Mysuru: District Administration has given permission to organise Hanuma Jayanti in Hunsur town on Jan. 27. The organisers have been asked to take the procession on a changed route. The Hanuma Jayanti Celebrations and procession planned earlier on Dec. 3, 2017 had been cancelled in view of law and order situation. Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep…
Auto drivers assaulted by youth over petty issues
January 9, 2018Hunsur: An incident of a youth assaulting two auto drivers with a machete and injuring them seriously has been reported from Mururamma Layout here last night. While the injured have been identified as Chandrashekar and Suresh, the youth who assaulted them has been identified as Avinash, who is absconding. The injured are undergoing treatment at…
Wins State-level Body Building Competition
January 4, 2018Syed Iqbal of Davanagere (centre) won the State Level Body Building competition organised in Hunsur recently. The winner was awarded as cash prize of Rs. 25,000. He is seen posing with (from left) Best Poser title winner M. Shivakumar and Most Muscular title winner Hemanth Kumar, who received a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 each.
Teen among four killed in Mandya, Hunsur
January 1, 2018Mandya/ Hunsur: Four persons were killed in separate accidents in Mandya and Hunsur since the last 48 hours. The latest accident occurred in Hunsur this morning where a school teacher was killed. The victim has been identified as 35-year-old Mahesh, the son of Swamy Gowda of Kothegala village. He was working as a teacher at…
New PSI takes charge at Hunsur
January 1, 2018Hunsur: J.E. Mahesh Kumar took charge as the new PSI (Law & Order) of Hunsur Town Police Station yesterday. Mahesh Kumar, who was serving at Kushalnagar, was transferred and posted to Hunsur town, in place of A. Shanmugham, who has been transferred to Madikeri. It may be mentioned here that Suresh, who was serving at…
Parents urged to send children to Government Schools
December 31, 2017Hunsur: Calling upon parents to admit their children in Government schools, Hunsur-based VK Foundation President Vasanth Kumar said that the motto of any Foundation, Association or organisation should be service to the society. He was speaking after distributing note books to school children of various government schools in the taluk at a programme organised here…
Two arrested for assaulting Pani Puri vendor’s son in Hunsur
December 27, 2017Hunsur: Hunsur Police have arrested two youths at the Bus Stand in the early morning on Dec.25 for assaulting a person with iron road and trying to flee from the town. The arrested youths have been identified as 22-year-old Rafiq and 23-year-old Sadiq, residents of Lalbandh Street in the town. It is alleged that the…
Violence during Hanuma Jayanti celebration: Hunsur returns to normalcy
December 5, 2017Mysuru: Hunsur town in the district, which witnessed tension during the Hanuma Jayanti celebration on Sunday, limped back to normalcy yesterday, even as it continues to be heavily guarded by a posse of Cops. Police have beefed up security in the town which is about 46 kms from Mysuru and have intensified patrolling. Early on…
Twitter war between MP and SP over Hunsur incident!
December 5, 2017Mysuru: Even as the tension in Hunsur town over Hanuma Jayanti celebrations has died down, the Twitter war between the followers of MP Pratap Simha and District SP Ravi D. Channannavar has continued in social media. Responding to the alleged twitter posts by followers of MP Pratap Simha, SP Ravi D. Channannavar has said that…
Hunsur bandh withdrawn; Police cancel procession
December 4, 2017Hunsur/ Mysuru: An uneasy calm prevailed in Hunsur this morning after yesterday’s showdown between the State Government and Hindu activists over the arrest of MP Pratap Simha as he tried to enter the communally sensitive town to participate in Hanuma Jayanti celebrations. There is a heavy posse of Police, numbering over 2,500 guarding Hunsur. The…
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