Nanjangud: Sri Girija Kalyana Mahotsava will be held at Sri Srikanteshwara Swamy temple here from July 6 to 13. The rituals are as follows: July 6 – Sri Vikari Nama Samvatsara Ashada Shuddha Chaturthi – at 5 pm, Haridra Kunkuma Pradhana and later at 8 pm, Varapuja Mahotsava. July 7 – Panchami, at 9 am,…
Police groom auto drivers and owners on traffic rules in Nanjangud
July 2, 2019Nanjangud: An awareness programme on traffic rules was held at the DySP’s office here on Sunday. Over 300 auto drivers and owners participated in the programme which focused on overloading of students in school autorickshaws, importance of vehicle documents and ban on transporting people in goods vehicles. Presiding over the programme, DySP Mallick asked auto…
Youth commits suicide
June 28, 2019He took the extreme step after his wife went missing next day after marriage Nanjangud: A youth, who had got married to the girl he had loved, committed suicide after she went missing the next day of their marriage. The deceased youth is Vignesh (22), son of Basavaraju of Devanur village in the taluk. Vignesh…
Misuse of Rs. 3.86 lakh: Nanjangud Jailer Shivakumar suspended
June 25, 2019Nanjangud: ADGP (Prisons) N.S. Megharikh has suspended Nanjangud Sub-Jail Jailer N.S. Shivakumar, on charges of misusing Government money. Shivakumar, while serving as the In-charge Superintendent of Udupi District Jail between Jan. 19, 2012 and July 17, 2013 had misused Rs. 3,86,814 Government money, thus causing losses to the Government and the team of Auditors had…
BSY at Nanjangud Temple
June 19, 2019Former Chief Minister and State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY) visited Srikanteshwaraswamy Temple here on Monday and offered special puja on the full moon day. MLAs L. Nagendra, B. Harshavardhan, former MLC Siddaraju, BJP leaders S. Mahadevaiah, Kautilya Raghu, L.R. Mahadevaswamy, ZP Member Mangala Somashekar, Taluk BJP President Kendagannappa and others were present.
Farmer electrocuted: Villagers protest; relent after compensation assurance
June 15, 2019Nanjangud: A 30-year-old farmer was electrocuted when he was walking near a transformer on Haginavalu-Surahalli Road near Volagere village in Nanjangud this morning. The deceased has been identified as Basavaraju. He is survived by his sister, brother and his mother. The incident took place when the farmer had gone to his field at around 9.30…
Mysuru businessman commits suicide at Nanjangud
June 14, 2019Nanjangud: A businessman from Mysuru, unable to bear the harassment of financiers, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging self at a room of a lodge on Angadi Beedhi in Nanjangud yesterday. The deceased is Ramesh (45), son of Dasegowda and a resident of T.K. Layout in Mysuru. As Ramesh did not come out of the…
Farmers intensify stir in front of factory in Nanjangud
May 19, 2019Nanjangud: The indefinite protest underway for the last three days by farmers in front of Asian Paints factory near Immavu in the taluk got intensified yesterday. The factory management was said to have assured a job for each of the family of 92 farmers when their lands were acquired for establishing the factory. However the…
Fast food shop owner among four persons missing from Mysuru, Nanjangud
May 12, 2019Mysuru/Nanjangud: In separate incidents, a fast food shop owner is among four persons who have gone missing from Mysuru and Nanjangud. In the first incident, Girish, a 27-year-old fast food shop owner at Ittigegud (Indiranagar) has gone missing from city. He is 5.10 ft. tall, normal built, oily red complexioned, speaks Kannada and was wearing…
Miscreants snatch gold chains after barging into house at Nanjangud
May 10, 2019Nanjangud: Miscreants have snatched gold chains of women after barging into a house in Nanjangud on Wednesday night. The incident took place at the house on Gowrighatta Road belonging to Ravi, an employee of Srikanteshwara Temple. The miscreants who barged into the house, snatched 30 grams gold chain of Ravi’s wife Kavitha Kumari and then…
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