Kollegal: The Directorate of Municipal Administration has suspended Kollegal City Municipal Council (CMC) Commissioner Nagashetty on charges of illegally issuing e-Property (e-Swathu) certificates after splitting a single site into smaller ones by using the Digital Key (password) even after he was transferred from the CMC. Nagashetty, who was posted as Kollegal CMC Commissioner last year,…
Eight poachers arrested
November 4, 2020Country-made guns, gun manufacturing equipment seized Kollegal: Kollegal Rural Police have arrested seven poachers, who were hunting down wild animals coming in search of food and water to agricultural fields in forest borders and have seized seven country-made guns besides seizing equipment used in the manufacturing of country-made guns from a house. The poachers were…
Head Master dies after falling from bike
September 22, 2020Kollegal: A Head Master of a Government School died after slipping and falling from his bike on the main road in front of Kollegal School for Speech and Hearing Impaired yesterday. The deceased is Mahadevashetty, HM of Hanur Government Model School and a resident of Madhuvanahalli in the taluk. Mahadevashetty, who left for his school…
Will decide on political course in coming days, says Kollegal MLA
September 15, 2020Kollegal: Asserting that he has not deserted BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) on his own and it is the party which has expelled him, Kollegal MLA N. Mahesh said that he will soon decide on his future political course. Addressing a press meet here recently, Mahesh, who was elected from Kollegal (SC Reserved) constituency on a…
Kollegal Court vacates stay on appointment of Salur Mutt successor
August 5, 2020Kollegal: The Additional Civil Court here has vacated the stay order brought by M.M.Hills Salur Mutt Junior Seer Immadi Mahadevaswamy against the appointment of successor for the Mutt in his absence. Immadi Mahadevaswamy is in jail in connection with Sulwadi temple food poisoning case in which at least 17 people lost their lives and scores…
SSLC exam result by Aug. 8, says Minister Suresh Kumar
July 31, 2020Kollegal: Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar said here that the results of SSLC exam (2019-20) will be announced by Aug. 8. Speaking to presspersons here yesterday, Suresh Kumar said that preparations are underway for the announcement of results. Asserting that schools do not re-open in August, the Minister said that the Government will…
Three killed as vehicle carrying marriage party topples near Hanur
June 16, 2020Hanur: Three persons were killed and 10 injured when a Bolero Pickup vehicle carrying a marriage party toppled near Odeyarapalya close to Koramanakathari J Village yesterday afternoon. The deceased are Nanjundaiah (60), Chikkasiddamma (55) and Nagaraju (60), all residents of Hunasepalya village in the taluk. Among the 10 persons who are injured, Ningarajamma and Chandra…
Heritage Lushington Bridge to get an alternative
March 14, 2020Works to restore bridge that was washed away in 2018 begins; to be completed by May 2020 Mysore/Mysuru: The Government will renovate the Lushington Bridge at Sathegala in Kollegal, which was washed away in July 2018 rain. The two-century-old bridge built across River Cauvery near Shivanasamudra in Kollegal taluk will be repaired and conserved as…
Veerappan aide arrested after 27 years of hiding
February 3, 2020Police got clues about her after she opened fire at an elephant herd Kollegal: A woman associate of forest brigand Veerappan was arrested by Kollegal Crime Branch Police in Chamarajanagar District on Saturday, 27 years after she was booked under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA). Forty-year-old Stella alias Stella Mary had been…
Idol manufacturing unit gutted
February 3, 2020Kollegal: A Ganapati idol manufacturing unit on CDS Community Hall Road in Basaveshwaranagar here has been gutted completely in an accidental fire last evening. The unit belongs to Bangari Girivasa, son of K.K. Venkataramanaiah and the loss is estimated to be over Rs.10 lakh. Last evening, Bangari Girivasa and his staff closed the unit and…
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