Mysuru: Eleven persons including six children suffered injuries yesterday when a giant gas balloon exploded at Cauverypura in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district. The group of people was making arrangements to welcome Congress President Rahul Gandhi and was filling the balloons from a cylinder, when the accident occurred. The workers from an advertising agency in…
Bengaluru: Soon as the Rajya Sabha polls for four seats from the State concluded yesterday, JD(S) rebel MLA from Srirangapatna, Ramesh Babu Bandi Siddegowda resigned his Assembly membership. Ramesh Babu, a rebel JD(S) MLA who turned against the party leadership after the 2016 Rajya Sabha polls, is all set to join the Congress in the…
Srirangapatna: Actor Mandya Ramesh had a miraculous escape when the car he was travelling, hit a divider near Lokapavani Bridge between K. Shettahalli and Baburayanakoppalu on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway yesterday morning. Mandya Ramesh was returning to Mysuru after shooting for ‘Maja Talkies’ TV Show, when the car he was driving went out of control and crashed…
Mysuru: A serving soldier threatened a group of people in a dispute with his relative with an air gun that resembles a pistol, at Gananguru village near Srirangapatna in Mandya yesterday. He was detained by the Police only to be let off with a warning later. The accused has been identified as Rohit Shetty from…
Srirangapatna: In a tragic incident, one person was killed on the spot while five others sustained serious injuries, when the car in which they were travelling toppled and fell into the canal after the driver lost control of the vehicle near K. Shettahalli on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway in the taluk yesterday. While the deceased has been…
Littérateur couple’s son Mohammad Suhail bags first prize in National Science Fair at Delhi Mysuru: One of the brightest science talents, C.S. Mohammad Suhail, who hails from Srirangapatna, has been selected to participate in the International Science Conference to be held in United States America. A second PUC student of St. Aloysius College, Manguluru, Suhail…
The first glimpse of Srirangapatna ruins as trains from Mysuru trundle over the bridge sets one thinking of the glorious past. A visit to the place, however, will surely disappoint most as there is lack of documentation and conservation of old buildings and sites. Fortunately, Mysore School of Architecture and University of Liverpool have collaborated…
By N. Niranjan Nikam The Gajendra Moksha Kalyani is said to have been built around 1,200 years ago as part of an expansion plan of the Ranganathaswami Temple that was built about 1,400 years ago. Some say that there used to be a pond where the present Kalyani is located. There is a story that…
Temple Management suspends Security Guard Srirangapatna” The historic Nimishamba Temple at Ganjam near Srirangapatna is in the news for wrong reasons. The priest and the security staff of the temple have been accused of stealing sarees donated by the devotees to the Goddess. According to reports, the sarees were stolen at the time of Cauvery…
Mysuru: The pending 1.7 kilometre stretch of track doubling between Bengaluru-Mysuru at Srirangapatna has been commissioned for traffic. With the commissioning of the track yesterday, the entire 138.3 kms stretch between the two cities is complete. For now, trains with diesel engines are plying both ways but once the electrification between Yeliyur near Mandya and…
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