Pandavapura/Bannur: While continuous rains have damaged cauliflower crops in Bannur, miscreants have destroyed brinjal crops at Pandavapura, causing huge loss to the growers. Farmer A.J. Chandrashekar had grown round brinjal in his land at Aralakuppe village in the taluk and the crop was destroyed by miscreants on Sunday night. Chandrashekar had grown brinjals in 1.5…
City cloth merchant jumps in front of moving train
October 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A cloth merchant died after jumping in front of a moving train behind Pandavapura Sahakara Sakkare Karkhane (PSSK) in Pandavapura this morning. The deceased has been identified as S. Manikyam (52), a resident of Sunnadakeri, who owns a saree shop near Uma Talkies in Kumbarageri. Yesterday at about 10 am, Manikyam left the shop…
Senior citizen goes missing
October 20, 2021Pandavapura: A 77-year-old man has gone missing from Aralakuppe village in the taluk since Oct. 11 morning, according to the complaint lodged at Srirangapatna Rural Police Station. The missing man is Channegowda. He is 5.6 ft. tall, round faced, wheatish complexioned and has a mole on the right side of his chin. Those having any…
Man hit by lorry, succumbs to injuries at hospital
August 10, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A 55-year-old man, who was hit by a lorry on Sunday near Pandavapura and admitted to a private hospital in city, has succumbed to injuries at the hospital today morning. The deceased is Gopal, son of Dyavaiah of Haralahalli in Pandavapura taluk. Gopal, who was tending his cattle, was driving them home from Pandavapura…
Union Minister gives nod for construction of Pandavapura bypass on 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru highway
August 9, 2021Mandya: Following numerous representations seeking construction of Pandavapura bypass road on the 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, the works on which is underway, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has given nod for the construction of the bypass. The nod comes after RS MP and former Prime Minister H.D. Devegowda, who is also the…
Explosives found near quarries
August 9, 2021Mandya: The Mandya District authorities have recovered explosives in Chinnakurali hobli of Pandavapura taluk while monitoring quarries where use of explosives have been banned. Four explosives have been seized by the Mobile Squad of the District Administration. A few more explosives were found in Survey Number 158 and 127 in Honganahalli. Monitoring of quarries has…
Cane crushing at PSSK to commence from July 29
July 27, 2021Pandavapura: The crushing of sugarcane at PSSK (Pandavapura Sahakara Sakkare Kharkhane), run by Bagalkot based Nirani Sugars of MRN Groups, will commence from July 29. As a precursor, the boiler at the Sugar factory was ignited by fire on Sunday after conducting rituals which chiefly included performing of homa and puja to Kalasa. Speaking on…
Live gelatin sticks dumped near Bebi Betta quarry
July 18, 2021Srirangapatna: Memories of a deadly dynamite blast, claiming at least six lives of those trying to dispose of gelatin sticks fearing Police search at a quarry site in Herenagaveli village of Chikkaballapura taluk in February this year, returned to haunt on Thursday at Bebi Betta in Pandavapura when a huge cache of live gelatin sticks…
Set up Task Force for KRS Dam safety: Mandya MP
July 15, 2021Sumalatha visits stone crushers at Baby Betta; seeks info from fumbling officials Srirangapatna/Pandavapura: After her visit to the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam where she inspected a couple of sluice gates and interacted with the officials from Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited (CNNL), Mandya MP Sumalatha visited certain quarries at Baby Betta in Pandavapura Taluk, the…
Scouting for illegal mining not MP’s job: C.S. Puttaraju
July 8, 2021Mysuru/Pandavapura: Continuing his diatribe against Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish, former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has said that Sumalatha was attempting to extract money from the mining industry. “It is all about money and the legal miners are being targeted. Mining in the region is going on for over 50 years and anyone can investigate it,”…
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