Kampalapura: Three persons were killed on the spot while another sustained serious injuries when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a tractor trailer from behind in front of a Kampalapura Government School on National Highway (NH)-275 at Periyapatna taluk in the wee hours of today. The deceased have been identified as Mudasir…
TMC member dies after falling from bike
May 8, 2023Pandavapura: A Town Municipal Council (TMC) Member, who had sustained serious injuries after falling from his bike, died while being shifted to a hospital in Mysuru yesterday. The deceased is B.Y. Babu (50), a Member of TMC Ward No. 9 and son of senior JD(S) leader K. Vyramudi Gowda. At about 8 am yesterday, Babu…
B.Y. Vijayendra seeks votes for C.H. Vijayashankar in Periyapatna
May 6, 2023‘Strengthen the hands of PM Modi by bringing BJP back to power in Karnataka’ Periyapatna: State BJP Vice-President B.Y. Vijayendra has opined that the Congress party, which is losing its presence across the country, will also soon become irrelevant in Karnataka. “The people’s verdict to be announced on May 13 will prove Congress party’s irrelevance…
JD(S) will get full majority in State: H.D. Deve Gowda
April 26, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has exuded confidence that the party will return to power in the State in the coming days. Addressing a huge convention of party workers at Periyapatna town in the district yesterday, Deve Gowda said, “H. D. Kumaraswamy, who had served as the Chief…
Periyapatna Congress candidate K. Venkatesh has Rs. 11 crore assets
April 16, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Periyapatna Congress candidate K. Venkatesh, who is also a former Minister, has declared assets worth Rs. 11 crore in the affidavit attached to his nomination papers, which he filed on Thursday. The assets include Rs. 1.12 crore movable and Rs. 10.64 crore immovable properties. The 74-year-old Venkatesh, who has detailed his family assets in…
Periyapatna Church vandalism case – Former worker arrested for theft: SP Seema
January 3, 2023Mysore/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…
Farmer arrested for firing at ‘Balarama’ elephant
December 17, 2022Mysore/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…
Villagers build 3-km road across Bettadapura Hill
October 25, 2022Pool 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…
Attempt to cheat areca nut trader in the guise of giving foreign currencies
October 25, 2022Two 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 Journalists Assn. celebrate Newspaper Day
August 1, 2022Periyapatna: 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…
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