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Bhushan G Borase takes charge as SP of DK

Edit Deccan Herald 23 May 2016
An officer from the 2009 IPS batch, he has served as the ASP of Gulbarga and Mandya earlier ... He has the credit of introducing a software to find the owners of unclaimed vehicles which was successfully installed in Mandya and, through which, 786 vehicles were traced....

Change in RTE norms puts aspiring students in a fix

Edit Deccan Herald 23 May 2016
Applications of more than 90 students who were selected under the RTE from Mandya Southern Range alone, have been rejected by the schools saying that they do not come under the local ward and village where the schools are located ... at Uramarakasalagere village in Mandya taluk ... Such problems have arose not only in Mandya district, but across the state....

Bhushan G Borase assumes charge as SP of Dakshina Kannada

Edit The Times of India 23 May 2016
The district's 131st police chief Bhushan Gulabrao Borase, whose software to trace and return such vehicles to their rightful owners during his stint as SP in Mandya had caught attention of ministry of home affairs, will be replicated in DK too ... Noting that Mandya district police was able to return 786 vehicles to their owners in the time that he ......

Looking at sustainable crops

Edit Deccan Herald 23 May 2016
Summer has not remained the same for the farmers of Mandya district. So far, Mandya farmers used to get water from Krishna Raja Sagar Dam for both kharif and rabi crops. But this year, due to water shortage, they didn’t get water supply for the second crop ... ....

Protest in Srirangapatna over desecration of idols

Edit The Times of India 23 May 2016
Mandya. Srirangapatna town was partially shut on Sunday after three Muslim youths were allegedly found desecrating Hindu god idols. As a result, traffic on the Mysuru-Bengaluru highway came to a halt for hours ... ....

Congress rebel to file papers today

Edit The Times of India 23 May 2016
Mysuru. Four independent candidates, including two rebel candidates of Congress party, sought support from voters for winning the South Graduates' constituency election ... "I hoped that the Congress will recognize my work for the party and society, and provide me ticket to contest election. I was responsible for enrolling around 18,000 voters in four districts - Mysuru, Hassan, Mandya and Chamarajangar ... ....

Pilgrimage centres in Srirangapatna to get changing rooms, other facilities

Edit The Hindu 23 May 2016
Popular pilgrimage and picnic spots, including bathing ghats along the Cauvery in Srirangapatna, will soon have additional infrastructure and sanitation facilities. The State government, under the State Finance Commission (SFC), has released a special grant of Rs ... The town of Srirangapatna, situated between Mysuru and Mandya, is always bustling with either devotees or tourists as it has over 30 popular religious centres/picnic spots ... ....

Yet another murder in the name of ‘honour’

Edit The Hindu 23 May 2016
In yet another case of “honour killing”, a 17-year-old girl was killed allegedly by her father on Sunday night at Tamatampalli in Srinivasapur taluk of Kolar district for being in love with a boy from a “lower” caste ... This incident comes within two months of a case reported from Mandya district, where Monica (19) from Vokkaliga community was killed allegedly by her father for trying to elope with a Dalit boy....

Writers want Vatal in fray, say they will not back Bhagavan

Edit The Times of India 22 May 2016
Mysuru.Writer C P Krishnakumar has said Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj must contest the legislative council elections. He told reporters here on Saturday that Vatal is the genuine voice of Kannadigas. "He must contest the council elections. It is time to elect a true Kannada activist to the Upper House ... "But many problems still exist. So the people of Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajnagar and Hassan districts should elect Vatal," she said ... ....

Ahead of MLC polls, JD(S) receives 'jolt'

Edit Deccan Herald 20 May 2016
Miffed over denial of ticket again, legal cell head files papers ... Eventually, I withdrew from the race ... Srikantegowda is not the unanimous choice, as Nagamangala MLA N Chaluvaraya Swamy and Mandya MP C S Puttaraju are miffed over Srikantegowda’s candidature. This will surely dent the prospects of Srikantegowda, as Mandya leaders had favoured Jagadish for ticket ... ions. ....

With a scrap of paper, cops hunted down Rajiv assassins

Edit The Times of India 20 May 2016
Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by an LTTE woman suicide bomber on May 21, 1991 ... In three months, the SIT's investigation concluded in Konanakunte, on the southern margins of Bengaluru. The final countdown was facilitated by the Bengaluru police ... Bengaluru ... The chit was found by the CBI in the forests of Muthathi, in Mandya district, where 12 LTTE cadres had committed suicide before a police team could nab them....

4 arrested for robbery at jewellery shop

Edit Deccan Herald 19 May 2016
According to the police, the suspects are Dhananjay, 24 and Ramakrishna, 28, both from Ramanagar, Muthuraj, 26, a resident of Kengeri satellite town and C R Anil Kumar, 27, a native of Mandya ... During interrogation, they confessed to the robbery ... ....

Drought severity: 159 lakes have dried up in Mandya

Edit Deccan Herald 19 May 2016
No water for drinking, agriculture activities in the district. The severity of drought in the district can be explained best with the number of lakes that have gone dry this year. Out of 203 lakes in the district, 159 have completely dried up. All seven taluks of the district have been declared drought-hit by the government. Most of the lakes in the district, including those under Cauvery catchment area, have dried up ... Depletion ... ....
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