Chamarajanagar: A Police Head Constable attached to Erode District Armed Reserve was injured on his stomach, when a gun accidentally fired during weapons inspection on Wednesday. The injured Head Constable is 40-year-old Prem Kumar, who is undergoing treatment at K.R. Hospital in Mysuru. The Police conduct inspection of weapons used by Forest Officials and staff…
MP appeals for extending trains to Chamarajanagar
July 23, 2019Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has appealed Union Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi to extend Mysuru-Dharwad, Basava (Mysuru-Bagalkot), Hampi (Mysuru-Bengaluru-Gadag-Hubballi) Express and Gol Gumbaz (Mysuru-Solapur) express to Chamarajanagar. In a memorandum submitted to the Minister, Simha said that these trains traverse through many districts of Karnataka and will help in…
Kalmalli Shivakumar appointed District Hon. Wildlife Warden
July 22, 2019Chamarajanagar: Kalmalli Shivakumar has been appointed as District Honorary Wildlife Warden as per the order issued by K.R. Ramesh, Under Secretary, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment. The appointment is with immediate effect and for a period of two years and till the next announcement. Shivakumar was the Personal Assistant to former Minister late H.S….
Chamarajanagar MP opens office in city
July 11, 2019Mysuru: Chamarajanagar BJP MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad opened his city office at the Public Offices building in CADA premises on Sayyaji Rao Road here this morning. K.S. Prasanna Srikanta Datta, a retired Government servant, has been appointed as the Personal Assistant (PA) of the MP. The Office will be open from 10 am to 6…
Mother-daughter burnt alive as hut catches fire
July 5, 2019Chamarajanagar: A mother and her daughter were burnt alive when their hut caught fire at Mallanaguli village in Talawadi taluk in Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border yesterday morning. The deceased are Rajamma (40) and her daughter Geetha (19). Rajamma’s husband had died about 10 years back and she was living with her son and daughter in the…
Sulwadi Maramma Temple Poisoning Case: Court defers hearing to July 10
June 26, 2019Chamarajanagar: The Chamarajanagar Principal District and Sessions Court, yesterday postponed the hearing of the Sulwadi Maramma Temple Poisoning Case to July 10 as the advocate of three of the four accused was absent. The four accused — Immadi Mahadevaswamy (prime accused), Madesh, Ambika and Doddaiah — who are lodged in Mysuru Jail, were taken to…
Parents killed as tipper runs over: Clueless child sits beside bodies
June 20, 2019Chamarajanagar: Villagers of Muttige village here were witness to a heart-rending scene where a little boy was seen touching the dead body of his father while his mother’s body lay next to his father’s. Without realising that he had lost both his parents, the five-year-old child continued to touch his dad’s body in a vain…
Huchayyanakatte bursts into glory, people flock to feel the cascading chill
June 9, 2019Temporary waterfall caused in Chamarajanagar as Government releases water to fill Lakes Chamarajanagar: A waterfall arising out of an overflowing tank in Chamarajanagar is drawing people in hordes. Searing heat in the region has made people rush into the waterfall and immerse themselves in cool cascading waters. And they love every moment of it. As…
Roof-tops blown away, cow succumbs to lightning in Chamarajanagar
May 24, 2019Chamarajanagar: The rooftops of nearly four houses were blown away following heavy rains accompanied by storm in the taluk’s Bhogapura and surrounding areas. Due to the storm, the roof tops of the houses belonging to Govindaraju, Guruswamy, sweeper Rangamma and Seshacharya were blown away and a cow belonging to Basava Shetty died due to lightning….
Injured leopard caught near Chamarajanagar
May 21, 2019Mysuru: The Forest Department personnel have been successful in catching an injured leopard at an agricultural field at Honnahalli village in the taluk on Monday. One Nagaraju, son of Mahadevashetty of Honnahalli village, who saw the leopard sleeping in front of the house in the field, informed the matter to the villagers and also brought…
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