K.R. Pet: A two-wheeler pillion rider was killed on the spot while the rider sustained serious injuries when a speeding Bolero vehicle hit the bike they were riding on Jalasur-Bengaluru Highway yesterday. While the deceased has been identified as Ramesh (63), son of late Chikkegowda of Valageremenasa village in the taluk, the seriously injured is…
K.R. Pet industrialist’s son is now an Indian Navy Lieutenant
June 2, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Not many parents with a single child would dare to send their offspring to serve the nation in the military. However, there is an exceptional case where an industrialist from K.R. Pet in Mandya supported his son’s decision to join the Indian Navy. B.C. Manju, an industrialist, and his wife Chandrakala are proud parents…
Three youths killed as car falls into gorge
February 5, 2024K.R. Pet: Three youths were killed while another sustained serious injuries when the car in which they were travelling fell into a gorge after the person behind the wheels of the vehicle lost control of it near Akkihebbal bridge in the taluk on Saturday night. While the deceased have been identified as Chiranjivi (21), son…
Festive fervour marks Mastakabhisheka to Bhagwan Bahubali at Basti Hosakote
November 26, 2023K.R. Pet: The 18-feet tall statue of Bhagwan Bahubali came alive with the reconsecration ceremony organised at Basti Hosakote (Basadi Hosakote) near KRS Dam in K.R. Pet taluk yesterday. Jain Munis Amogha Keerthi Maharaj and Amara Keerthi Maharaj supervised various religious rituals including Jalabhisheka that began at 1 pm, amid the sea of devotees and…
Organ donation saves four lives
November 2, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Forty-year-old K.K. Rajesh, hailing from Akki Hebbal Hobli in K.R. Pet Taluk, was brought to Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru, on Oct.25 after his bike met with accident with another bike at 3rd Cross, 3rd Main Road, near LIC, Sharadadevinagar in city. Rajesh was kept on life support for two days while he was in…
Leopard attack: Labourer injured
January 31, 2023K.R. Pet: A 55-year-old labourer, who was involved in harvesting sugarcane along with others, sustained serious injuries when a leopard attacked him on Sunday morning. The injured labourer is Jayaramu, a native of Nagati Belagola Taanda of Bhadravati taluk in Shivamogga district. He was working as a labourer and was staying in a temporary shed…
Children of brain dead man donate his organs
October 28, 2022K.R. Pet: The children of a man, who was declared brain dead by the doctors of a private hospital in Mysuru, have donated the organs of their father thus displaying humanitarian concern. Details: Mogannegowda (65), a resident of Ganjigere Koppal in the taluk, who complained of severe headache and bleeding a week back, was rushed…
Kashi-like Religious Corridors in Karnataka
October 15, 2022CM Bommai asks Muzrai Department to identify projects for transforming spiritual destinations UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to attend Kumbha Mela valedictory at K.R. Pet tomorrow Mandya: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has sought a report from the Muzrai Department on the possibility of developing Religious Corridors in Karnataka as being done in Uttar Pradesh and…
Dr. Veerendra Heggade formally launches Maha Kumbha Mela at K.R. Pet
October 15, 2022Calls upon people to conserve and worship water K.R. Pet: Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. Veerendra Heggade, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP, formally launched the four-day Maha Kumbha Mela at Triveni Sangama near Ambigarahalli-Sangapura-Pura cluster villages in Akkihebbal Hobli of K.R. Pet taluk yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Heggade said that water is the…
Ancient Jain inscription found at Basadi Hoskote
October 9, 202211th to 12th century Jain inscription found along pedestal of Lord Bahubali Mysore/Mysuru: An ancient Jain inscription of the 11th – 12th century has been discovered along the pedestal of Lord Bahubali statue at Basadi Hoskote village, Krishnarajapet (K.R. Pet) Taluk in Mandya district. Several mantaps, statues and idols related to Jain culture have been…
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