Cash, agricultural land, sheep, goats, tractors, bikes — all at stake in Srirangapatna By Vinay Karekura Srirangapatna: With less than a month to go for the Karnataka Assembly polls, the political betting industry has become active, especially in the hinterland where villagers have been indulging in widespread betting to predict the winners. People are betting…
Srirangapatna: A major tragedy was averted this morning after a private bus caught fire near Srirangapatna on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway. No one was injured in the incident though the valuables and luggage they were carrying were destroyed. The private passenger bus was heading from Bengaluru to Mysuru and over 30 passengers including women and children…
Srirangapatna: A Ph.D student committed suicide by jumping into Cauvery River, near Venugoplaswamy Temple at Hosa Kannambadi village in KRS Backwaters on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Prasad (32), a native of Doddinduvadi village in Kollegal taluk, who was pursuing his Ph.D in History at Mysore University. It is learnt that Prasad’s mother…
Srirangapatna/Mandya: More than 31 persons including 11 students were injured in separate road accidents that took place in Mandya district yesterday. In the first incident, 11 SSLC students who were returning home after writing their SSLC exam, sustained injuries, when the goods auto in which they were travelling toppled at Taripura turning near Mahadevapura village…
Srirangapatna: Fed up with frequent quarrels, a couple committed suicide by hanging self at separate places in K. Shettahalli village in Srirangapatna taluk yesterday. The deceased are Vidya (32) and Purushotham (46). The couple had two sons aged seven and five. It is learnt that frequent quarrels used to take place between the couple and…
Srirangapatna: The BJP has launched a publicity blitzkrieg to invite thousands of people for the inauguration of the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway tomorrow by PM Modi, his 1.75 km roadshow and his public rally at Gejjalagere Colony Grounds. The party is targeting a crowd of 40,000 for the roadshow from the Inspection Bungalow (IB) Circle to Nanda…
Overspeeding, negligent driving only reasons for accidents, say NHAI Officers Srirangapatna: Speed thrills, but kills. Data till December 28, 2022, shows that the 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Access-Controlled Expressway (National Highway-275) witnessed 77 accidents in six months where 28 persons lost their lives and 67 persons sustained injuries. Adding to the list was one more accident that…
Traffic on Mysuru-Bengaluru NH-275 held up for four hours; Police resort to lathi charge Srirangapatna: Over 400 farmers of Hanakere near Mandya blocked the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway (National Highway 275) in a flash protest today demanding the construction of an underpass to facilitate their smooth movement on the access-controlled and tolled road. The road block…
Mysore/Mysuru: R. Police have busted the mystery behind suspected kidnap and murder of a kebab vendor of Gandhinagar in city, by tracing his body at a canal in Srirangapatna taluk in Mandya on Wednesday (Feb. 15). Syed Mansoor (33), is the deceased and the Police have arrested four accused identified as Abhi alias Bruce Lee,…
Srirangapatna: Various activities were launched to mark World Wetlands Day celebrations at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary here on Feb. 2. The renowned Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary has been declared a Ramsar site underlining its status as a wetland of international importance and this is also the first and the only Ramsar site in Karnataka though India’s tally…
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