life imprisonment by the IV Additional District and Sessions Court in Mandya yesterday. According to the Mandya West Station Police, Rafi Ulla was brutally attacked by the gang with lethal weapons on Jan.18,…
Woman falls prey to kidney racket, commits suicide
January 10, 2019Malavalli (Mandya District): A 48-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping into Doddakere in Malavalli town yesterday and the Police have suspected that she was a victim of the kidney racket. Venkatamma of Gangamatha Beedhi was selling greens and vegetables. It is said that Tara, a neighbour, allegedly convinced Venkatamma to sell her kidney to make…
‘Gaddappa’ of Thithi fame struggling for medical treatment
December 29, 2018Mandya: Channe Gowda, 75, who shot to fame as ‘Gaddappa’ (man with a beard) in the award-winning Kannada movie Thithi, is severely unwell and battling with paralysis. His relatives and neighbours at Node Koppalu near Pandavapura said that the septuagenarian was treated in a hospital in Mysuru for a few days and was brought to…
No going back on my promise of farm loan waiver: CM H.D. Kumaraswamy
December 8, 2018Mandya : Maintaining that he has been working on farm loan waiver scheme for over six-months, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) has said that he will not go back on his promise of farm loan waiver. Addressing the gathering at Sitapura in Pandavapura on Friday, the CM said that the farm loan waiver amounts to…
Five youths killed in two accidents: All the victims were in their twenties
December 2, 2018Nanjangud/ Mandya: Five youths, all in their twenties, lost their lives in two accidents in Mysuru and Mandya since the last 24 hours. While three youths were killed on the spot this morning when their bike rammed against a truck near Nanjangud, two youths including an Infosys employee from Mysuru were killed when their speeding…
Deafening sound triggers panic in Mandya
November 30, 2018Mandya: A loud sound triggered panic among the residents of Mandya and surrounding places on Thursday. Fear gripped Mandya and its surroundings for a few minutes following a loud sound at about 3.40 pm. Panic-struck people ran out of their homes and offices as the sound reverberated through the taluk for a few seconds, causing…
Adieu Ambarish
November 26, 2018Lakhs pay last respects to actor-politician at Mandya, Bengaluru Funeral procession from Kanteerava Stadium to Kanteerava Studios Mandya/ Bengaluru: The last journey of Malavalli Huchhegowda Amarnath, fondly known as “rebel star” Ambarish (66), began in Bengaluru at around 12 noon today. After an overnight opportunity for lakhs of fans to pay their last respects at…
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