Gold ornaments worth Rs. 21 lakh recovered Hunsur: Bilikere Police have arrested a priest on charges of looting gold jewellery in the guise of performing puja and have recovered 456 grams gold jewellery worth Rs. 21 lakh from him. The arrested is 28-year-old Manu, a priest at Chowdeshwari Temple in Sathigrama of K.R. Nagar taluk….
Gajapayana begins
October 1, 2020Five Dasara elephants accorded warm send off after traditional puja at Veeranahosahalli Hunsur: ‘Gajapayana’ (marching of elephants) of five elephants which will take part in Dasara-2020 began at Veeranahosahalli on the outskirts of Nagarahole National Park in the taluk this morning. The otherwise fanfare affair with the presence of elected representatives and cultural troupes, this…
Two sons of farm labourer become Police Sub-Inspectors
September 19, 2020They rejected the ST quota and wrote the exams under General Merit category Hanagodu: Two youths hailing from a poor family that survives on the meagre money earned from farm labour have scripted a success story by becoming Police Sub-Inspectors. The family now hopes to see a better future. They hail from Boodithittu village near…
Three youths killed as two bikes collide
September 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a ghastly road accident, three youths, all in their early twenties were killed in a head-on collision between two motorcycles that took place near Tenkanakoppalu in Bilikere Hobli of Hunsur Taluk last evening. The deceased have been identified as Nithin (22) of Kommegowdanakoppalu, Ramachandra (22) of Tenkanakoppalu and an unidentified youth, who is…
Two killed as KSRTC bus rams into bike
September 13, 2020Hunsur: Two persons were killed when a speeding KSRTC bus reportedly rammed into the bike they were riding near Yashodhapura village on Hunsur Road in city last night. The deceased are Shivaraj Gowda (30) and Karthik (20), both residents of Yashodhapura village. According to the complaint lodged at Hunsur Rural Police Station, the KSRTC bus…
Nagarahole an ideal place for elephant habitat
August 17, 2020Director of Nagarahole National Park speaks on the occasion of World Elephant Day at Mathigodu Elephant Camp Hunsur: The Nagarahole National Park is an ideal place for elephant habitat and the elephant corridor inside the Tiger Reserve is the main reason for this, opined Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) and Director of Nagarahole National Park…
MP assures flood victims of appropriate relief
August 14, 2020Hunsur: With floods causing havoc in Hunsur taluk, MP Pratap Simha has assured the flood victims of immediate and appropriate relief from the Government. The MP visited Lakshmanateertha river flood affected areas in Hanagod Hobli and other areas of the taluk on Wednesday and heard the flood victims. He also inspected Hanagod-Hunsur Road that was…
Caught in snare, leopard dies
August 10, 2020Hunsur: A five-year-old leopard was found dead after getting caught in a snare laid outside a farm in Survey No. 59 at Muddanahalli village abutting Nagarahole Reserve Forest on Hunsur-Gonikoppa Road yesterday. The snare was laid near the fence of the farm and the leopard which got caught in the snare tried to free itself…
Overflowing Lakshmantheertha River wreaks havoc in Hunsur
August 8, 2020Hunsur: Lakshmantheertha river is overflowing causing widespread destruction of crops following heavy downpour in Kodagu district and Hunsur taluk from the past one week. As a precautionary measure, Taluk Administration is relocating the residents living in the adjoining areas of the region. The outflow from the Dam built for Lakshmantheertha river near Hanagodu has increased…
Vishwanath promises creation of ‘Devaraja Urs District’ in Hunsur
July 26, 2020Hunsur: Two days after he was nominated to the Legislative Council, senior BJP leader and former Minister A.H.Vishwanath visited Hunsur on Friday and garlanded the bust of former Chief Minister D.Devaraja Urs at the entrance of the town. Later addressing party workers at the BJP Office in the town, Vishwanath, who was earlier a Hunsur…
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