Chamarajanagar: The Chamarajanagar Principal District and Sessions Court has awarded death penalty to a person who was accused of murdering five labourers including a child in May 2015. The Court found him guilty yesterday and honoured the charge-sheet filed by the Police. The accused has been identified as 47-year-old Murugesan alias Muruga of Periyar village…
CM launches filling of lakes in Chamarajanagar
July 15, 2017Chamarajanagar: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah said here yesterday that the State Government had spent around Rs. 40,000 crore in the last four years for the lake-filling projects in the State. Speaking after lauding the works for filling of 24 lakes in the district, Siddharamaiah claimed that the previous Governments had not given much importance to irrigation…
Additional SP among three Police personnel injured as vehicle topples
July 15, 2017Chamarajanagar: Additional SP (ASP) Geetha Prasanna is among the three Police personnel who sustained injuries when the Department’s Bolero vehicle in which they were travelling toppled near Santhemaralli last evening. The other two Police personnel who were injured have been identified as Gunman Siddaraju and driver Nagesh. The injured were provided first-aid at JSS Hospital…
ZP CEO Dr. Harish Kumar is in-charge DC of Chamarajanagar
July 3, 2017Chamarajanagar: Chamarajanagar Zilla Panchayat (ZP) CEO Dr. K. Harish Kumar has taken over as In-Charge Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the district, as DC B. Ramu has gone to Mussoorie in Uttarakhand on a 40-day training. Ramu, who was recently elevated to the IAS cadre, has been sent on a sabbatical to undergo advanced training at…
Man kills wife for serving ‘sour tea’
June 24, 2017Chamarajanagar: A man slapped his wife for serving tea that was sour, resulting in her death in Chamarajanagar yesterday. The incident was reported from Kellamballi village. The woman has been identified as 24-year-old Mamatha, wife of Shivakumar. According to the Police and family members, Mamatha, daughter of B.C. Raju and Suvarnamma, a resident of Mahadeshwara…
After Mysuru, Yeddy tours Chamarajanagar
June 12, 2017Chamarajanagar: As part of the party’s State-wide ‘Janasamparka Abhiyana,’ State BJP President Yeddyurappa arrived in Chamarajanagar this morning on a one-day visit to the district. Upon his arrival from Mysuru, Yeddyurappa was accorded a warm reception by the party workers on the outskirts of the town. The State BJP Chief began his campaign by planting…
Dharmendra Kumar Meena takes charge as Chamarajanagar SP
June 4, 2017Chamarajanagar: Young IPS Officer Dharmendra Kumar Meena (in pic) took charge as the new SP of Chamarajanagar here on Friday. He took charge from Additional SP Geetha Prasanna, who was holding additional charge as incharge SP following the transfer of Kuldeep Kumar Jain. Jain, who had served as Chamarajanagar SP for nearly 2 years, was…
Dr. Rohini Sepat is new Chamarajanagar SP
May 26, 2017Bengaluru: The State Government on Thursday transferred 15 IPS officers, according to which Dr. Rohini Katoch Sepat who was serving as FSL Director in Bengaluru, has been posted as the new SP of Chamarajanagar. Rohini, a 2008 batch IPS officer, replaces Kuldeep Kumar R. Jain who has been posted as Vijayapura SP. Dr. Rohini Katoch…
Chamarajeshwara Rathotsava cancelled
May 24, 2017Chamarajanagar: The District Administration has cancelled the annual Chamarajeshwara Rathotsava this year. This is for the first time in 179 years that the annual fair had been cancelled. The officials have sighted the inability to build a new chariot within a short time and also pending renovation works of the temple to be the reason…
Suicide attempt: Engineering student succumbs to burn injuries
May 23, 2017Chamarajanagar: A newly-married woman and a final year engineering student, who attempted suicide by dousing herself with petrol and setting herself on fire at the KSRTC Depot premises here on May 18, succumbed to burn injuries at K.R. Hospital in Mysuru yesterday. The victim, identified as Rakshitha (21), daughter of Ramegowda and residing in Gangothri…
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