Hanur: At a time when the nation is celebrating the 75th year of independence (Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav), a pregnant woman in a tribal hamlet of Hanur taluk in Chamarajanagar district, who went into labour on Wednesday night, was physically carried by her family and other villagers in a contraption made out of a blanket…
Boy writes SSLC exam despite his mother’s death
April 12, 2022Hanur: A boy wrote his SSLC final exam on Monday, despite the death of his first teacher — his mother. Sanjay, son of Narayan and Asharani couple and a resident of Marigudi Street in the town, is the boy, who wrote his SSLC exam despite grieving his mother Asharani’s death. It is learnt that Asharani,…
Grand Ugadi Maharathotsava held at Male Mahadeshwara Hills
April 5, 2022Hanur: Lakhs of devotees thronged Male Mahadeshwara Hills (MM Hills) on Chandramana Ugadi day (Apr. 2) to witness Maharathotsava of presiding deity Mahadeshwara Swamy by chanting “Ughe Ughe Madappa.” The Rathotsava which was held on Saturday between 7.30 am and 9 am, was witnessed by devotees from Karnataka and Salem and Erode districts of Tamil…
Three killed, over 40 injured as KSRTC bus falls into gorge
March 15, 2022Hanur: Three passenger including a woman were killed and more than 40 injured when the KSRTC bus in which they were travelling from Kollegal to P.G. Palya fell into a gorge after the driver lost control of the bus near P.G. Palya in the taluk yesterday. The deceased have been identified as Shivamma (70) and…
Three arrested for poaching wild boars
February 21, 2022Hanur: Chamarajanagar District Police have arrested three persons while they were transporting wild boar meat in a car after poaching the wild animals. The poachers were arrested at Yadallidoddi forest area yesterday early morning. Those arrested are Manjunath, Joseph and Balaraju, all from Bengaluru. After poaching two wild boars, the accused were transporting the meat…
MM Hill Temple earns Rs. 1.87 crore in 43 days
February 12, 2022Hanur (Chamarajanagar): Male Mahadeshwara Hill Temple, one of the popular pilgrimage centres, has earned a revenue of Rs. 1.87 crore in the form of cash and others offered by the devotees in the last 43 days. The counting was last held on Dec. 29. The offering boxes (hundi) were counted on Feb. 10. The total…
Suttur Seer visits Hogenakkal Falls
February 8, 2022Hanur: Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji visited Hogenakkal Falls on Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border near Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills on Sunday. He arrived at the falls around 8 am and sought details from the authorities on the development works taken up there. He urged the officers to provide basic facilities to the people and visitors…
Youth drowns in Hogenakkal Falls while clicking selfies
January 29, 2022Hanur: A 20-year-old youth was drowned after he slipped and fell into Hogenakkal Falls in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu border on Thursday. The deceased is Umashankar, a nursing student and a resident of Nanjangud, who had come along with his friends on a picnic. He was clicking selfies, when he slipped and fell into the…
Hanur Mid-Day Meal case: Three cooking staff sacked, two teachers transferred
January 12, 2022Hanur: Three Mid-Day Meals cooking staff have been sacked while two teachers have been transferred after nearly 70 students of Vadakehalla Government Higher Primary School in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar took ill after consuming the food in which a dead lizard was found. Addressing a meeting of parents at the school, Block Education Officer (BEO)…
Dead lizard spotted in Mid-Day Meals: 70 students of Hanur School take ill after consuming food
January 11, 2022Hanur: About 70 students of a Government School in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district took ill yesterday after they consumed food in which a dead lizard was spotted. More than 90 of the 170 students at Vadakehalla Government Higher Primary School had food at the school as part of the Mid-Day Meals programme on Monday….
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