By H.D. Ramesh Periyapatna: Tomorrow is Balipadyami and it is a special day for villagers of Bettadapura or the “Land of Hills” as thousands of villagers gather for Deevatige Habba (Torch Festival) where innumerable torches are lit and carried across villages through the night. If townsfolk light diyas, Bettadapura villagers light these torches to spread…
Periyapatna: The Forest sleuths arrested a person allegedly involved in poaching of wild animals and sandalwood theft here on Sunday. The accused has been identified as Suresh, a resident of Basaveshwara Colony in Bettadapura village. The Forest sleuths said, his brother Vijay, who was also involved in illegal activities, escaped from the spot. Forest sleuths…
Periyapatna: A 35-year-old male elephant, which was rescued by the Forest Department around three days back, died at around 10.30 pm yesterday as it failed to respond to the treatment provided by the veterinarians. The elephant had fallen into a gorge near the forest area sharing its border with Kogilawadi village near Aanechowkur. Later, the…
Periyapatna: A 30-year-old man has been found murdered at the side of a field in Basalapura village in Periyapatna taluk this morning. The deceased has been identified as Venkatesh, son of Swamy, a resident of the village, who was living with his parents and other family members at the house in the outskirts of the…
Periyapatna: The six were all from the same village—Hunaswadi in Periyapatna taluk—aged between 16 and 60. However, their final destiny was inexplicably linked. All of them died in one stroke as lightning struck them yesterday afternoon when they were taking shelter in a temple following heavy rains. The six unfortunate victims are Suvarnamma (40), wife…
Periyapatna: Lightning and thunder killed 6 people at Periyapatna this afternoon. The incident occurred at around 1 pm when 12 persons including cowherds and field workers were standing under a tree to take shelter from heavy rains. The villagers hailed from Hunasawadi near Periyapatna. Two persons who are critically injured are being shifted to Mysuru…
Periyapatna: In separate cases, Periyapatna Police have arrested two persons on charges of committing house burglaries and have recovered two bikes and cash from them. The arrested have been identified as Raghu and Manikanta, residents of Hitnehebbagilu village in the taluk. At Hitnehebbagilu, Periyapatna Police had registered cases of house burglaries at the houses belonging…
Farmers of Suragahalli, Gorahalli and Halaganahalli near Periyapatna staged a protest this morning as water entered their fields due to a lake breach. They protested against the authorities of Karnataka Road Development Corporation Ltd. (KRDCL) and the contractors. The villagers said that the KRDCL contractors have carried out substandard works of the State Highway between…
Periyapatna: Tobacco auction commenced this morning at the auction market in Thaggundi near here. MP Pratap Simha, former Minister C.H. Vijayashankar, Tobacco Board Vice-President P.V. Basavarajappa, Auction Market Director B.N. Bihari Choudhary and other were present. Speaking on he occasion Periyapatna MLA K. Venkatesh contended that tobacco fetched a good price in Andhra Pradesh. He…
Father suspects murder Periyapatna: A man allegedly committed suicide and the father of the deceased suspecting it to be a murder, has lodged a complaint with Periyapatna Police. The deceased has been identified as Prakash (25), son of Somachari and a resident of Bilikere in Hunsur taluk. Prakash had married Kavitha, daughter of Rajachari of…
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