Nanjangud: Vowing to defeat Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, his (CM) son Dr. Yathindra Siddharamaiah, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa and his son Sunil Bose in the forthcoming Assembly polls, former Minister and senior BJP leader V. Sreenivasa Prasad has asserted that he will defeat all his bête noires through support from the people. Addressing a meeting…
Police bust treasure-hunting gang; rescue boy from being buried
November 11, 2017Mysuru: A group of people were arrested by the Nanjangud Police last night for trying to bury a 10-year-old boy to unearth a treasure. The accused are now being interrogated at an undisclosed location. The exact number of people arrested has not been revealed by the Police. The incident occurred at Nerale village on the…
Kho Kho Tournament begins at Nanjangud
November 10, 2017The two-day U-14 and U-17 kho kho tournament for boys and girls jointly organised by District Administration, Zilla Panchayat, Department of Public Instructions and Government High School, Hadinaru village in Nanjangud began yesterday. The tournament was inaugurated by District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa. Pictures show Mandya girls team (red) in action against Dakshina Kannada…
Man arrested for poaching Monitor Lizard
November 8, 2017Mysuru: The Forest Mobile Squad (FMS) has arrested a person on charges of poaching two Monitor Lizards and trying to sell the same. The arrested person has been identified as 21-year-old Mahesh, son of Gopalanaika and a resident of Tagadur village in Nanjangud taluk. The accused had poached two Monitor Lizards from the forests and…
Septuagenarian goes missing
November 3, 2017Nanjangud: A 76-year-old woman has gone missing from Nanjangud and a complaint in this regard has been lodged at Nanjangud Rural Police Station. The missing woman, identified as Jayamma is 5 ft. tall, round faced, normal built, speaks Kannada and was wearing a white coloured saree with pink colour floral design at the time of…
Man killed in bike collision
October 30, 2017Nanjangud: A 32-year-old man was killed on the spot when a bike rammed into his bike near Hullahalli Circle here last night. The deceased has been identified as Jagadeesha, an employee of a Petrol Bunk in Nanjangud. Jagadeesh was proceeding to Yathri Bhavan to attend a marriage ceremony on his Honda Shine bike (KA-09-HP-1639), when…
New-born baby girl found abandoned in bush, rescued
October 29, 2017Nanjangud: A new-born baby girl, which was found abandoned in a bush at an agricultural field at Naganapura in the taluk, was rescued of late. According to a complaint lodged at Hullahalli Police Station on Oct. 24, it is said the villagers heard a baby crying from the bushes at a field and informed the…
Desecration of Dr. Ambedkar’ portrait: Tension at N’gud village
October 11, 2017Nanjangud: Tension prevailed in Hosuru Village in Nanjangud Taluk yesterday following the desecration of Baba Saheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s portrait. The situation has now been brought under control and additional forces have been rushed there. Senior Police officers are monitoring the situation. According to Police, the two groups in the village had difference of opinion…
Daily wager beaten to death in N’gud: Four arrested
October 10, 2017Nanjangud: Nanjangud Police have arrested four persons for beating to death a daily wager, who was mistaken to be a thief in the wee hours of Sunday after tying him to an electric pole. Disclosing this at a press conference, SP Ravi D. Channannavar said that the arrested have been identified as Chandrashekar, Kemparaju, Madegowda…
Daily wager mistaken as thief beaten to death
October 8, 2017Nanjangud: A daily wage labourer was mistaken to be a thief and was beaten to death near a village in Nanjangud in the wee hours of today. The victim was tied to an electric pole and was assaulted. The Police are now booking the family and other assaulters under murder case. According to the Police,…
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