60-year-old priest from Pandavapura transfers Rs. 1.40 lakh in stages, lured by sweet talk Pandavapura: A fraudster, posing as a 20-year-old woman, has defrauded a 60-year-old priest through persistent chatting on social media platforms. The priest, charmed by her smooth talk, ended up parting with Rs. 1.40 lakh in multiple transactions. Vijay Kumar, the priest…
Pandavapura female foeticide case: One more arrested for facilitating racket
July 14, 2024Pandavapura: Pandavapura Police have arrested another suspect in connection with the female foeticide (illegal abortion) case. He has been sent to judicial custody. The accused, identified as Umesh from Hiremarali village in the taluk, was involved in facilitating illegal abortions at a guest house located behind the Taluk Health Officer’s Office in Pandavapura. According to…
Man goes missing
July 14, 2024Mandya: Ranganath, a resident of Nodekoppal village in Pandavapura taluk, who left his house on June 6, has since gone missing. The missing person is speech and hearing impaired. Those having any information about the missing person may contact Mob: 99006-68080, according to a press release.
School sports volunteer arrested for sexual abuse
July 10, 2024Pandavapura: Melukote Police have arrested a man on charges of sexually harassing minor girls on the pretext of teaching them sports and arts. The Police have produced the accused before a Court which remanded him to judicial custody. The arrested accused has been identified as Yogesh alias Yogi, a resident of Amruthi village in Pandavapura…
Pro and anti-farmer protests at KRS
July 4, 2024Pandavapura: With the Mandya District Administration going ahead with the preparations for trial blast at Bebi Betta, several farmer organisations staged protests for and against the blast near KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk 1on Wednesday. Farmers under the banner of KRRS led by Badagalapura Nagendra staged a protest against the blast by blocking the road…
Female Foeticide: As probe deepens, startling revelations emerge
June 3, 2024Bail application moved by 9 accused quashed by Court Pandavapura: As the Police are probing deep into female foeticide racket at the staff quarters in the premises of Taluk Hospital, startling revelations are tumbling out from the casket, with the investigators surmising it as a case more than meets the eye. A woman, who had…
Female Foeticide Case: One more accused nabbed, total arrests reach nine
May 13, 2024Mandya: Mandya Police, who are investigating into the female foeticide case reported in Pandavapura recently, have made yet another arrest. The Police arrested Shruthi (32), a resident of Ganigara Beedhi in K.R. Pet. According to Police, Shruthi worked at the private clinic of late Dr. Manjunath, who was one of the accused in the female…
Health Department staff involved in female foeticide at Pandavapura
May 7, 2024Ambulance driver, his wife, mother-in-law, nurse arrested Pandavapura: The Health Department staff, who are supposed to protect the health of the patients, have involved themselves in killing female foetuses at the Department quarters, located right behind the Taluk Health Officer’s (THO) office in Pandavapura. The Police have arrested four employees of the Department in this…
Mystery shrouds techie’s death in Pandavapura
February 2, 2024Mandya: A techie was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the bathroom of his house in Pandavapura, here yesterday. The deceased has been identified as T.S. Gangadhar (42), son of Shivanna and a native of Kerethonnur village, in Pandavapura, who was working as a software engineer with a Chennai-based company. The Police said, Gangadhar had…
Woman PDO collapses at Taluk Panchayat Office, dies at hospital
December 5, 2023Family blames work pressure at off ice Pandavapura: A woman Panchayat Development Officer (PDO), who was on duty, collapsed and died at the Taluk Panchayat (TP) Office in the town yesterday. The deceased PDO is Bharathi (54), a resident of Vasanthanagar in Mysuru. She was serving as the Secretary at Tubinakere Gram Panchayat (GP) in…
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