Mandya: The Pandavapura Police have arrested the main accused in the illegal mining blast at Baby Betta that killed one person and injured two. The arrested person has been identified as Sudarshan, the proprietor of the quarry. According to the Police, last week, one Narayana died and two persons were seriously injured following a blast…
Illegal mining at Baby Betta: Plaint against 19 Officers
October 5, 2017Mandya: Right to Information (RTI) Activist K.R. Ravindra has approached Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) against alleged illegal stone quarrying at Baby Betta Forest Range near Pandavapura. In his complaint, Ravindra has accused mining owners of violating human rights and mentioned that two people have died due to blast in the mining recently and…
Engineer commits suicide
September 17, 2017Pandavapura: An incident of a young engineer committing suicide by falling under a moving train has been reported near Pandavapura Railway Station on Friday night and the incident came to light when the Police found the body on the railway track the next morning. The deceased engineer has been identified as H.P. Raju Gowda (27),…
Suspected Dengue: Youth dies in Pandavapura
July 14, 2017Pandavapura: An 18-year-old youth has succumbed to suspected Dengue fever in Pandavapura. The youth has been identified as K. Manju, son of Krishnegowda of Beerashettalli in the town and a first year Engineering student at BGS College of Engineering in Bellur, who had recently written the exams and had returned home on Monday. Manju, who…
36-ft Ramanujacharya statue unveiled at Kerethonnuru in Pandavapura
April 27, 2017Pandavapura (Mandya): A 36-foot tall Ramanujacharya’s statue installed by the Yadugiri Yathiraja Mutt of Bengaluru, at Kerethonnuru as part of the Saint’s Sahasramanotsava (millenium) was unveiled near here recently. Seer Yathiraja Jeeyar said, “Saint Ramanujacharya, who is from Tamil Nadu, stayed at Tondanuru village (now Thonnur) for 13 years, 950 years ago and strove for…
30 monkeys poisoned to death; dumped at Pandavapura
April 17, 2017Pandavapura – Carcasses of as many as 30 monkeys suspected to have been poisoned to death by miscreants were found on the outskirts of Kerethonnuru in Pandavapura yesterday. Villagers noticed the carcasses at a desolate place near Kanive Borappa Temple. The dead monkeys were tied up in gunny bags and dumped. Local people suspect that…
Punished by Principal, Warden: Kids spend entire night outside the residential school
April 12, 2017Pandavapura – Twenty-seven students of Morarji Desai Residential School in Keretonnur village near Pandavapura, had to sleep on the open ground on Monday night as the School Principal and the Warden put them out of the school as punishment. Angry parents, who rushed to the school on getting information, took the Principal and the Warden…
National-Level Wrestling Competition: Kiran Bhagat and Rita Priyanka emerge champions
March 28, 2017Kiran Bhagat of Maharashtra and Rita Priyanka of Palahalli of Srirangapatna Taluk emerged victorious in the men’s and women’s category of National-level Wrestling Competition organised at Pandavapura yesterday. In the final round, Kiran Bhagat defeated Jasdinder Singh Grewal in just five minutes to emerge victorious. In the women’s section, Rita Priyanka of Palahalli defeated Bhoomika…
My Pandavapura connection… Down the memory lane…
March 26, 2017Sir, Your ‘Abracadabra’ about a Mandya man (Star of Mysore dated Mar. 23) has prompted me to narrate my experience with the people of Pandavapura taluk in particular. My memory goes back to 1970 when I started my practice as a surgeon in Mysore. I recall and appreciate the services of late Dr. J.S. Raman…
Youth murdered in broad daylight in Pandavapura
February 11, 2017He was killed by friends over ‘religious differences’ Pandavapura, Feb.11- Even as the first layer of dust is to settle down on the file relating to the kill bid on rowdy-sheeter Ashok Pai at a village near Maddur in the district last week, a Muslim youth was stabbed to death by his friends in broad…
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