Mysuru: Three out of the six children who sustained severe burn injuries in the balloon explosion that took place when a group of persons was filling balloons from a cylinder to welcome Congress President Rahul Gandhi at Cauverypura in Srirangapatna taluk on Friday (Mar.23), are recovering at K.R. Hospital. The three are being treated in…
11 injured as balloon to welcome Rahul explodes
March 24, 2018Mysuru: 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…
Srirangapatna MLA quits Assembly
March 24, 2018Bengaluru: 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…
Actor Mandya Ramesh escapes unhurt in mishap
February 3, 2018Srirangapatna: 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…
Soldier threatens villagers with air gun; Police let him off with warning
December 27, 2017Mysuru: 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…
One killed, five injured as car topples and falls into canal
December 15, 2017Srirangapatna: 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…
Srirangapatna youth to participate in US Science Conference
December 4, 2017Littérateur 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…
Saving Srirangapatna: Documenting glorious past for posterity
December 2, 2017The 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…
Saving Srirangapatna: When Lord Vishnu saved Gajendra
December 2, 2017By 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…
Sarees stolen from Nimishamba Temple at Srirangapatna
November 23, 2017Temple 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…
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