Hunsur: An 18-year-old girl allegedly ended her life by jumping into Lakshmanatheertha River near the Pump House in the town yesterday. The deceased girl is identified as Deepika, daughter of Nanjundaswamy of Harave village in the taluk. She was pursuing her second year BA course at a private college in Mysuru and was staying at…
Mysore/Mysuru: In a shocking crime driven by greed, a woman from Chikkahejjuru village in Hunsur taluk allegedly murdered her husband to fraudulently claim Rs. 15 lakh Government compensation given for victims of wild animal attacks. She concocted a story that her husband had been dragged away by a tiger, triggering a large-scale search operation by…
Hunsur: A cable operator reportedly committed suicide by jumping into Lakshmanatheertha River on Saturday. The cable operator has been identified as Purushotham (48), a resident of Mookanahalli village near the town. He was also serving as the Director of the Village Dairy, owned an autorickshaw and a tractor. At about 9 pm on Saturday, Purushotham,…
Hunsur: Chethan, a Mysuru resident originally from Hunsur, was on vacation in Kashmir when terrorists attacked tourists in Pahalgam on Apr. 22. In the wake of the incident, restrictions were swiftly imposed across the region, leaving many stranded. Chethan shared a firsthand account of the situation with Star of Mysore via a WhatsApp video message….
Hunsur: An elderly couple was found bludgeoned to death at a farm house in Nadappanahalli village in the taluk. The deceased couple is Rangaswamygowda (72) and his wife Shanthamma (65) of the village. It is not known when the couple was murdered and the murder came to light when a labourer went to the farm…
Hunsur: A debt ridden farmer has committed suicide by jumping into a lake at Kattemalalawadi village in the taluk yesterday. The deceased is Chandraiah (75) of the village. He had obtained a loan of Rs. 5.36 lakh from a Bank in 2016 but the crops failed and he was unable to repay the loan till…
India’s first-of-its-kind facility dedicated at Hunsur to study, treat and combat snakebites By Raghu Hunsur In a landmark initiative aimed at tackling India’s persistent snakebite crisis, Liana Trust, in association with Karnataka Forest Department, has opened India’s first dedicated facility for snakebite research, management and mitigation at Rathnapuri in Hunsur, Mysuru district. This state-of-the-art Serpentarium…
Dedicated to Mukkanneshwara Basava, the three-eyed, three-horned bull In Hunsur taluk of Mysuru district, near the Gaddige Sri Kendaganneshwara Swamy Temple, a temple is being built for a three-eyed, three-horned bull named Mukkanneshwara (a deity with three eyes) Basava (bull). Revered for its supposed miracles, the bull became a household name among devotees. Following its…
Hunsur: The Forest Department officials have arrested one person on charges of poaching a deer at Ayyanakere Tribal Hamlet in Nagarahole Reserve Forest and have launched a hunt to nab two others, who fled from the spot. The arrested has been identified as Naga of Ayyanakere Tribal Hamlet. When Deputy Range Forest Officer (DRFO) Shivakumar,…
Hunsur: A farmer was killed on the spot, when a school bus hit the moped he was riding near Hosur Junction in Kasaba Hobli yesterday. The deceased farmer is Swamy (59), a resident of Uyigowdanahalli village. Swamy was proceeding on his TVS moped to his agricultural field when the private school bus, which was proceeding…
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