Hassan: History says a boy named ‘Sala’ killed a tiger which had strayed into a temple several centuries ago to save his teacher. Here is a ‘modern’ Hoysala who killed a leopard to save his mother from the attack. This incident has taken place at Bhairagondanahalli village in Arasikere taluk of Hassan district yesterday. The…
Probationary Excise Inspector among four killed in road accident
February 14, 2021Hassan: A probationary Excise Inspector and three software engineers were killed on the spot, when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a container vehicle that was stationed at D. Chikkagondanahalli, near Channarayapatna on Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway, in the wee hours of yesterday. The deceased are probationary Excise Inspector Chethan (28) and Bengaluru-based…
1,250 gelatine sticks seized at Hassan village
January 27, 2021Special 24×7 teams formed to track mining activities at Baby Betta in Mandya district Mysuru/ Hassan: Hours after Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa directing the State officials to crackdown on illegal mining activities following a blast in Shivamogga killing six persons, the Internal Security Division has seized a huge cache of explosives at a village near…
Hassanamba Temple opens, but not for public
November 6, 2020To close at 2 pm on Nov.16 Hassan: Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the doors of the famed Hassanamba Temple at Hassan were opened on Thursday for the annual festival. The Temple was opened after Narasimharaja of Urs community chopped a banana stem in the auspicious time of 12.17 pm yesterday. Soon after the stem was…
Four from Mysuru region make the cut in UPSC results
August 5, 2020K.T. Meghana from Periyapatna overcomes poor vision to score 465th rank Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 42 candidates from Karnataka have cracked the coveted Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) 2019. C.S. Jeydev topped the State with an All India Rank of 5 while B. Yashaswini and H. Vinod Patil were…
Channarayapatna City Police Station SI commits suicide
August 1, 2020Kiran Kumar was upset after two murder cases were reported in the last 24 hours in his jurisdictional limits Hassan: In a tragic incident that occurred at Channarayapatna of Hassan district, a Police Sub-Inspector hanged himself after arresting the murder accused in the midst of intense political pressure and public criticism. Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) Kiran…
Traders of Hunsur, Hassan go in for self-imposed lockdown
July 8, 2020Hunsur/ Hassan: With COVID-19 (Coronavirus) spreading rapidly and increase in COVID positive cases, the traders of Hunsur and Hassan, who held a meeting with the public at their respective places recently, have decided to close the shops in the afternoons. According to the decision taken at the meetings, the traders of Hunsur will close their…
Saalumarada Thimmakka hospitalised
May 23, 2020Hassan: Environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka was admitted to a private hospital in Hassan on Thursday after she suffered from stomach pain, vomiting and other health problems. Her condition is now said to be stable. She was staying with her adopted son Umesh, a native of Balluru in Belur taluk of Hassan district. Umesh is in Balluru…
13 TN native migrant labourers walk from Hassan to Mysuru
May 6, 2020Request Mysuru DC to help them reach back their homes Mysore/Mysuru: A total of 13 migrant labourers, who were working at a coffee estate in Belur, have walked all their way from Hassan to Mysuru and have now approached the DC to help them go back to their homes in Tamil Nadu. The group also…
Huge rush at Hassanamba Temple
October 28, 2019Hassan: With the famous Hassanamba Temple to be closed for devotees from tomorrow, the temple witnessed a huge rush today with thousands of devotees from across the State thronging the Temple to have a Darshan of the presiding deity. The Temple opens for the devotees only for a fortnight once in a year, mostly in…
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