Mandya: ‘Neera’ is a highly nutritious health drink gaining popularity all over the world. It is another gift from the coconut tree. However, unlike toddy, Neera has amazing health benefits and no alcohol content. The State Government, realising the health benefits of this drink, has issued a final gazette notification on Neera policy. The coconut…
Mysuru: Subramanya Shashti will be observed at the famous Sri Subramanyeshwara Swamy temple at Siddalingapura on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway on Nov. 24. On this day, thousands of devotees, braving the morning chill, will assemble at Siddalingapura that is 10-km from Mysuru. The entire locality will resemble a village fair on this day with make-shift stalls…
Sir, A few days back, I had been to Bengaluru to see one of my relatives who is in the hospital. It is really disgusting to see the pathetic condition of roads on the way to Bengaluru, especially after Maddur. It is a cumbersome exercise for the driver of the vehicle as most of the…
Mandya: Four medical college students including two women were killed on the spot when a speeding truck hit their car on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway this morning. All the students hailed from Rajarajeshwari Medical College, Ramanagaram and were returning to their college after a brief holiday in Mysuru. The accident occurred on B.M. Road near Sangabasavanadoddi…
Mandya: The Cauvery Pushkara Mela held once in 12 years in Srirangapatna, may not draw as much crowd as the Kumbh Mela in other parts of the country, but the 12-day Mela drew lakhs of people yesterday throwing traffic completely out of gear on the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. It was the sixth day yesterday and…
By Nagaiah Lalanakere An inspiring monument of India’s freedom struggle located adjacent to the Mysuru-Bengaluru highway at Shivapura of Maddur taluk in Mandya District, stands testimony to the don’t-care approach of the officialdom. Built to commemorate the Shivapura Flag Satyagraha of 1938, the Satyagraha Soudha was declared open on Sept. 26, 1979 and now it…
The State Government has released Cauvery water from KRS into the dried canals for drinking purpose and livestock. This picture captured by SOM photographer yesterday shows a herd of sheep and goat near the Virija Canal on Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway, grazing and drinking water from the canal. Virija canal irrigates about 5,360 hectares of wet…
Mysuru: Two persons from city were among three killed in an accident that occurred near Maddur on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway at around 1 am today. Three more persons were injured and they have been admitted to Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS). The victims are 28-year-old Shakeel Ahmed, a resident of Udayagiri, 29-year-old Farooq, a resident…
Mandya: 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…
Mandya: 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…
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