Hassan: After two years of scaled down festival owing to the pandemic, the Hassan district administration is gearing up for a grand Hasanamba Jathra Mahotsava this year, from Oct. 13 to Oct.27. The doors of the sanctum sanctorum will be opened as per custom at 12 noon on Oct. 13. The temple will be cleaned…
Man goes missing
August 9, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A 36-year-old man, who left his house in Hassan on Aug. 5 at about 9 am, saying that he was going to meet his wife in Mysuru, has since gone missing. The missing man is M.R. Rakesh, a resident of Vidyanagar in Hassan. Rakesh at about 12.30 pm, called his brother over the phone…
Earthquake of 3.4 magnitude hits Hassan district
June 23, 2022Tremors also felt in parts of Ko:dagu and Mandya Madikeri: An earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter Scale (magnitude) hit Hassan district in the wee hours of today. Officials from the State Disaster Management Authority confirmed that the epicentre of the earthquake, which occurred at 4.37 am, was 0.8 km NNE of Maluganahalli village, in…
Hassan CMC member hacked to death
June 3, 2022Hassan: Hassan City Municipal Council (CMC) member, was brutally hacked to death by miscreants with lethal weapons at Laxmipura Extension yesterday evening and the incident has caused tension in the city. The deceased CMC member from Ward-16, who was also a JD(S) member, is Prashanth Nagaraj (42). Yesterday at about 7.30 pm, Prashanth was proceeding…
PSI exam scam: Brother of arrested accused ends life
May 12, 2022Holenarasipur (Hassan): The elder brother of one of the accused candidate in the PSI exam scam that was unearthed recently, reportedly committed suicide by hanging self at his residence in Gunjevu village, Holenarasipur taluk of Hassan district late on Tuesday night. The deceased is identified as G.R. Vasu, elder brother of PSI candidate G.R. Manukumar,…
Caught in deep debt, 3 of a family end lives
February 25, 2022Hassan: Caught in deep debts, a family of three committed suicide by consuming poison at their residence here and the incident came to light yesterday. The deceased are Sathya-prasad (54), a petrol bunk owner, his wife Annapoorna (50) and their son Gourav (21), residents of Post Office Road at Hemavathi Nagar in Hassan. Details: It…
Stolen gold, silver worth Rs. 24 lakh recovered
February 23, 2022Three chain-snatchers, two burglars adept in inter-district crimes arrested Mysore/Mysuru: Chasing chain-snatchers and burglars, the City Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths have arrested five criminals who were experts in inter-district crimes. They have records in Police Stations of Bengaluru and Hassan. Arresting them has enabled the Police to recover gold and silver articles worth Rs. 24…
Two engineering students from Hassan killed in car-truck collision
February 2, 2022Hunsur: Two engineering students from Hassan were killed in an accident near Bilikere and two more students have been injured when their car collided with a truck near Bilikere at 12.30 am. The students were classmates and were studying in the second year at Malnad Engineering College, Hassan. The group of friends were heading towards…
Suja Kushalappa of BJP wins in Kodagu
December 14, 2021Dr. Sooraj Revanna bags Hassan seat Madikeri: Suja Kushalappa of the BJP won the Kodagu MLC seat. He defeated his nearest rival Dr. Manthar Gowda of the Congress by a margin of 105 votes. Kushalappa was the first winner to be officially declared in the State, after the counting ended at St.Joseph’s School in Madikeri,…
This senior couple found love again
December 3, 2021Melukote: Marriage is a beautiful and sacred institution. But it is marred by the wrong selection of partners, exaggerated expectations between spouses, adjustment problems, low tolerance levels and the failure to understand limitations of marriage. While there are many who part ways due to lack of compatibility, there are many who wait for years to…
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