Bengaluru: Former US President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle Obama and Tibetan Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama are scheduled to visit in December for the groundbreaking ceremony of the International Yoga and Meditation Centre, being constructed by the Bhutaayi Trust in Hallegere, Mandya District. A delegation, led by the President of Bhutaayi Trust, along with American…
Release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu stopped
August 25, 2023Mandya: Following continued protests over release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, the State Government on Thursday stopped release of water. On an average, 12,000 cusecs of water was being released from KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk of the district to Tamil Nadu for the past 10 days, which had led to a series of…
Two from Mandya part of Moon Mission
August 24, 2023Mandya: As the nation is celebrating the success of Chandrayaan-3 Mission, two youths from Mandya district have made their native proud by being a part of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) team that made it happen. Ravi T. Gowda from Nagamangala taluk and Akash from KR Pet town in the district are those two youths…
Release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu: Police prevent farmers from blocking Expressway, take them into custody
August 22, 2023Mandya: Opposing the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, over 150 farmers staged a protest in the town and even tried to block the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway this noon. But the Police, who prevented the farmers from entering the Expressway, took the farmers into custody as a precautionary measure. The farmers, who arrived in bullock…
Farmers to stage hunger strike in Mandya tomorrow
August 22, 2023Mandya: Condemning the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, hundreds of farmers will stage a hunger strike in front of Sir M. Visveswaraya statue in the town tomorrow (Aug. 23). Addressing a press meet in the town recently, Bharathiya Kisan Sangha’s South Rkarnataka Region General Secretary Hadya Ramesh Babu said that there was less…
Release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu: No Expressway block; BJP stages protest in Mandya
August 21, 2023Mandya: Denouncing the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) and Kabini Dams despite the prevailing water scarcity in the region, a gathering of over 500 BJP activists, including MPs, MLAs and various individuals, staged a protest in Mandya this morning. Forgoing the earlier planned location of Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway,…
Clear unscientific road humps on service road of Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway
August 18, 2023Retired SP writes to ADGP (Traffic and Road Safety); 22 such speed breakers identified between Mysuru and Mandya Mysore/Mysuru: A retired Superintendent of Police (SP) has urged the authorities concerned to remove unscientifically laid speed breakers (road humps) on the Service Road of the Access Controlled 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway. In his letter to ADGP (Traffic…
Bike-borne criminals rob two couples on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway
August 14, 2023Incidents occur on the night of Aug. 12; Mandya SP visits spot Srirangapatna: Gangs looting commuters on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway are back in action and in two incidents reported on Saturday night, two couples fell victim to daring robberies. In the first incident, Shivaprasad and his wife Suma from Udupi district were robbed by two…
Craze for reels, woman ‘killed’ by hubby
August 13, 2023Mandya: A woman’s fad for shooting video reels on cell phone has cost her life, with her suspecting husband allegedly doing her to death at Koppalu village in the district recently. The incident came to light after her body was found in Cauvery River. Pooja (26), wife of Srinath, and daughter of Doreswamy of Koppalu…
Mandya farmer gets special I-Day invite
August 11, 2023Mandya: In a remarkable gesture, N.H. Virupakshappa, a farmer hailing from Mandya district, has received an invitation to participate in the upcoming 76th Independence Day (I-Day) celebrations at the Red Fort in New Delhi. Virupakshappa’s commendable contributions to agriculture and him being a beneficiary of the Prime Minister’s Kisan Samman Yojana have earned him this…
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