Hanagod: A man standing on the roadside was killed on the spot when a tractor ran over him at Hunsur Rural Police limits. The deceased has been identified as Murali (50) of Hanagod and brother of Hunsur senior journalist Hanagod Nataraj. It is learnt that the drivers of two tractors, after unloading ginger to the…
Labourer stabs manager to death at piggery
September 30, 2024Hunsur: A labourer stabbing his manager to death over trivial reasons has been reported from a piggery Hebballa village near Hanagod in Hunsur taluk on Friday late night. The deceased manager has been identified as Girish Abraham (38), a native of Wayanad district in Kerala and accused is Shamshuddin, who has been arrested and remanded…
Body of ‘HakkiPikki’ woman brought to Hunsur from Sudan
April 29, 2024Hanagod: The body of a nomadic woman from HakkiPikki community, who had gone to Sudan in Eastern Africa for business and died there, was brought to her native place Pakshirajapura village, Hanagodhobli in Hunsurtaluk yesterday. The deceased woman, identified as Nandini, a resident of 2nd Colony in Pakshirajapura, had gone to Sudan along with her…
Decades after being displaced, tribals want to go back to forests
May 10, 2022Hundreds of men, women and children stage overnight protest on Mysuru-Kodagu border Hanagod: Hundreds of tribal families which were relocated from Nagarahole Tiger Reserve years ago after the implementation of Wildlife Act 1972 and after the Project Tiger was introduced, are yet to be rehabilitated fully and they want to go back to the forests,…
Five held for poaching leopard and trying to sell its pelt
May 3, 2022Hanagod: The Forest Department officials and staff have arrested five persons, who had killed a leopard in Nagarahole National Park and trying to sell its pelt and have recovered the leopard pelt and four chopped legs of the leopard from them. The Forest staff have seized a single barrel gun and a two-wheeler used for…
Lone tusker creates havoc near Tibetan camp
December 6, 2021Destroys crops, compound, cowsheds, electric pole Youth throws fire to scare away the pachyderm Hanagod: A lonely tusker, which entered human habitat, has destroyed crops, compounds, cowsheds and electric pole in Gurupura Tibetan Camp and Nagapura Tribal Hamlet yesterday afternoon. A video of the elephant creating havoc, which has gone viral on social media, shows…
Video of wild tusker climbing rail barricade goes viral on social media
November 18, 2021Hanagod: A wild tusker, which had climbed over a rail barricade and entered human habitat in search of food and water, crossed over the same barricade and returned to the forest after villagers created ruckus. The incident took place at Veeranahosahalli Forest Range of Nagarahole Reserve Forest on Tuesday and the video of the elephant…
Man who killed wife, three kids in the US sentenced to life
November 12, 2021Techie has roots in Hanagod near Hunsur Los Angeles: Shankar Nagappa Hangud, an Indian-origin IT professional in the US who dramatically surrendered to the Police in California with his son’s dead body in his car in 2019, and has since confessed to killing his wife and three kids, has been sentenced to life in prison…
Tusker pair unable to return to forest, roam on Hunsur-H.D. Kote Road
October 4, 2021Hanagod: A pair of wild tuskers, that had come out of Sollepura Forest area in Veeranahosahalli Range of Nagarahole National Park and unable to return back to the forest was found roaming on Hunsur-H.D. Kote Main Road besides destroying crops yesterday. The tusker pair, which had come out of the forest area in search of…
Boy dies after falling into water-filled bucket
June 18, 2021Hanagod: A two-and-a-half-year-old boy, who was playing in front of his house, reportedly died after falling inside a water-filled bucket yesterday evening. The deceased boy is Samarth, son of Sundar Raj, former Dharmapura Gram Panchayat President. It is learnt that, while the family members were busy inside the house, Samarth went out to play in…
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