Hadinaaru Kaalu Mantapa, bathing ghat in Nanjangud taluk submerged H.D. Kote: Over 25,000 cusecs of water is being released from the Kabini Dam in H.D. Kote, prompting a warning for residents living downstream to move to safer locations. This precautionary measure aims to ensure the safety of the Dam. The increase in outflow is due…
Tiger mauls woman to death in H.D. Kote
May 26, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Department officials and villagers this morning discovered the body of a woman shepherd who had gone missing after a tiger attack in the Murband Hill area of H.D. Kote taluk yesterday. The victim, identified as Chikki (45) from Malada Haadi in N. Begur, was grazing goats near the hill with another woman from…
Pug marks of tiger spark fear among H.D. Kote villagers
May 24, 2024H.D. Kote: Pug marks of a tiger have been spotted at an agricultural field in Annur-Hosahalli village in Veeranahosahalli Forest Range of Nagarahole National Park in Mysuru district sparking fears among the villagers. Shadakshari, a farmer went to his agricultural field in the morning only to spot the pug marks of a tiger. He later…
West Nile fever in Kerala: Health officials on high alert in Mysuru
May 19, 2024Mysore/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…
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