Kollegal: A car, which went out of control, ploughed into a house injuring a woman and causing damage to the house. The incident took place at Saragur village in the taluk yesterday. While the injured woman has been identified as Rathnamma, the compound wall of the house belonging to one Gavisiddanayaka has been damaged. One…
Kollegal MLA’s wife passes away
September 6, 2021Bengaluru: Vijaya (62), wife of Kollegal MLA N. Mahesh, passed away this morning at a private hospital here following brief illness. Retired Assistant Manager of Apex Bank, she leaves behind her husband, one son and a host of relatives and friends. The body will be kept at Kanshi Foundation on Kanakapura Road for public to…
Charred bodies of lovers found inside burnt car
August 14, 2021Suicide pact shocks residents of tiny village in Kollegal Yalandur: Desperate to continue their relationship through marriage, two lovers ended lives in a disturbing way by sitting inside a car and then immolating after dousing themselves with petrol. The horrific incident was reported on the banks of Theramballi Lake in Kollegal taluk last evening. Srinivas…
Man commits suicide
July 25, 2021Jumps into river in front of brother Kollegal: A 32-year-old man has reportedly committed suicide by jumping into a river in Kollegal Town Police limits yesterday. The person, who committed suicide, is Basavaradhya, a resident of Kurubalanahundi village in T. Narasipur taluk. Basavaradhya, about 20 days ago, had met with a road accident on Kanakapura…
Kollegal lass becomes country’s first woman Flight Test Engineer
May 23, 2021Kollegal: Sqn Ldr Ashritha V. Oleti of Indian Air Force, hailing from Kollegal in Chamarajanagar district, has been selected as the country’s first woman Flight Test Engineer and has brought laurels to the State. Daughter of late O.V. Venkatesh Babu and O.V. Vani couple, she has obtained degree from Indian Air Force Test Pilot School,…
Chamarajanagar tragedy was waiting to happen
May 6, 2021On Apr. 23, 30 oxygen cylinders were rushed from Kollegal to save patients at the nick of time Kollegal: Ten days before the Chamarajanagar tragedy occurred where 24 COVID-19 patients died at the District Hospital owing to lack of oxygen, the District was severely facing oxygen shortage and all appeals by doctors for oxygen replenishment…
Attempt to smuggle sandalwood billets: Ten sandalwood smugglers arrested; Two among them test COVID positive
April 25, 2021Kollegal: The Mahadeshwara Wildlife Forest officials have arrested 10 persons on charges of chopping sandalwood trees in forest area and trying to smuggle the sandalwood billets. Five more accused have gone absconding and a hunt has been launched to nab them. Out of the 10 accused, two (a couple) have tested positive for COVID-19. The…
Abetment to suicide: Youth arrested following nursing student’s death
April 15, 2021Kollegal: Kollegal Rural Police have arrested a 22-year-old youth for allegedly abetting suicide of a nursing student. The nursing student committed suicide by hanging self after the youth had told her they will end their lives together at their respective homes. While the accused youth has been identified as Siddappa Swamy of Madhuvanahalli village in…
Chocolates in ‘used’ syringes!
April 9, 2021Supply suspected from Bengaluru and Tamil Nadu Tahsildar, Health officials conduct inspection, warn shop-keepers Kollegal: Kollegal shop-keepers are allegedly selling chocolates and juices filled in medical syringes. This has come as a shocker to parents and public, who have suspected that used syringes may have been used to fill chocolates and jellies. Anxious people said…
CESC Lineman killed in hit-and-run case
March 9, 2021Kollegal: A CESC Lineman was killed, when an unidentified rammed into his bike and sped away near Madhuvanahalli village in the taluk last evening. The deceased is T.R. Srinivas (49), a Lineman at Lokkanahalli CESC Office and a resident of Chowdeshwari Temple Street in Kollegal. After finishing his day’s work, Srinivas was proceeding to Kollegal…
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