Mysore/Mysuru: Against the backdrop of the emergence of West Nile Fever (WNF) in Kerala, H.D. Kote Health and Family Welfare Officer Dr. Gopinath and Taluk Health Officer Dr. T. Ravikumar, along with their team, inspected Bavali check-post along Kerala border on Mysuru-Manandavadi Road on Thursday. Following previous outbreaks of COVID-19, Nipah and H5N1 avian influenza…
Assaulting mother-in-law, brother-in-law: Sessions Court sentences man to seven years in jail
May 3, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Fifth Additional District and Sessions Court of Mysuru has handed down a seven-year prison sentence and imposed a fine of Rs. 20,000 on M. Kendaganna, a resident of Hebbalaguppe village in H.D. Kote taluk. Kendaganna was found guilty of assaulting his mother-in-law and brother-in-law with a machete, causing serious injuries to them. Kendaganna…
MLA takes doc to task for delay in autopsy
April 25, 2024A 40-year-old man had died under mysterious circumstances following assault in H.D. Kote H.D. Kote: MLA Anil Chikkamadu took the doctor of General Hospital in the town to task for showing negligence towards conducting the post-mortem of a murder victim on Wednesday. Nagesh (40), son of Karigowda, Hirehalli B. Colony in the taluk, allegedly died…
Man killed in wild elephant attack
April 17, 2024H.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…
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