K.R. Pet: A former Municipal Councillor’s wife who was said to have been abducted in broad daylight on Friday evening in the town has been released in Mysuru by her abductors. The abducted woman, identified as Gayatramma, wife of former Municipal Councillor Raju and a resident of Hosaholalu in the taluk, was working as an…

K.R. Pet: An Anganwadi Assistant, working at an Anganwadi Centre at B.B. Kaavalu village in the taluk, was allegedly assaulted by a man for refusing to give him the attendance register on Thursday. While the injured has been identified as Yashoda of B.B. Kaavalu village, the person who brutally assaulted her is Channakeshava, son of…

Father suspects murder, files Police complaint K.R. Pet:  A 47-year-old man, who was performing puja, slipped and fell to death from the second floor of the house at Basaveshwaranagar in the town on Saturday and his father suspecting that his son has been murdered has lodged a complaint with K.R. Police on Saturday. The deceased…

K.R. Pet:  A 28-year-old youth, who was clicking selfies atop the bridge connecting Hariharapura and Akkihebbalu in the taluk, met his water grave after he slipped and fell into the river on Tuesday evening. The deceased has been identified as Shivakumar, son of Ganesh and a resident of Hariharapura village. As the dam built across…

K.R. Pet: Forest sleuths arrested a person for hunting down a migratory bird at a lake located near K.R. Pet. The accused has been identified as Nagaraju, 35, a resident of Srikantanagar in Channarayapatna of Hassan district. Nagaraju and his three friends Pradeep, Chethan and an engineering student, who are currently at large, had gone…

Mandya: A 13-year-old student was found murdered with his throat slit in K.R. Pet this morning. The body was dumped inside a bush and it was noticed by some morning walkers near Government Employees Colony on the Hemagiri Road. The boy has been identified as Shashank, a ninth standard student of Ashirwad English Medium School…

Sanskrit University Vice-Chancellor Dr. Padma Shekar of Ambigarahalli in the taluk has been selected as the President of the 3rd Taluk Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be held on Mar. 3, according to H.R. Poornachandra Tejaswi, President, Taluk Kannada Sahitya Parishat.