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Supporters of ex-Cong. MLA oppose guddali puja by JD(S) MLA
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Supporters of ex-Cong. MLA oppose guddali puja by JD(S) MLA

June 21, 2018

Periyapatna:  Even as a Congress-JD(S) coalition government is ruling Karnataka, the followers of former Congress MLA K. Venkatesh staged a demonstration against the move of the newly-elected JD(S) MLA K. Mahadev to lay the foundation stone for Rs.4.75 crore road works in Belathur village here. The agitators gheraoed the car of PWD Assistant Executive Engineer…

PSI calls upon rural women to be self-employed
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PSI calls upon rural women to be self-employed

June 20, 2018

Periyapatna: Calling upon rural women to take up self-employment, Bylakuppe Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) M. Mahesh has said that doing so, would help them to join the mainstream society. He was addressing members of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Mahila Sangha, who were on a study tour, at Bylakuppe Police Station premises recently. Pointing out that it was…

Congress workers demand completion of road works
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Congress workers demand completion of road works

June 18, 2018

More than 100 Congress workers, led by KPCC Member Swamy, staged a protest in front of the PWD Assistant Executive Engineer’s (AEE) office in Periyapatna, urging the officials to take up the road works, which were stopped due to Assembly and MLC elections. The protesters alleged that the officials had stopped the works which were…

3 injured as cars collide
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3 injured as cars collide

June 6, 2018

Periyapatna: Three members of a family were seriously injured when the car in which they were travelling turned turtle when it came across a car being driven by a learner this morning. The incident occurred on the outskirts of the town on Madikeri-Mysuru Road and the injured are Madikeri’s SBI employee Lakkaiah, 58, wife Susheela,…

Govt. School runs from a dingy house since 9 years!
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Govt. School runs from a dingy house since 9 years!

June 2, 2018

By H.D. Ramesh Periyapatna: Students of a Government School at Periyapatna are being forced to study in a congested private building as it does not have a building of its own. And taking advantage of the recent summer vacation, the owner of the private building is asking the Education Department to vacate the building as…

Farmer commits suicide
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Farmer commits suicide

May 29, 2018

Periyapatna:  A 42-year-old farmer, unable to repay debts he had borrowed from the bank and private financiers, committed suicide by consuming pesticides at his house yesterday. The deceased farmer has been identified as Somashekar, son of Ningegowda and a resident of Senabinakuppe village in the taluk. Somashekar was working as a waterman at Komalapura Gram…

20 ft. deep tunnel-like well found in Periyapatna taluk
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20 ft. deep tunnel-like well found in Periyapatna taluk

May 24, 2018

Periyapatna: A  20-ft deep tunnel-like well has been found near Tavarekere on Bettadapura-Kushalnagar road in the taluk on Monday. A trench was being dug using an earth mover to lay cable for a Telecom company when the vehicle operator noticed the deep well. He immediately informed the Tahsildar and Police. The officials arrived at the…

Two drown in River Cauvery
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Two drown in River Cauvery

May 24, 2018

Mandya/Periyapatna: A youth and a teenage girl were drowned in separate incidents in Cauvery River at Muthathi, Malavalli taluk of Mandya district and near Hole Hanumantharaya Temple in Periyapatna taluk. In the first incident, Ravikiran (27), a resident of Kadur in Chikkamagalur district had come along with six of his friends for sight-seeing and after…

JD(S) breaks Congress hold in Periyapatna
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JD(S) breaks Congress hold in Periyapatna

May 16, 2018

Mysuru: The JD(S) broke the Congress stronghold in Periyapatna Assembly segment of the district with party candidate K. Mahadev defeating four-time MLA K. Venkatesh of the Congress. Venkatesh, who first became a JD(S) Legislator by defeating Kalamarigowda of the Congress in the 1994 Assembly polls, later joined the Congress and recorded a hat-trick of wins…

Heavy rain damages 35 tribal houses at Periyapatna
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Heavy rain damages 35 tribal houses at Periyapatna

April 25, 2018

Periyapatna: Over 35 houses that were built by the State Government for tribals living at the border areas of the forest were damaged last night due to heavy rain that pounded Periyapatna and surrounding areas. Most of the houses at Uthanahalli Girijana Colony had asbestos sheets as the roof and gusty winds blew the sheets…

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