Nanjangud: A woman staff, working in Dasoha Bhavan at Sri Srikanteshwara Temple, has been suspended yesterday for misappropriating temple money. The woman staff, who has been suspended, has been identified as Geetha. The auditors, who conducted an audit, had submitted a report that Geetha had misused Rs.6.13 lakh during 2012-14, following which, the Additional Deputy…
City buses to stop at Mandakalli Airport
January 22, 2018Mysuru: The city buses plying to Nanjangud will stop at the Mandakalli Airport in Mysuru to benefit the airport passengers. This decision was taken at the Aerodrome Committee and Airfield Environment Committee review meeting, here this morning. Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, who chaired the meeting, held twice in a year, at the Mysore Airport premises,…
Srikanteshwaraswamy Jathra in Nanjangud on Mar.28
January 22, 2018DC holds preliminary meeting Nanjangud:“District Administration will provide all facilities for organising Srikanteshwaraswamy Jathra Mahotsava to be held in Nanjangud on Mar.28,” said Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep. He was speaking at a preliminary meeting in view of the event at Dasoha Bhavan here on Jan.20. Randeep said that people had urged the District Administration to…
Misappropriation of Rs.14 lakh from ‘Tulabhara’ service: Nanjangud Temple Store Assistant suspended
January 21, 2018Mysuru: Close on the heels of suspension of a Priest Srinivas at Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill for allegedly collecting money before being put in ‘Hundi,’ a Store Room Assistant of Sri Najundeshwara Temple in Nanjangud has been suspended for allegedly misappropriating Rs.14 lakh collected through ‘Tulabhara’ service. The accused is Abhishek, who was also…
Leaders lobby for BJP ticket in Nanjangud
January 20, 2018Nanjangud: With the State Assembly polls just a couple of months away, hectic political activities have begun in Nanjangud BJP, with leaders vying with each other for getting the party ticket. Former Minister and senior BJP leader V. Sreenivasa Prasad, who quit his Assembly seat from Nanjangud after being unceremoniously dropped from Siddharamaiah’s Cabinet, contested…
Misuse of funds at Nanjangud temple: 3 get notice
January 14, 2018Nanjangud: Following misappropriation of over Rs. 14 lakhs at Srikanteshwara Swamy temple in the town, the temple authorities have issued notice to two serving employees and a retired employee. The misappropriation was revealed during the recent annual audit, when it was found that irregularities have taken place in issuing receipts for Tulabhara, for which devotees…
Six-day Jathra Mahotsava at Suttur Srikshetra: Actor Shiva Rajkumar opens Cultural fete
January 13, 2018Mysuru: The six-day famed Suttur Jathra Mahotsava conducted by Suttur Mutt began at Suttur in Nanjangud taluk this morning. The Jathra Mahotsava is celebrated every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of the institution. Inaugurating the ‘Samskrutika Mela’, actor Shiva Rajkumar recalled his association with JSS. Stating that he had visited the…
Man sentenced to life for murder
January 11, 2018Mysuru: The Third Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering a man on May 3, 2012 in Nanjangud. The person who has been sentenced for life has been identified as Mahadevaprasad. On May 3, 2012, Mahadevaprasad had asked for a beedi from one Murali at the Nestle factory…
Nanjangud Mini Vidhana Soudha inauguration tomorrow
January 10, 2018Nanjangud: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will inaugurate the newly-constructed Mini Vidhana Soudha in the town at 1.30 pm tomorrow (Jan.11). The new Mini Vidhana Soudha, which has come up on Nanjangud-Ooty Road in three acre area, is constructed by Bengaluru based R.N.R. construction company at a cost of Rs. 12 crore. The new building will house…
Factory employee among two killed in separate accidents
January 9, 2018Nanjangud: Two motorcyclists were killed on-the-spot in two separate road accidents in the limits of Nanjangud town this morning. In the first incident, a Nestle factory employee was killed when the motorcycle he was riding was knocked down by a goods lorry at BDO Office circle (Apollo Circle) on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road. The deceased has been…
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