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…
Lock-up death in Mandya: 4 Cops suspended; CID probe ordered
July 14, 2018Mandya: 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…
Lock-up death in Mandya
July 13, 2018Mandya: 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…
Miscreants snatch gold chain of shopkeeper
July 12, 2018Mandya: 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…
Upset over loan waiver limit, farmer ends life in Mandya
July 6, 2018Mandya: 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…
Nature’s bounty at its best…Gaganachukki and Bharachukki
June 24, 2018Mandya: 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…
Human foot in dog’s mouth creates panic among villagers
June 23, 2018Mandya: People panicked on seeing a dog eating the foot of a human. The incident occurred at Hulikere village in Nagamangala taluk. Villagers found a dog eating the foot of a human in the forest area that lies between Hulikere and Tyapenahalli villages on Thursday evening. They tried to stop the dog eating the foot…
Village boy writhes in pain since 3 months with no help from Netas
June 15, 2018Gas balloon blast during election campaign: Poverty-stricken family awaits ‘promised’ compensation. Mandya: Every politician knows that the key to winning elections is to make great promises. They make promises because they know very well that people will forget about promises. While there are thousands of unfulfilled promises that have accumulated throughout history, here is a…
Suicide attempt victim succumbs at hospital
June 1, 2018Hospital refuses to hand over body, asks family members to clear bill first Mandya: A girl who had attempted suicide by consuming poison on May 26 and admitted to Sanjo Hospital in Mandya, breathed her last yesterday as she failed to respond to treatment. The deceased girl has been identified as Bhavya (19), daughter of…
Three killed as stone-laden tractor falls into ditch
May 30, 2018Mandya: A tractor carrying stones fell into a roadside ditch resulting in the death of three persons including the driver of the tractor at Neralekere village in Srirangapatna taluk yesterday. The deceased have been identified as tractor driver Prasanna, Praveen (32), son of Nathegowda of Doddapalya village and Nikhil (34), son of Mattigowda of Hangarahalli…















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