Mysore/Mysuru: The recent vandalising of St. Mary’s Church on Gonikoppa Road at Periyapatna in the district was a case of theft, with a peeved former worker involved in the act arrested. What did him in, was the safety glove used by civic workers, found at the crime spot. Addressing a press meet at her office…
Mysore/Mysuru: A farmer has been arrested by Forest Department officials on charges of firing at and injuring Dasara elephant ‘Balarama’, who has the record of carrying ‘Golden Howdah’ during Mysuru Dasara procession for 13 successive years from 1999 to 2011. The arrested has been identified as M.A. Suresh of Alalur in Periyapatna taluk. Details: Dasara…
Pool in Rs. 13 lakh to build road to Chola-era Sidilu Mallikarjunaswamy Temple Kushalnagar: Villagers of Bettadapura and surrounding villages in Periyapatna decided to have faith in their own abilities to carve a road out of a hill after failing to get the administration and public representatives to move to their plight even after repeated…
Two from West Bengal arrested Periyapatna: Two persons from West Bengal have been handed over to the Police for trying to cheat a areca nut trader in the guise of giving foreign currencies. The trader himself caught the two persons and handed them to the Police. Those arrested are 38-year-old Sheik Meeraj and 28-year-old Sheik…
Periyapatna: Maintaining that only a person who has a clear idea of social justice and an equal society can alone become a good scribe, senior journalist Amshi Prasannakumar said that the media has a history of its own. He was delivering the keynote address at the Newspaper Day celebration organised by Periyapatna Working Journalists Association…
Periyapatna: Two persons, promising a clerk’s job at Mysuru’s Jayadeva Hospital has cheated a BBM graduate of Rs. 2.80 lakh and a case has been registered at Periyapatna Police Station. While the BBM graduate who was cheated is 30-year-old P.C. Pallavi of Panchavalli village in the taluk, the two persons who cheated her, is Somanna,…
Mysore/Mysuru: A 19-year-old student, who was riding pillion on a scooter, was killed while the rider suffered minor injuries when the scooter they were riding hit a roadside tree near the Office of the Deputy Commissioner on July 16 night. While the deceased pillion rider has been identified as K.S. Hemanth, a student from Periyapatna,…
Mysore/Mysuru: Investigations have revealed that the minor girl was strangulated to death by her father because she was in love with a boy belonging to a different caste. Speaking to presspersons, Superintendent of Police (SP) R. Chethan said that the girl’s parents have confessed of killing their daughter as she was in love with a…
Mysore/Mysuru: A farmer, who received a letter via post, which stated that he has bagged a prize, has been cheated of Rs. 2.52 lakh. The farmer, who was conned, is 50-year-old Nagesh, a resident of Konasur village in Periyapatna taluk. On Apr. 11, Nagesh received a letter through post which stated that he had won…
Periyapatna: In a case of suspected honour killing, a man allegedly killed his minor daughter by strangulating her and later walked into Periyapatna Police Station and surrendered before the Police. The incident took place at a village in the taluk on Monday night. The deceased girl, who was pursuing her first year PUC was said…
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