Ambulance 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…
Five drown as car plunges into Visvesvaraya Canal
November 8, 2023Group 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…
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