Nanjangud: With the Srikanteshwaraswamy Gautama Pancha Maharathostsava scheduled to take place on Apr. 2, Nanjangud MLA B. Harshavardhan has asked officials to ensure the success of the grand Car Festival of Lord Srikanteshwara. He was speaking at the Maharathotsava preparatory meeting at Srikanteshwara Temple Dasoha Bhavan in Nanjangud on Monday. He said that officials must…
Former Minister Dr. Mahadevappa not to contest from Nanjangud
March 16, 2023Withdraws from ticket race, announces support to Darshan Dhruvanarayan Mysore/Mysuru: In a sudden political development, former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa has announced his support to Darshan Dhruvanarayan, withdrawing himself from the race for Congress ticket to contest the ensuing Assembly elections from Nanjangud (SC reserve) Constituency in the district. Dr. Mahadevappa, who was vying for…
Was eyeing Nanjangud seat to contest Assembly polls
March 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: KPCC Working President R. Dhruvanarayan who had lost the previous Lok Sabha election from Chamarajanagar to BJP’s V. Sreenivasa Prasad in 2019, was also keen on returning to State politics. Hence, when D.K. Shivakumar became KPCC President in July 2020, Dhruvanarayan was anointed as KPCC Working President in Feb. 2021, along with four other…
Nanjangud MLA Harshavardhan will win by over 30,000 votes: Eshwarappa
March 6, 2023Nanjangud: Senior BJP leader and former Minister K.S. Eshwarappa has predicted that sitting Nanjangud BJP MLA B. Harshavardhan would win by over 30,000 votes in the forthcoming Assembly polls. Speaking to presspersons after visiting Srikanteshwara temple in the town on Friday, Eshwarappa, who earlier took part in the BJP’s ‘Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra’ in the temple…
Leopardess gets caught in snare, dies
March 2, 2023Nanjangud: A two-year-old leopardess, which had got caught in a snare laid in an agricultural field belonging to one Chandrashekar at Koodlapura village in the taluk, has died. Range Forest Officer (RFO) Kirankumar Karatangi said that a leopardess has died after getting caught in a snare at an agricultural field in the outskirts of Koodlapura…
Man goes missing
March 2, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A 36-year-old man has gone missing from Kakkarahatti village in Nanjangud taluk since Feb. 17. The missing man is R. Mahesh, a driver by profession. He is 5.5 ft. tall, normal built, has a scar on his left knee, speaks Kannada and Malayalam and was wearing a Khaki coloured shirt and pant at the…
Elderly woman goes missing
March 1, 2023Nanjangud: A 73-year-old woman, who left her house on Feb. 13 saying that she was going to her son’s house, has since gone missing. The missing woman in Nagamma, a resident of SMP Layout near Mahadevanagar in the taluk, according to the complaint lodged by Nagamma’s son Kumar with Kavalande Police. Those having any information…
Sweet shops gutted in fire
February 21, 2023Nanjangud: Two sweetmeat shops on Chinnavarakatte Street adjacent to Bazar Street in the town have been destroyed in a fire set by two miscreants yesterday midnight. The sweet shops belonged to Yogesh and Santosh. Residents, who saw the fire at the sweet shops, informed the shop owners and also the Fire Station. As there was…
Miscreants assault driver, flee with autorickshaw, cell phone
February 21, 2023Nanjangud: Miscreants, who assaulted a driver, have fled with his autorickshaw and mobile phone near the bund of a canal at Nagarle village on Feb. 16. The auto driver, who lost his vehicle and mobile phone, is 22-year-old Sridhar, a resident of T. Narasipur town. On Feb. 16 at about 9.45 pm, Sridhar was waiting…
Kidnap of industrialist, son from Nanjangud for ransom
February 13, 2023Special Police team nabs ten; recovers Rs. 21.10 lakh Mysore/Mysuru: The Special Police Team, constituted to trace and arrest the kidnappers of an industrialist and his son from Nanjangud, have solved the case by arresting 10 accused and recovering cash besides seizing four and two-wheelers, lethal weapons and mobile phones from them. According to sources,…
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