Staff, officials suspend work, complaint lodged Hunsur: The officials and staff of Hunsur City Municipal Council (CMC) suspended their work on Thursday afternoon and lodged a complaint at the Town Police Station against a CMC Councillor for using foul language and allegedly attempting to assault the CMC Commissioner. On Thursday morning, CMC President Sourabha Siddaraju…
MP seeks funds for road development
November 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has appealed to PWD Minister C.C.Patil to develop Hunsur-Virajpet-Talacauvery (State Highway 90) and Madikeri-Kutta roads on a Public-Private-Partnership model. In a memorandum submitted to the Minister who visited Mysuru yesterday for an inspection of damaged Chamundi Hill road, Pratap Simha said that the development of roads can be taken up…
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…
Leopards trapped at villages in Hunsur, Nanjangud
November 11, 2021Hanagod/Malkundi: Two leopards that had created fear at Vaddambalu village in Hunsur taluk and at Kurihundi village in Nanjangud taluk have been trapped separately by the respective Forest Department staff. In the first incident, a six-year-old leopard, which had created fear among the farmers and residents of Vaddambalu village in Hanagod hobli and surrounding places…
Pourakarmika dies on duty: Civic workers stage protest, demand compensation
November 8, 2021Hunsur: A Pourakarmika died of heart attack while on duty and the civic workers, urging for compensation and security to the deceased family members, staged a protest by keeping the body of the deceased in front of the City Municipal Office in the town recently. The deceased Pourakarmika is V. Murugesh (40). He leaves behind…
Kidnapped boy found dead; one in custody
November 6, 2021Emotions run high as villagers demand action against rampant gambling, betting Hanagodu: A nine-year-old boy, who was kidnapped at Hanagodu village near Hunsur on the night of Nov. 3, was found dead in the neighbouring fields with strangulation marks on his throat. The kidnappers had placed a demand of Rs. 4 lakh ransom to release…
People take to fishing as lake near Hunsur breaches
October 27, 2021Hanagodu: Along with Mysuru Taluk even Hunsur has been battling floods, lake breaches and disruption of normal life after incessant rains since a fortnight. Even as the local administration is trying to clear the clogged drains, amusing as it may sound, many people were seen catching fish from breached lakes. The Santhekere Lake around 10…
Villagers shout, throw stones to chase wild tusker at Hunsur
October 21, 2021Hunsur: Fed up by the constant inaction by the Forest Department despite many appeals and damages to crops, the residents of Tibetan Colony at Hunsur drove away a marauding wild elephant that had entered their habitat. Using shouting crowds and stones as weapons, the villagers chased the elephant from the plantations. A wild tusker entered…
Leopard kills goat
September 30, 2021Hunsur: A goat, that was left for grazing in a forest area has been killed by a leopard near Hosur Gate in the taluk. The goat belonging to Sannakalaiah was left for grazing in the forest area when the leopard attacked and killed it causing a loss of Rs. 10,000 to Sannakalaiah. Forest officials, who…
Ex-Servicemen stage protest at Hunsur seeking Government land
September 14, 2021Hunsur: Urging the Government to sanction lands for them which they are rightfully entitled to, over 300 Ex-Servicemen, under the joint banner of Federation of All Karnataka Ex-Servicemen, Federation of Mysuru District Ex-Servicemen, Veera Vanitheyara Okkoota and Sathya Foundation, staged a demonstration near D. Devaraj Urs Statue at Hunsur on Sunday. Addressing the protesters, Sathyappa,…
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