Nanjangud: 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…
Temple staff attempts suicide fearing audit
January 9, 2018Nanjangud: A staff of the famous Srikanteshwara Temple in the town, who is accused of misappropriating lakhs of rupees belonging to the Temple, reportedly attempted suicide by consuming excessive sleeping tablets yesterday. The Temple authorities, who commenced an audit of Temple funds on Sunday, were said to be close to unearthing misappropriation to the tune…
CM to inaugurate development works worth Rs.597 crore in N’gud on Jan.11
January 8, 2018Nanjangud: CM Siddharamaiah will be performing guddali puja and inaugurating various development works worth Rs.597 crore on Jan. 11 at Nanjangud, said MP R. Dhruvanarayan here yesterday. Addressing the Congress party activists, he said that the newly-constructed hi-tech Bus Stand worth Rs.8.70 crore, Mini Vidhana Soudha worth Rs.18 crore, Rs.100 crore drinking water project for…
Lorry rams into bike: One killed, another injured
January 8, 2018Nanjangud: In a tragic incident, a bike rider was killed on the spot and the pillion rider suffered serious injuries when a speeding lorry hit the bike near Palya Gate on Nanjangud-Gundlupet Highway yesterday midnight. While the deceased has been identified as Sathyaprasad of Doddahundi in Begur hobli of Gundlupet, the seriously injured pillion rider…
Baba Ramdev conducts yoga camp at Suttur
December 23, 2017Suttur: The early morning winter chill did not deter more than 2,000 people including women and children to gather at this picturesque free residential school in Suttur Sri Kshetra at Nanjangud to learn yoga asanas from the internationally renowned Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev. Inaugurating the three-day Yoga Chikitsa and Meditation Shivir organised by the Patanjali…
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