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…
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…
Double track commissioned
November 22, 2017Mysuru: 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…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Double track: SWR begins trial runs
November 19, 2017Mysuru: The railway double track between Mysuru and Bengaluru will be fully operational from the last week of November or the first week of December, according to South Western Railway (SWR) Sources. Sources said that minor works between Paschimavaahini and River Cauvery Railway Bridge and a few electrification works were being carried out and once…
Double Railway track at Srirangapatna to be commissioned on Nov. 19
November 16, 2017Mysuru: After the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) approved train operations on the much-delayed track-doubling work at Srirangapatna, the newly-laid 1.7-km stretch will be commissioned on Nov. 19. It may be recalled here that the statutory inspection of the pending 1.7 km stretch of Railway line near Srirangapatna — taken up as part of track-doubling…
CRS completes track inspection of stretch near Srirangapatna
November 7, 2017Mysuru: The statutory inspection of the pending 1.5 km stretch of Railway line near Srirangapatna — taken up as part of track doubling work between Mysuru and Bengaluru — was completed by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) yesterday. Though originally scheduled to be held on Nov. 4, the authorities conducted a spot visit besides…















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