Islands stabilise after last year’s deluge By V. Shourabh Srirangapatna: The Forest Department conducted a bird census to document winged beauties at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary this morning. The bird census was officially started last year and today’s survey was the first for this year. The objective was to prepare a baseline data with a scientific…
Leopard trapped near Srirangapatna
June 9, 2019Mysuru: A leopard was trapped in Kodiyala village of Srirangapatna taluk in Mandya district this morning. The feline, a 4-year-old male, was repeatedly spotted in the outskirts of Kodiyala village, following which the Forest officials placed a cage at a farmland in the village neighbourhood. The leopard is said to have walked into the trap…
He planted more than 100 trees in a dry village
June 6, 2019Mysuru: At a time when existing plants and trees are coming under axe in the name of development, there are a few who are working honestly to conserve greenery. Meet Javaraiah of Bastipura village in Srirangapatna taluk who has been into this selfless service of nurturing and conserving hundreds of trees from the past three…
Srirangapatna Tahsildar fined Rs. 10,000 under RTI Act
May 22, 2019Mandya: It has now come to light that Srirangapatna taluk Tahsildar Nagesh has been fined Rs. 10,000 by the Karnataka Information Commission for reportedly not providing information under the Right To Information (RTI) Act based on a complaint lodged by one B.S. Vishwanath. The Assistant Commissioner, Revenue Department has been instructed to submit a report…
Tree branches on road to KRS posing danger
May 13, 2019Demand to cut dry branches, trees on Pump House Road Srirangapatna: It is not only the pit on this stretch that has not been filled for days together causing danger to the people, but equally worrying are the branches of trees that are lined up on this road that have gone dry that is causing…
Woman missing from Srirangapatna
May 10, 2019Mandya: Nagarathna, wife of Krishna, a resident of Kyathanahalli village in Srirangapatna, who left her house on Apr. 21 at about 8.30 am, has since gone missing and a case has been registered at Srirangapatna Rural Police Station in this regard. Those having any information about the missing person, may contact Srirangapatna Rural Police Station…
Complaints galore against excess parking fee
May 8, 2019Visitors’ ire against parking lot contractor at Sriranganathaswamy Temple; Tahsildar warns of action, threatens to cancel contract Srirangapatna: There is complaints galore about excess parking fee being collected at the parking lot near the famous Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple here. The complaints point to more parking fees being collected than the one fixed by the Temple…
Elderly couple dies in Palahalli
May 8, 2019Srirangapatna: An elderly couple died in sleep at their residence in Palahalli village of the taluk last night. The deceased have been identified as Annegowda alias Annaih (80) and his wife Kamalamma (75). The couple were said to be in depression as both were suffering from age-related illness for the last one year. Both had…
Obelisk, a forgotten monument at Srirangapatna
April 19, 2019By Arup Polash I recently visited Srirangapatna, near Mysuru. On the western most corner of Srirangapatna Fortress lies a War Memorial commemorating the Victory of the British over Tipu Sultan in 1799. It’s not on the usual tourist circuit for Srirangapatna. Nothing very unusual, one might say. However, a close look at the Memorial (now…
One killed, three injured as Maruti van rams into parked tipper
April 18, 2019They were proceeding to Kodagu from Bengaluru to vote Srirangapatna: A 50-year-old woman was killed while three others suffered serious injuries, when the Maruti van in which they were travelling rammed into a parked tipper lorry at Baburayanakoppal in the taluk yesterday. The deceased is Asha (50). Her husband, 60-year-old Annaiah and two children who…
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