Mysuru: Even as the district authorities in Mysuru and Mandya have been claiming that there was no dengue deaths and the disease situation was under control, deaths due to viral fever has become a regular affair. A cause of concern is many patients from villages surrounding districts are getting admitted to various government and private…
MySugar factory resumes cane crushing in Mandya
July 7, 2017Mandya: MySugar factory in town, the lifeline of sugarcane growers of the district which stopped its operations from April 21, 2015 for various reasons, resumed its operations on Wednesday with Factory Managing Director Dr. J.C. Prakash launching the crushing of sugarcane by feeding a few canes to the crusher. The re-opening of the factory however…
Release of water to Tamil Nadu: Protests continue across Mandya
July 2, 2017Mandya: Protests over the release of KRS water to Tamil Nadu continued across the district for the second day yesterday. Police detained hundreds of protesting farmers at Mandya city, while farmers staged a road blockade at Srirangapatna to register their protest against the detention of farmers. The farmers who gathered near Sir M. Visveswaraiah statue…
Alleging water release from KRS: Mandya farmers block Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
June 30, 2017Mandya: Alleging that the State Government was clandestinely releasing Cauvery water from the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam to Tamil Nadu even before the dam became full, farmers blocked the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway for about 30 minutes this morning. The road block resulted in huge pileup of traffic on the both sides of the busy four-lane…
Mandya Tahsildar lodges complaint against ex-Tahsildar
June 30, 2017Land alienation through fake documents Mandya: Mandya Tahsildar Maruti Prasanna has lodged a complaint with the Police, accusing his predecessor Tahsildar, Shirastedar and other officials of permitting land alienation through fake documents. In his complaint with the Mandya West Police on June 3, Maruti Prasanna has accused the then Tahsildar Priyadarshini, who is currently serving…
Quarry linked to Mandya MP penalised
June 29, 2017Mandya: Mandya JD(S) MP C.S. Puttaraju and his stone quarry business, in which his nephews are partners, has come under the scanner with the Department of Mines and Geology slapping a fine of Rs. 90 lakh for carrying on illegal mining in the deemed forest area of Pandavapura taluk. The Department issued a notice to…
Sugar District is now Vermicompost Town
June 19, 2017Mandya: Mandya, known as the Sugar District, is also being recognised as the district with highest number of vermicompost producing units in the State. Mandya district has bagged the first place in the State for having highest vermicompost production units with 1,252 production units in the district, while the rest of the districts have not…
Madhya Pradesh Scouts and Guides Cadets thrash man in Hampi Express
June 13, 2017He had boarded reserved coach in Maddur Mandya: A man was allegedly thrashed by Scouts and Guides Cadets from Madhya Pradesh for boarding the reserved Hampi Express coach in Maddur yesterday morning. The man, who was assaulted, has been identified as Shankar, a resident of Maddur, who is working in K.R. Pet. Shankar, who came…
KSCA Mysore Zonal League 2017: Kiran, Jairaj shine in PET CC’s big win
June 7, 2017Helped by a well compiled century by opener H.R. Kiran (117, 16x4s, 1x6s) and a six wicket haul by medium-pacer Jairag Gowda (six for 16), PET CC, Mandya registered a big 265-run win over YMCC in the KSCA Mysore Zone II Division League match played at the PET grounds in Mandya, recently. Meanwhile, in the…
Illegal mining: Activist files complaint against Mandya MP Puttaraju & 11 others
June 6, 2017Mandya: Accusing Mandya MP C.S. Puttaraju of mining illegally in forest area, Social Activist K.R. Ravindra has lodged a complaint against the MP and 11 others with the Lokayukta. While the complaint has been lodged against MP Puttaraju and his brother C. Ashok, a Zilla Panchayat member, for illegal mining in forest area, the names…















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