Nanjangud: Braving continuous drizzle, hundreds of devotees thronged the famed Srikanteshwara temple in the town on the first KarthikaMaasa Monday on Nov.16 and offered special prayers to the deity. The temple, which was shut for devotees in March this year following the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19, was opened with certain restrictions a couple of…
Miscreants steal Rs. 2 lakh cash from scooter dickey at Nanjangud
November 18, 2020Nanjangud: Miscreants have stolen Rs. 2 lakh cash kept in the dickey of a scooter parked at Government Boys’ PU College in the town yesterday. The person, who lost the cash, is Veerabhadraiah, a Physical Education Instructor at Government Boys’ PU College and a resident of Housing Board at Nanjangud. On Tuesday, Veerabhadraiah had gone…
Man goes missing from Nanjangud
November 18, 2020Nanjangud: A 30-year-old man, who left his house on Nov. 10 at about 10 am, saying that he was going out to get money to get Driving License (DL) done, has since gone missing, according to a complaint lodged by his wife with Nanjangud Town Police. The missing person is B.P. Chethan, a resident of…
Congress wins Nanjangud TAPCMS polls
November 9, 2020Nanjangud: The Congress bagged power in Nanjangud TAPCMS (Taluk Agricultural Produce Co-operative Marketing Society) in the polls held here on Saturday. The Congress won 12 out of the 13 seats in both A and B category, while the BJP managed just one seat and the group led by former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa drew a…
BJP wins Nanjangud CMC Presidential Polls
November 4, 2020Nanjangud: As expected, BJP won the President and the Vice-President posts in Nanjangud City Municipal Council (CMC) in the elections held on Monday. This is the first time that the BJP has won both the posts on its own in the CMC. While H.S. Mahadevaswamy was elected as the President, Nagamani Shankarappa was elected as…
Engineering student allegedly stabbed by friend in Nanjangud
November 3, 2020Accused beaten black and blue by villagers Cops to obtain statements this evening Nanjangud: An Engineering student has been allegedly stabbed by his friend in an attempt to murder him. The incident took place at Banchalli Hundi village, behind South India Paper Mill (SIPM), in the taluk last night. While the seriously injured Engineering student…
No entry to Nanjangud Temple tomorrow
October 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As a COVID-19 precautionary measure, the Srikanteshwaraswamy Temple at Nanjangud will be closed for devotees tomorrow (Oct. 31), in order to avoid crowding of devotees at the Temple on the occasion of Full Moon Day. Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, who has issued an order to this effect, said that all the customary rituals on…
Stilt walkers steal show
October 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Among a few cultural troupes that participated in Jumboo Savari in Palace premises yesterday has been ‘stilt walking’ by Siddaraju of Thayur village in Nanjangud taluk of Mysuru district. Attired in Goddess Chamundeshwari costume, Siddaraju stole the show with 13-foot-long wooden pole tied to each leg, symbolically killing ‘Corona’ which has havocked the whole…
Nanjangud Highway Toll Plaza staff assaulted, succumbs to injuries
October 13, 2020Three arrested, Cops launch hunt to nab another Mysore/Mysuru: A staff of Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway Toll Plaza near K.N. Hundi succumbed to injuries at a hospital after he was assaulted by a group of four youths at the Toll Plaza on Sunday night. The deceased is P. Ganesh (23), son of Prakash of Kadakola in the…
Woman goes missing with her two kids
October 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A woman has gone missing with her two kids from Yechagundla village in Nanjangud taluk of Mysuru district. According to Police, 24-year-old Ratnamma has gone missing with her four-year-old daughter Sushmita and one-and-a-half-year-old son Supreeth Nayak since Oct. 6. Her brother, Basavanna has lodged a complaint in this regard. She was married to Ramesh…
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