Group from Tiptur was returning from Mysuru via Pandavapura-Nagamangala route when tragedy struck Pandavapura: Three months after three women and a girl drowned in Visvesvaraya Canal when their car veered off the road at Gamanahalli, about 40 km from Banaghatta, in Srirangapatna taluk on July 29, five persons drowned when the car in which they…
Melukote MLA Darshan Puttannaiah goes abroad, rakes up heated debate
June 5, 2023Pandavapura: Newly elected Melukote MLA Darshan Puttannaiah has drawn a flak for reportedly failing to keep his word on staying put in the Constituency after winning the Assembly elections. Darshan, who won as Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha (SKP) candidate with the support of Congress in the recent elections, has himself shared a video message on social…
Man dies after falling from tree
January 21, 2023Pandavapura: A 31-year-old man died after falling from a banyan tree at Vaddarahalli village in the taluk on Thursday. The deceased is Sunil, son of Shivanna of the village. He had climbed the banyan tree grown in his farm land to chop leaves for goats when he slipped and died on the spot. The jurisdictional…
Alleged sexual harassment by HM
December 16, 2022Girl students lock Head Master in office, thrash him Cops arrest accused, register case under POCSO Act Pandavapura/Srirangapatna: A High School Head Master (HM) was locked in the office room and thrashed with sticks and brooms by the girl students for allegedly harassing them sexually. The villagers, with the help of hostel warden, managed to…
Youth injured in road accident succumbs
October 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A 23-year-old youth, who had sustained serious injuries in a road accident in Pandavapura taluk on Sunday and admitted to a private hospital in city, has succumbed to injuries at the hospital Monday evening. The deceased has been identified as K. Abhishek, son of Kempegowda and a resident of Hosayelekere village in Pandavapura taluk….
Attempt to loot jeweller by waylaying car: Villagers tie miscreants to tree, beat them black and blue
September 16, 2022Pandavapura: Miscreants, who tried to loot a jeweller by waylaying the car, were caught by alert villagers, who tied them to a tree and thrashed them till the Police arrived and arrested them. The incident took place at Bannaghatta village in the taluk yesterday morning. The miscreants, who were caught by villagers and arrested by…
Ex-MLA Kempegowda passes away
September 9, 2022Pandavapura: Former Pandavapura MLA K. Kempegowda (96) passed away at his residence at Chinakurali in the taluk late on Wednesday night due to age-related illness. Kempegowda was an MLA for three terms winning on a Janata Party ticket for the first time in 1983, as an independent in 1985 and as a Congress candidate in…
Mysore Royal Family owns Baby Betta: Pramoda Devi
July 27, 2022‘It is private property; trial blast consent not obtained’ ‘Government, officers are aware of accession treaty’ ‘No other royal family is treated in India like this’ ‘I am happy that the blasts have been stopped now’ Mysore/Mysuru: Member of the erstwhile Mysore royal family Pramoda Devi Wadiyar has opposed the trial blasts at Baby Betta…
Half-cut bodies case: Mandya District Police announces Rs. 1 lakh prize for information on accused
June 22, 2022Mandya: Mandya Superintendent of Police (SP) Yatish has announced a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh to those who provide clues or information about the accused in the half-cut bodies cases. The half-cut bodies of two women were found at Pandavapura and near Arakere in Srirangapatna. In a press release, the SP has stated that…
One man buys 10 tickets for self so ‘The Kashmir Files’ is screened for him!
March 24, 2022Pandavapura (Mandya): A man desperate to watch ‘The Kashmir Files’ at any cost on Tuesday purchased 10 tickets for self so the movie is screened for him! But by the time the movie was over, there were three people in the theatre as two more people joined him. The incident occurred at Harohalli near Pandavapura…
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