K.R. Pet: Tension prevailed in Billenahalli village of K.R. Pet Taluk following a clash between two groups of JD(S) and Congress broke out yesterday evening. However, the Police managed to control the clashing groups.  According to reports, the clashes took place over political rivalry where supporters of former Taluk Panchayat (TP) attacked the house of…

Mysuru: Two persons, who had sustained head injuries in separate accidents in city and in K.R. Pet, succumbed to injuries this morning. In the first case, Nagarajappa (69), retired Sub-Inspector (Wireless), Mysuru City and a resident of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Nagar on T. Narasipur Ring Road, who had sustained serious head injuries in a road…

Mysuru: The Police, who refused to divulge the details regarding the murder of 14-year-old Shashank of K.R. Pet taluk, yesterday morning, have revealed that it is indeed a case relating to IPL cricket betting. However, there is a twist in the story. The murder accused Dikshit, 18, and another student who were arrested, have spilled…

Mysuru/Mandya: On one side was the exciting IPL final where the Mumbai Indians beat Rising Pune Supergiant by one run in a nail-biting finish, last night at Hyderabad. On the other was the disturbing news of the IPL betting spreading its tentacles even to the rural areas and claiming the life of a teenage boy…

In a commendable act of courage, two young men risked their lives to save eight people, including five women, from drowning in Hemavathy River at Akkihebbal in the taluk yesterday. According to eyewitnesses, yesterday, eight men and women were washing clothes on the banks of river near Sri Lakshminarasimha Temple in the Hemavathy River basin…

A woman PSI had a narrow escape after the car she was travelling fell into a canal following a head-on collision with a two-wheeler (KA 54 E 1996) near Gandhinagar in K.R. Pet taluk. The Police said that Maddur PSI Savitha was travelling towards Hassan to attend a Court hearing along with driver Yogesh in…