Mysuru: A 20-year-old youth sustained injuries after he fell from an electric pole due to electric shock at Kyathanahalli village in H.D. Kote taluk yesterday. The injured youth is Dinesh, son of Amavasegowda of Shindenahalli. He was rushed to a private hospital in city where he is undergoing treatment. It is alleged that the Lineman…
Kerala man ends life
July 22, 2019Mysuru: A labourer from Kerala committed suicide by hanging self at Rayanakere Bus Stand on H.D. Kote Road here yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Moied (45), a native of Kerala. Police have suspected that Moied may have ended his life due to family problems. A case has been registered at Mysuru South Police…
Illegal electric fence kills elephant in H.D. Kote
July 9, 2019H.D. Kote: A 40-year-old elephant was electrocuted when it accidentally came in contact with an electrified fence near Anemala village in the taluk on Sunday night. Villager Subramanya had illegally electrified the fence around his land where he grew banana. The elephant, from Nagarahole National Park probably searching for food could have come in contact…
Kabini Reservoir in H.D. Kote yet to fill up By Beechanahalli Manju
July 7, 2019H.D. Kote: With the Kabini Dam in the taluk, which has inadvertently earned the name of being the first major dam to get filled up generally in the State with the onset of Monsoon, yet to fill up even after one month of monsoon season, farmers of the region are a worried lot. The Dam…
Tigress found dead near ‘Tiger Block’
June 24, 2019H.D. Kote: The carcass of a tigress aged between 9 and 10 years was found near Hebballa Lake, ‘Tiger Block’ in H.D. Kote taluk last evening. It is suspected that the tigress may have died about two days back and the carcass was decomposing. DCF Dr. K.C. Prashanth Kumar, Wildlife Warden Kruthika Alanahalli, RFO Madhu,…
Lone tusker returns to forest
May 19, 2019Pelting of stones on elephant by villagers hampers operation H.D. Kote: Frequent disturbance from villagers, who indulged in pelting stones on the elephant, hampered the operation undertaken by the Forest Department personnel yesterday, to drive the elephant that had strayed into Beechanahalli in H.D. Kote taluk. The elephant, which strayed into Beechanahalli on Friday, had…
Tribal stir enters fifth day
May 11, 2019H.D. Kote: The indefinite stir launched by tribals in front of the Mini Vidhana Soudha of H.D. Kote town seeking fulfilment of their various demands, entered the fifth day on Friday. Marking the fifth day’s stir, tribals from Hunsur, H.D.Kote and Periyapatna taluks, under the banner of Karnataka Aranya Moola Budakattu Samudayagala Okkoota and Haadi…
Tranquillised leopardess dies en-route to Mysuru Zoo
May 11, 2019Mysuru: The leopardess that was tranquillised by the Forest Department at Kyathanahalli village near Gaddige in H.D. Kote Taluk died last evening while it was being shifted to Mysuru Zoo for treatment. The two-and-a-half-year-old feline was in a weak condition and it had sustained serious injuries as it was caught in a wire snare placed…
Tribals to stage overnight protest at H.D. Kote tomorrow
May 5, 2019Mysuru: Members of Karnataka Aranya Moola Budakattu Samudayagala Okkuta and tribals of Hunsur, H.D. Kote and Periyapatna taluks will stage an overnight protest in front of H.D. Kote Mini Vidhana Soudha tomorrow. Addressing a press conference here yesterday, Okkuta convener Shailendrakumar said that they would be staging the protest to urge the government for…
Tusker gores man to death in H.D. Kote
May 4, 2019H.D. Kote: Just a day after coffee planter Chokira Sudha Kuttappa was trampled to death by an elephant at Srimangala in Kodagu district on Friday, a 50-year-old man was gored to death by a wild tusker near Madapura in H.D. Kote taluk of Mysuru district this morning. Hanumanthappa, a native of Kakkera in Raichur district…
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