Srirangapatna: A seven-year-old Hallikar breed ox belonging to Vinod, son of farmer Suresh of Palahalli village, has been sold for a record Rs. 7.75 lakh to one Manju of Tegur village in Chikkamagalur. The ox, named King Gagan, has taken part in more than 80 cart races and had won many prizes. Vinod used to…
Gallons of drinking water wasted
January 20, 2022Mysuru/Srirangapatna: Gallons of precious drinking water went down the drain in Lakshmipuram here yesterday, while a large quantity of drinking water is still going down the drain at Srirangapatna. Yesterday, a staff, maintaining the park at Lakshmipuram had switched on the water pump to fill the overhead water tank but forgot to switch off the…
Farmer dies after falling into canal
January 18, 2022Srirangapatna: A farmer, who had been to the mini canal of CDS Canal to water his crops, was drowned after he slipped and fell into the canal at K. Shettahalli on Sunday afternoon. The deceased is Shivanna (55) of K. Shettahalli. As Shivanna did not return home even in the evening, his family members and…
Simple Deepotsava celebration at Srirangapatna
January 16, 2022Srirangapatna: As the grand annual ‘Laksha Deepotsava‘ celebration of Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple here was cancelled this year in view of COVID pandemic, the celebration was held in a simple manner by lighting 1,000 earthen lamps in front of the Temple yesterday. Pandavapura Assistant Commissioner B.C. Shivanandamurthy launched the ‘Deepotsava’ while Vedic Scholar Dr. Bhanuprakash Sharma…
Twist in six-month-old woman’s missing case
January 12, 2022Father-son arrested for murder Srirangapatna: The six-month-old missing case of a woman at Srirangapatna Rural Police Station, has taken a twist following the arrest of the woman’s husband and minor son on charges of murdering her. Dy.SP Sandesh Kumar told media persons yesterday that the arrested are 46-year-old Ramesh and his minor son of Seethapura…
Girl student made to undress for bringing mobile phone to school
January 7, 2022Srirangapatna: A girl student was allegedly made to undress by the Head Mistress (HM) of a Government School after she (student) was suspected of bringing mobile phone to class. The incident took place at the Government High School in Ganangoru village, Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district about a week ago. It is learnt that the…
Accident victims succumb to injuries at hospitals
January 7, 2022Srirangapatna: Two persons, who had sustained injuries in separate road accidents and admitted to private hospitals in Mysuru, have succumbed to injuries at the hospitals. In the first case, Venkatesh (70), a resident of Naguvanahalli village, who had sustained serious injuries in a road accident about five days ago and admitted to a private hospital…
Srirangapatna turning into a COVID cluster
January 5, 202243 more test COVID positive Srirangapatna: Srirangapatna is slowly turning into a COVID hotspot as more devotees returning from inter-State travel are testing positive for COVID. While 33 tested positive since last three days, 43 tested positive yesterday. About 120 devotees, who arrived in buses from a pilgrimage, were subjected to RT-PCR test yesterday out…
Alarm bells set off as 33 test COVID positive in Srirangapatna
January 4, 2022Srirangapatna: In a fresh outbreak of Coronavirus, 33 people tested positive for COVID-19 since the last two days in Srirangapatna and 27 of them had returned from Tamil Nadu where they had been to attend a religious event. A majority of the infected are women and children. The outbreak has alarmed the Srirangapatna Taluk Administration…
Ganjam’s quest to revive legacy figs bears fruits
January 2, 2022Srirangapatna: Not many Millenials would know that Ganjam at Srirangapatna once had vast fig (Anjeer) estates that produced fruits that were consumed by the royals and the rich. So popular were the figs that the fruits which had distinct reddish colour and taste would give Australian figs and Pune figs a run for the money….
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