Nanjangud:  Depressed over being spurned by her lover, a 28-year-old nurse ended her life by consuming poison in Nanjangud taluk on Thursday. The deceased is Savitha of Kugalur village in the taluk, who was working as a nurse at a Bengaluru Hospital. Savitha is said to have taken this extreme step as one Shankar of…

Nanjangud: The bodies of two youths from Rajajinagar in Bengaluru, said to be software engineers who had gone for a swim in Kapila River at Nanjangud last morning and swept away, have been fished out from the river. While the body of Rajiv Ranjan Tiwari was fished out in the afternoon, the body of Snehal…

Nanjangud: A major fire that broke out in the wee hours of today completely razed down a large-sized food-packaging unit in Tandya Industrial Area near the town. More than 25 workers were working in the night shift at  the factory, when fire broke out at about 3 am. Soon as the fire broke out, reportedly…

Nanjangud: A 13-year-old girl was killed on the spot, when a KSRTC bus reportedly hit her on Chamarajanagar-Nanjangud bypass road near Medadageri yesterday. The deceased girl is Ashwini, daughter of Siddaraju of Medarageri. Ashwini was crossing the road, when a KSRTC bus (KA-09-F-4247) hit her resulting in Ashwini breathing her last at the spot due…

Nanjangud: Two persons were killed and two injured when the bike they were riding on allegedly hit a tree near Shani temple near Shiramalli in the taluk on Thursday night. The deceased have been identified as Raju (23) and Nagendra (24) of Shiramalli. The two injured Bharat Kumar, 19 of Shiramalli and Kumar of Nitre…

Nanjangud:  Members of Nayana Kshatriya Samudaya  celebrated the last karthika somavara in a grand manner by holding pallakki utsava and bursting of firecrackers in the premises of Lord Srikanteshwaraswamy temple here on Monday last.   MLA B. Harshavardhan inaugurated the celebrations.   District President of Nayana Kshatriya Samudaya N.R. Nagesh and  Secretary Srinivas said that the…

Accused arrested; he had confined the minor in his shop Nanjangud:  An incident of a married man, allegedly kidnapping a minor girl, confining her in his shop and raping her, has been reported at Kuppasoge village in Nanjangud taluk. Hullahalli Police have arrested the accused identified as 32-year-old Siddaraju of Kuppasoge. Siddaraju, who owns a…

Nanjangud:  The Senior Civil Judge and JMFC Court, Nanjangud, has sentenced two chain-snatchers to three years rigorous imprisonment and has imposed a fine of Rs.10,000 each after the accused were found guilty of snatching two gold chains from women in Nanjangud on May 13 and 25, 2015. The accused, who were sentenced, are Santosh and…

Nanjangud: The occupants of an ‘108’ ambulance, including the patient, had a providential escape when the vehicle caught fire all of a sudden near Badanavalu in the taluk yesterday. The 108 ambulance attached to Chamarajanagar District Hospital was traveling towards Mysuru, carrying a patient in serious condition from Chamarajanagar Hospital to a private hospital in…