Gundlupet: A nurse, who fell for a message sent to her mobile phone which offered online work from home in return for thousands of rupees as earnings, has lost Rs. 14.96 lakh besides undergoing blackmail from those who had offered her online work. Lalitha, a Staff Nurse at Gundlupet Government Hospital and a resident of…
Sisters drown in agri pond
May 4, 2022They fell into the pond while trying to pluck guavas Gundlupet: Two sisters, who were trying to pluck guavas in their field, were drowned after they fell into an agricultural pond. The incident took place at Kebbepura village in the taluk on Tuesday. The deceased sisters have been identified as Pooja (13), a 7th standard…
Hyderabad tourist killed as taxi rams into tree on Bandipur Road
April 6, 2022Gundlupet: A tourist from Hyderabad was killed on the spot, while other occupants (family members of the deceased) of the tourist vehicle have sustained injuries, when their vehicle hit a roadside tree near Hangala village on Bandipur Road this morning. The deceased has been identified as Jayalakshmi (50). Those injured have been identified as Venkaiah,…
Youth’s love affair costs brother’s life
April 4, 2022Gundlupet: The love affair of a youth has resulted in the relatives of the girl stabbing the elder brother of the youth to death. The incident took place in Hosuru Layout on the outskirts of Gundlupet on Saturday night. The deceased is Chikkaraju (25), son of Krishna Nayaka of the layout. According to Police sources,…
Stone quarry crash at Gundlupet: Two more bodies retrieved
March 7, 2022NDRF, SDRF, Fire Department return after 25-hour search operation Gundlupet: Rescue teams belonging to National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Fire & Emergency Services Department, after conducting a 14-hour search operation, have ended their rescue operation by retrieving two more bodies yesterday. One more body was retrieved on Saturday after…
Stone quarry crash in Gundlupet: Rescuers blast rocks to retrieve bodies
March 6, 2022Chamarajanagar DC inspects several quarrying sites to check licences Gundlupet; Teams from National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force and Fire & Emergency Services Departments have decided to blast the huge rocks that have fallen over a backhoe to retrieve the bodies of two more persons trapped in the stone quarry collapse at…
Stone quarry crash in Gundlupet: Search on for workers buried under rocks
March 5, 2022One body retrieved; huge boulders, mud mounds impede rescue operation Minister Somanna visits spot; pulls up Mines officials for negligence Gundlupet: Rescue operations are underway at Madahalli in Gundlupet taluk where landslides occurred at a stone quarry site trapping at least three persons. The stone quarry collapsed yesterday noon and landslides occurred at three different…
Minister Somanna reprimands officials for gross negligence
March 5, 2022Gundlupet: Chamarajanagar District Minister V. Somanna visited the Madahalli stone quarry site this morning and inspected the relief and rescue operations. He was accompanied by Gundlupet MLA C.S. Niranjan Kumar, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Charulata Somal, Superintendent of Police (SP) T.P. Shivakumar and other officials from the Department of Mines and Geology. Taking the Deputy Director…
Stone quarry collapse: Six feared dead at Gundlupet
March 4, 2022Gundlupet: At least six labourers are feared to be dead as a hill mound, where stone quarrying was taking place, collapsed all of a sudden this noon. The incident took place at the quarry near Madahalli village on Calicut Road on the outskirts of Gundlupet. It is learnt that about 15 to 20 labourers were…
Roadkill in Gundlupet
January 21, 2022Gundlupet: A deer that was crossing the road was killed on the spot when a tipper vehicle rammed into it in front of the Post Office on National Highway on Tuesday night. Residents, who heard the sound, rushed to the spot but the tipper driver had already sped away. RFO Dr. Lokesh, DRFO Muthuraj and…
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