Ambergris weighing 4.950 kg worth crores of rupees seized Kollegal: Kollegal CID Forest Mobile Squad Police have arrested four persons who were smuggling ambergris (Whale vomit) and have seized 4.950 kg ambergris worth crores of rupees and a car used for the illegal transportation. Those arrested are 48-year-old Shamsuddin Otion of Nadapura village, 55-year-old Taiseema…
Kollegal: A 44-year-old photographer, said to be depressed in life, committed suicide by hanging self in the town yesterday. The deceased is Gopi, a resident of Post Office Road in the town. It is learnt that he was leading a lonely life and was depressed in life, which forced him to take the extreme step….
Kollegal: A newly-wed Deputy Range Forest Officer (DRFO) was killed on the spot when a truck rammed into the car he was travelling on Ooty Road on Saturday afternoon. The deceased is Mahananda (30), a native of Muttapura Hundi in Kollegal. He was serving as a DRFO at Kollegal Buffer Zone. Mahananda was married to…
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…
Bengaluru: 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…
Suicide 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…
Jumps 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: 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,…
On 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…
Kollegal: 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…
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