Nanjangud: With no respite from floods, most parts of the temple town of Nanjangud this morning continued to remain inundated with flood waters. The ever busy Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway (NH-766) was shut for vehicular traffic for the third day today, with water from the overflowing Kapila river submerging a big stretch of the road near Mallanamoole…
Nanjangud gets AC Court after 23 years
July 31, 2018Nanjangud: The long-standing demand of Nanjangud residents for an Assistant Commissioner’s Court in Nanjangud has now been fulfilled with the establishment of the AC Court. Earlier, people had to come all the way to Mysuru AC Court to redress their grievances. Now, after 23 years, litigations will be heard at the Court Hall located at…
Man killed for failing to repay Rs.1,000
July 22, 2018Nanjangud: In a shocking incident, a 30-year-old man was killed at Alaganchi village in the taluk on Friday night for alleged failure to repay Rs.1,000 loan. Basavaraj (30) of Alaganchi is the victim. Basavaraj is said to have borrowed Rs.1,000 from one Ganesh Nayaka of the village a year ago. Basavaraj had reportedly failed to…
Woman raped in Nanjangud
July 22, 2018Nanjangud: A man, allegedly raping a married woman, has been reported from Kallalli village in the taluk. The accused has been identified as Ningaraju of Kallalli village. It is alleged that Ningaraju on Wednesday, raped the woman, while she was going to the field and the woman has lodged a complaint at Biligere Police Station…
‘Anna Bhagya’ rice goes missing from godown in Nanjangud
July 14, 2018Nanjangud: With Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy yet to take a firm decision on rolling back the cuts in food grains to beneficiaries under the previous government’s flagship scheme of Anna Bhagya, which he (HDK) had announced in his July 5 budget, over a 1,000 quintals of rice and 28 quintals of tur dal have gone…
Train of Knowledge
July 14, 2018While there are many who board trains to reach their schools, there are only a few who are actually studying sitting inside one. This Weekend Star Supplement narrates the story of a Government school in the nearby Nanjangud Taluk that has been painted to look like a Railway Station — complete with train, platform and…
One killed, seven injured as water tank explodes at a factory in Nanjangud
July 13, 2018Nanjangud: One labourer was killed while seven others sustained serious injuries when a water tank exploded at Parley Agro Tech Ltd. at Hadakanahalli Industrial Area in the taluk last night. While the deceased has been identified as Arun Kumar (40), a native of Bihar, the seriously injured labourers, who have been admitted to JSS Hospital…
Man strangles pregnant wife to death
July 8, 2018Nanjangud: A man, allegedly killed his 21-year-old pregnant wife by strangulating her at Neelakanta Nagar in Nanjangud on Friday. While the deceased has been identified as Lakshmi, who was seven months pregnant, her husband who allegedly killed her has been identified as Vijay, a native of Kodanahalli village near Kadakola in Mysuru taluk. As Lakshmi…
Mysuru, a City of Missed Opportunities – Report of Mysore- Nanjangud Master Plan: 2031
July 3, 2018By R. Chandra Prakash, MGP [Continued from yesterday] Report of Mysore- Nanjangud Master Plan: 2031 Mysore-Nanjangud Master Plan -2031 [MNMP] had a long gestation period and got the government approval only in 2016. However, being a land use plan, it did not deal with transportation or traffic in detail on its own. As per MNMP…
Mini bus goes out of control
June 25, 2018Rams into vehicles, four persons injured Nanjangud: A mini bus, which went out of control, rammed into a couple who were proceeding on their bike and people sitting in front of a tea shop besides ramming into a pole to which a CCTV camera has been installed near Apollo Circle yesterday. While the injured couple…
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