Nanjangud: Reid and Taylor factory at Tandavapura near Nanjangud has terminated the services of 1,400 of its employees as part of liquidation. All revival options have failed and after many hearings in the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), the debt-hit fashion major has been liquidated. Ravi Shankar Devarakonda, who was appointed as liquidator as…
Nanjangud bus stand yet to see its usual buzz
May 20, 2020Nanjangud: The KSRTC bus stand in the temple town is far from seeing its usual buzz as only a few passengers were seen at the bus stand today, the second day of resumption of bus services following easing of COVID-19 lockdown curbs. Although Nanjangud came out of sealdown a couple of days ago subsequent to…
Rider killed as car rams into bike
May 19, 2020Nanjangud: A 29-year-old youth, who was on his way home after finishing his work, was killed on the spot when a speeding car rammed into the bike he was riding at the Mallanamoole Mutt turning on Nanjangud-Ooty Highway last evening. The deceased is Praveen, son of former City Council Members K.S. Mahesh and Sudha Mahesh…
Spread of COVID cases from Jubilant: Former MP demands CBI probe
May 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Former Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan has demanded CBI probe into the spread of COVID-19 positive cases from Jubilant Company in Nanjangud. Addressing a press meet at Jaladarshini Guest House on Hunsur Road here this morning, Dhruvanarayan said he had information that Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries Jagadish Shettar and Mysuru District Minister…
Somashekar seeks Nanjundeshwara’s blessings
May 17, 2020Nanjangud: District Minister S.T. Somashekar, who visited Nanjangud this morning, offered special puja at the famous Srikanteshwara Temple in the town that is dedicated to the Hindu supreme deity Shiva, also called Sri Nanjundeshwara (The Lord who drank poison to save the earth) and prayed for the well-being of the State and make it Corona-free…
Jubilant Generics allowed to re-open subject to conditions
May 17, 2020Nanjangud MLA Harshavardhan spells out Government move in the interest of Company employees Mysore/Mysuru: Nanjangud-based Jubilant Generics, an extended arm of Jubilant Life Sciences, will be allowed to re-start operations from Nanjangud with certain conditions and the Company management has come forward to adopt 10 villages contributing to their overall development, said Nanjangud MLA B….
Two go missing from N’gud, Mysuru
May 17, 2020Nanjangud/Mysuru: In separate incidents, a housewife and a youth have gone missing from Nanjangud and Mysuru respectively. In the first incident, a 25-year-old housewife has gone missing from her parents’ house in Nanjangud since May 13. The missing woman is Bhagya alias Siri, daughter of Ramesh, residing in Nanjangud Rural Police limits. Bhagya, who was…
Curbs relaxed in Nanjangud Cluster Containment Zone
May 15, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Temple Town of Nanjangud was till now treated as one unit or a Cluster Containment Zone and was put under complete lockdown as per the containment protocol listed under COVID-19 regulations and Disaster Management Act 2005. Today, some of the restrictions have been lifted by Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar where he…
Truck transporting 250 quintal Anna Bhagya scheme rice to Kerala seized
May 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Police personnel manning the check post near Nanjangud have seized a truck which was transporting 250 quintal (500 bags) ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme rice to Kerala illegally and have arrested one person in this regard. On Tuesday evening, the Police personnel, who intercepted the truck with Kerala registration number plate at the check post near…
Jubilant Life Sciences to produce COVID-19 drug; Nanjangud plant still closed
May 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Jubilant Life Sciences Limited, an India-based Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Company, yesterday announced that its subsidiary, Jubilant Generics Limited, has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences that will grant Jubilant the right to register, manufacture and sell Gilead’s investigational drug ‘Remdesivir’, a potential therapy for COVID-19 in 127 countries including India….















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