Mysuru: The city of Mysuru last evening joined the nation to pay homage to 44 martyred CRPF soldiers who were killed in a car bombing attack in Kashmir’s Pulwama by Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed. Solemn ceremonies were held across the city where people, cutting across party and religion barriers and holding candlelight vigils, expressed shock…
Pulwama Attack: Mandya Soldier Martyred
February 15, 2019Mortal remains of Mandya martyr to arrive today or tomorrow Mandya: A soldier from Mandya is among the CRPF personnel who were killed at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir when a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist rammed buses in a security convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar highway with a car carrying 350 kg of explosives yesterday. The martyred soldier…
Sumalatha is not Mandya Gowdathi: JD(S) MLC
February 6, 2019Mandya: Even as actress Sumalatha, wife of late actor Ambarish, is yet to announce her decision to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls from Mandya, JD(S) leaders seemed to have set a debate on her origin, caste and political prospects. JD(S) MLC K.T. Srikantegowda, speaking to press persons here on Monday, maintained that Sumalatha was…
Ambarish fans upset
February 6, 2019Fans of late actor Ambarish, who are upset over Mandya JD(S) MP L.R. Shivaramegowda’s alleged remark that what more was needed to be done for Ambarish’s family, have taken to social media for attacking the Mandya MP. The fans, who have posted a video clip in the social media that shows L.R. Shivaramegowda (LRS) falling…
More rowdy-sheeters to be externed from Mandya
February 1, 2019Mandya: 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…















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