Mysore/Mysuru: A Bank Manager in K.R. Nagar, Mysuru, has tested positive for COVID-19 late yesterday. He has been shifted to COVID Hospital in Madurai as he had been there on a visit. The Bank in K.R. Nagar has been sealed down and all the other six employees have been asked to remain in home quarantine….
Migrant workers in K.R. Nagar return to native places
April 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A total of 74 migrant workers in K.R. Nagar taluk of the district, most of whom were from North Karnataka, who were stranded at their workplace due to the nationwide lockdown, returned to their native places in KSRTC buses on Sunday, thanks to the efforts of the District Administration. With the Union Government easing…
Mild tremors in parts of Mysuru, Mandya and Hassan districts
April 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mild tremors measuring 2.6 magnitude in the Richter Scale was experienced in parts of K.R. Nagar, Hunsur and Periyapatna in Mysuru district, K.R. Pet in Mandya and Hassan last evening. The epicentre of the tremors was traced between K.R. Nagar in Mysuru district and Arakalagud in Hassan district. Earth shook at around 5.20 pm…
Fire accident while lighting water stove: Constable, son die; wife seriously injured
February 14, 2020K.R. Nagar: A Head Constable and his son died while his wife suffered serious injuries in a fire accident that took place while lighting the water stove at their house in Eshwara Layout at K.R. Nagar last morning. While the deceased is Renukaswamy (46), a Head Constable attached to City Armed Reserve, Mysuru and his…
Leopard cub found in Sugarcane field
February 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the Forest department is struggling to prevent wild animals from entering human habitats, a leopard cub was found at a Sugarcane field at Mirle in K.R. Nagar taluk of the district. The one-month old male cub was spotted in the Sugarcane field of one Santosh at Mirle village when workers were engaged…
Political foes share bonhomie at Sangolli Rayanna event
January 20, 2020Siddu, Eshwarappa and Vishwanath spring a surprise to followers K.R. Nagar: In a rare show of bonhomie, three Kuruba community heavy-weights and known political foes — former Congress Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, BJP Minister K.S. Eshwarappa and senior BJP leader A.H. Vishwanath — shared the dais at an event to unveil the statue of Krantiveera Sangolli…
Ready for any probe into Saligrama clashes: MLA
December 21, 2019Mysuru: Asserting that he and his brothers were ready to face any sort of probe into the recent clashes at Saligrama in K.R.Nagar taluk, K.R.Nagar JD(S) MLA S.R. Mahesh claimed that the incident was not a clash between two communities, but a clash between two individuals. Addressing a press meet at his office near Marimallappa…
Six nabbed in connection with group clash at Saligrama
December 14, 2019K.R. Nagar: The Police have arrested six persons in connection with a clash that broke out between two groups over a trivial issue at Saligrama in the taluk on Thursday. Several houses in Saligrama have been damaged as the warring groups indulged in stone-pelting. The clashes broke out following a wordy duel over an accident…
Mystery shrouds death of student at residential school
December 4, 2019Mysuru: A student has died under mysterious circumstances at a residential school in Kuppalli village in K.R. Nagar taluk. The deceased boy is Gowtham (14), son of Shivanna and Rekhavathi couple of Saalekoppal village in the taluk. He was pursuing his eighth standard at Indira Gandhi Residential School at Kuppalli. Gowtham, who slept after having…
Two from K.R. Nagar among four persons arrested for printing, circulating fake currencies
October 18, 2019Sakleshpur: Sakleshpur Rural Police, have cracked a fake currency printing and circulating racket by arrested four persons including two from K.R. Nagar and have seized fake currencies worth about Rs. 13,000 and equipment used to print fake currencies from them. The arrested are Iliyas and Sulaiman of Nelyadi village in Dakshina Kannada and Kiran of…















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