Bherya: In a heart-wrenching incident that unfolded on Tuesday, a valiant soldier met an untimely end due to a sudden heart attack while visiting his hometown in K.R. Nagar taluk of Mysuru district. The deceased soldier is identified as S. Suresh (42). He is survived by his mother, wife and two children Suresh, a Subedar,…
Neglected by lover, girl commits suicide
July 24, 2023K.R. Nagar: A 20-year-old girl, depressed over her lover neglecting her, committed suicide by slashing her wrist with a sharp object and consuming poison. The girl, who has made a video of her slashing her wrist, has also left behind a death note. The incident took place at Gowdenahalli in the taluk. The deceased girl…
K.R. Nagar woman goes missing
April 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A 50-year-old woman, who had come from K.R. Nagar, has gone missing from Dasappa Circle in city. The missing woman is Bhuvaneshwari. She, along with her mother, who came in a bus from K.R. Nagar to go to their relative’s house, alighted at Metropole Hotel Circle. The woman went missing while boarding a city…
Boy electrocuted
November 9, 2022K.R. Nagar: A 16-year-old boy was electrocuted at Malali village in the taluk on Monday. The deceased boy is Manoj, son of Kadegowda of Malali, who was a SSLC student at the Government High School. At about 7 am on Monday, Manoj, who had gone to his relative’s house, touched a drumstick tree which had…
Leopard, which attacked biker, Forest staff in K.R. Nagar, captured
November 4, 2022Forest personnel from Mysuru tranquillise the animal K.R. Nagar: Tension prevailed at K.R. Nagar town as a wild leopard attacked a bike rider and a Forest staff this morning. About 5 am, a resident of the town, who went to his under construction house to do curing works, saw the leopard sitting in front of…
Brain-dead K.R. Nagar farmer’s organs save four lives
October 23, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mahadeva, a 45-year-old farmer, who was declared brain-dead following severe head injury, has saved the lives of four persons by donating his organs. Mahadeva’s kidneys, heart valve and corneas were harvested for saving the lives of people who are in need of organs for their survival after his family’s consent. A native of Lakshmipura…
First suspected case of monkeypox reported
October 12, 2022Five-year-old child victim; Health Department on high alert Samples sent to Bengaluru for tests; contact tracing begins By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Four months after India’s first monkeypox case was detected in Kerala’s Kollam district, Mysuru’s first suspected case surfaced last evening from K.R. Nagar. A five-year-old child has been reportedly infected and the child’s…
Online fraud: Pensioner, lecturer cheated of Rs. 5.58 lakh
August 30, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: separate cases, a pensioner and a lecturer have lost a total of Rs. 5,58,506 to online fraudsters. In the first case, retired RTO officer 70-year-old Jaleel Ahmed, a resident of K.R. Nagar, has been cheated of Rs. 4,14,957. Ahmed received a call on his mobile phone and the caller on the other end, who…
Mystery shrouds death of Gram Panchayat Member at resort
July 27, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A Gram Panchayat (GP) Member was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a resort on the outskirts of city and his wife has suspected that he has been murdered. The deceased is Haliyur GP Member J.M. Satish (34), a resident of Javaregowdanakoppal, Chunchanakatte hobli in K.R. Nagar taluk. As election to the GP President’s…
K.R. Nagar Police book nine persons in dowry death case
July 24, 2022K.R. Nagar: Following a Court order, the K.R. Nagar Police have registered case against nine persons on charges of abetting the death of a married woman, who allegedly died due to dowry harassment. Bindushri (25), daughter of B.K. Swamy of K.R. Sagar, had married Manjunath of Doddekoppalu village in K.R. Nagar taluk on May 5,…
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