District Minister visits Jubilant Nanjangud; meets company officials with request Mysore/Mysuru: Jubilant Generics, a pharmaceutical company, in Nanjangud that had turned a COVID-19 positive hotspot during the first wave of the pandemic last year is back in news again, this time however with some positive news in the real sense. District Minister S.T. Somashekar has…
Miscreants allegedly mix pesticides to water tank
April 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Residents of a Nanjangud village had a providential escape from illness/death as the drinking water meant for villagers that was allegedly mixed with pesticide by miscreants, was discovered in time on Monday. Pesticides was allegedly mixed with water stored in the 50,000 litre capacity tank at Kurahatti village of Nanjangud taluk late on Sunday…
Newly wed couple commits suicide
April 21, 2021Nanjangud: A newly wed couple have allegedly committed suicide by consuming pesticides at Krishnapura village in the taluk on Sunday. The deceased are Chandrashekar (30) and his wife Kavitha (18). They were married 10 months ago. A labourer, Chandrashekar and Kavitha were living happily and Kavitha along with her husband had come to her parents’…
Trees cleared from 10 piers of Heritage Bridge over Kapila
April 20, 2021Yuva Brigade volunteers remove huge tree trunks threatening the structure’s safety The Heritage Rail-Road Bridge across River Kabini or Kapila at Nanjangud, which is reckoned to be more than 280 years old and one of the oldest bridges in the country, has been conserved in their own way by Yuva Brigade by removing huge tree…
Man arrested for stealing cash from brother’s house
April 18, 2021Nanjangud: Hullahalli Police have taken a man and his wife into custody on charges of stealing Rs. 3.30 lakh cash from his brother’s house. Those taken into custody are Swamy and his wife Sunanda, residents of Magadi in Ramanagar taluk. The Cops took the duo into custody following a complaint by Venkataraju (brother of Swamy),…
Nanjangud Srikanteshwara Temple shut for a month
April 17, 2021Nanjangud: The famed Srikanteshwara Temple at Nanjangud has been shut for a month, starting from Apr.16 due to the surge in COVID-19 pandemic. The historic temple comes under the ambit of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The centuries old temple is one among the over 3,600 centrally protected monuments and 50 museums across the country….
Mysuru Film City plan gains momentum
April 4, 2021Information Department Commissioner visits Himmavu; CM to hold meeting next week Mysore/Mysuru: Following a meeting convened by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa in connection with Film City project on Apr. 7 in Bengaluru, Dr. P.S. Harsha, Commissioner, Department of Information and Public Relations, visited Himmavu, the proposed location of the project, yesterday. He asked the Karnataka…
Basketball: Spartans beat Nationals
April 3, 2021In the friendly Basketball match (U-10) held at Nanjangud yesterday, Spartans, Nanjangud (in blue jersey) — Chiraag, Saathvik, Maneesh, Chandan, Amith, Amrith, Bhuvan, Sharan, Rithvik, Preetham, Nikhil, Parinith, Aryan and Yashwanth (Coach: N.S. Sudhan Kumar) — beat Nationals, Mysuru — Eshan, Afhrara, Adya, Lagan, Arar, Skandan, Manish, Ruthwik, Siddanth and Adithya (Coach: Pavan). SCORE: Spartans…
Ox electrocuted after live wire falls on it
April 1, 2021Nanjangud: An ox was electrocuted after a live power line fell on it at Muddahalli village in the taluk on Tuesday morning. The ox belonged to Mahadevappa, a farmer and a resident of the village. On Tuesday at about 7.30 am, Mahadevappa’s son Ravi was bathing the cattle near the well close to the house,…
Nanjangud Car Fest sans COVID safety norms
March 26, 2021Chariot replaced as wheel gets damaged Nanjangud: Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the famed Annual Srikanteshwaraswamy Dodda Jathre (Car Festival) was held in a simple and symbolic manner with all associated rituals in the temple town of Nanjangud this morning. Though only local people were allowed to take part in the Rathotsava, hundreds of devotees of…















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