H.D. Kote: A 56-year-old man was killed on the spot, when a wild elephant attacked and trampled him to death near Hampapura in the taluk yesterday morning. The deceased has been identified as Mallesh, a mason by profession and a resident of Vaddara Palya in the taluk. Yesterday morning, Mallesh was on his way from…
Drunken men from Kerala cause nuisance at Bavali tribal hamlet
March 20, 2024H.D. Kote: Tension prevailed for some time at the Bavali tribal hamlet located on the Kerala-Karnataka border when an inebriated resident of Kerala attempted to assault a tribal woman who was participating in a protest for the closure of a liquor store on Monday. The liquor store in question has been established near the tribal…
Farmer killed in tiger attack at Saragur
November 7, 2023Saragur: Farming community are a worried lot following increase in man-animal conflicts at H.D. Kote and Saragur regions which have claimed lives of humans and livestock. Yesterday afternoon, a farmer, identified as Balaji Nayak (40), was involved in ginger cultivation at his land adjacent to Hosakote connecting road in Moleyur Range, when a tiger, which…
Elusive tiger captured
September 20, 2023It had killed a 9-year-old boy at Kallahatti village in H.D. Kote on Sept. 4 H.D. Kote: A tiger, which had killed a nine-year-old boy at Kallahatti village in H.D. Kote taluk on Sept. 4 and was elusive since then, has been finally captured by the Forest Department yesterday. The tiger is aged between seven…
Girl goes missing
September 20, 2023Saragur: A 21-year-old girl, resident of Teranimanti village in H.D. Kote taluk, who was studying at Maharani’s Girls College in Mysuru, has gone missing since Sept. 10. The missing girl is T.P. Anusha. She is 5.5 ft. tall, dark complexioned, speaks Kannada and was wearing a pink coloured top and a light coloured pant at…
Boy killed in tiger attack: Three tamed elephants led by veteran Arjuna begin combing operation to trace killer tiger
September 6, 2023H.D. Kote: Three tamed elephants led by ‘combing operation expert’ and Dasara elephant Arjuna, along with over 80 Forest Department personnel have begun combing operation to trace and capture the killer tiger, which claimed the life of Charan Nayak (9) at Kallahatti village in the Metikuppe Wildlife Range, Nagarahole National Park limits, in H.D. Kote…
9-year-old boy’s death in tiger attack sparks outrage, concern
September 5, 2023H.D. Kote: A nine-year-old boy, Charan Naik, fell victim to a tiger attack in Kallahatti village, located within the Metikuppe wildlife range of the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. This heart-wrenching event occurred yesterday. Young Charan, a second-standard student, was in the company of his parents, Krishna Naik and Mahadevibai, in a field within the village, which…
Youth hacked to death near H.D. Kote
September 1, 2023H.D. Kote: A youth, who was accused of allegedly sending a message to a woman, has been hacked to death at Nerale village near H.D. Kote and his body was found near the Kabini Left Bank Road yesterday morning. The deceased has been identified as Bhanuprakash (23), son of Puttaswamy of Nerale village, who was…
H.D. Kote youth’s body brought home from Africa
July 18, 2023H.D. Kote: The body of a teenager from Tiger Block in H.D. Kote taluk in the district, who had gone to Ivory Coast in South Africa on business and died of dengue fever, was brought back to Tiger Block with the efforts of MLA Anil Chikkamadu on Sunday. Efrahim (19) had gone to Ivory Coast…
Tahsildar visits deceased youth’s house; Indian Embassy to help bring body home
July 5, 2023H.D. Kote youth dies of dengue in South Africa H.D. Kote: Indian Embassy Officer Purushotham Syamal has assured of helping to bring the body of Efrahim to India, said deceased Efrahim’s uncle Billa. Efrahim (19), a resident of Tiger Block in the taluk, had gone to Ivory Coast in South Africa to sell Ayurveda herbs…
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