Another person seriously injured Hanur: Close on the heels of a devotee being killed when a wild elephant caught him by its trunk and threw him aside in M.M. Hills Forest Range yesterday, a devotee from Mandya, who had been to Nagamale in M.M. Hills was seriously injured when a wild elephant attacked him near…
Forest staff, poachers exchange gunfire at Karnataka-TN border
April 12, 2019400 kg wild meat, arms, snares seized Hanur: In a major haul, the Karnataka Forest Department has managed to confiscate a huge haul of over 400 kg of wild meat besides arms and snares used for hunting on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu Border. However, the poachers managed to escape. Yesterday afternoon, the Forest Department staff from…
Alleged sexual harassment on girl students: Ekalavya School Principal arrested
February 3, 2019Hanur: Hanur Police, have arrested the Principal of a Residential School under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on charges of sexually harassing girl students during an educational tour. The arrested is M. Lokesh, Principal of Ekalavya Residential School at Mangala village. Following complaints that the accused Principal during an educational tour on…
Temple Tragedy: 29 still critical
December 15, 2018Mysuru: Even as the bus tragedy at Kanaganamaradi in Pandavapura of Mandya that took place exactly three Saturdays back (Nov.24) where 30 persons lost their lives is fresh in the minds of people, another horrifying case of mass poisoning shook Chamarajanagar and Mysuru yesterday where over 11 people died after consuming prasadam at Maramma Temple…
Shortage of prasadam saved many lives at Hanur temple
December 15, 2018Two factions in Sulwadi village fought to take control over Maramma Temple Mysuru: The tragedy at Maramma Temple at Sulwadi village in Hanur could have been worse but minimised as there was a shortage of prasadam. Villagers said that there was a huge rush at the temple and due to this, prasadam that was already…
‘Tomato bath was for members of Temple administration’
December 15, 2018Mysuru: IGP (Southern Range) K.V. Sharath Chandra has confirmed that two people, Gowdruchinnatti, a member of the temple’s administration, and manager Madesh have been taken into custody for questioning. Gowdruchinnatti’s son Lokesh said that the tomato bath was not meant to be served as prasadam but was meant for the members of temple administration. “Initially,…
Many devotees had come to Temple to view Gopura installation
December 15, 2018Hanur: At least 11 people lost their lives and over 70 took ill after consuming ‘prasadam’ distributed during the ‘Gopura’ installation ceremony at Kichguth Maramma Temple at Sulwadi village in Ramapura hobli of Hanur taluk in Chamarajanagar district yesterday. Most of the devotees, who died or took ill, had come to the temple to view…
More than 60 birds and animals too found dead
December 15, 2018Not only the devotees, but also over 60 birds and animals, which consumed tomato bath prasadam waste at Sulwadi, were found dead in the surroundings of the Temple, thus lending more credence to speculations that the prasadam had been poisoned. These birds and animals, most of them street dogs, has consumed the ‘prasadam’ after a…
One dead, five injured in mini bus accident at Hanur
August 11, 2018Hanur, Kollegal taluk: In a ghastly accident, one woman died and five people sustained grievous injuries when the mini bus in which they were travelling lost control and turned turtle. In all, there were 26 people in the bus. The accident was so severe that the woman Ammanni Akka, whose hand was severed, later succumbed…
Two arrested for smuggling owl
April 12, 2018Hanur: The sleuths of the Forest Mobile Squad have arrested two persons on charges of smuggling an owl and have rescued the bird. The arrested persons have been identified as 30-year-old Madesh and 32-year-old Rangaswamy, both residents of Kaggaligundi village in Hanur taluk. Acting on a tip off, Kollegal CID Forest Mobile Squad SI Lokesh…
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