Mysore/Mysuru: Various farmers’ organisations staged protest against amendment to Karnataka Land Reforms Act at Bettadatunga village of Piriyapatna taluk yesterday. Members of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene, villagers and various Dalit leaders present at the Bettadatunga village, which is the birthplace of former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs, shouted slogans and installed the…
K.T. Meghana from Periyapatna overcomes poor vision to score 465th rank Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 42 candidates from Karnataka have cracked the coveted Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) 2019. C.S. Jeydev topped the State with an All India Rank of 5 while B. Yashaswini and H. Vinod Patil were…
Mysore/Mysuru: Seven months after he drowned in a lake in Malaysia, the body of Sumanth, a native of Periyapatna, was brought to his village yesterday and the last rites were performed by tearful relatives. The family had lost a young breadwinner who had gone to Malaysia to earn a living. Sumanth (22) died on December…
Periyapatna: The Warden of the Government Girijan Ashram School at Doddahosur, near Rani Gate in Periyapatna was caught while allegedly trying to steal food items meant for tribals in his four-wheeler yesterday afternoon. The Warden, who was caught red-handed with the food items, is K.A. Mohan. He has been working as the Warden since about…
Mysore/Mysuru: With the tobacco auction markets at Periyapatna and Hunsur shut down due to lockdown, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha said that the tobacco growers would not be let down and their produce will be purchased once the lockdown ends. Speaking to presspersons at Jaladarshini Guest House here this morning, Simha allayed fears of the farmers…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mild tremors measuring 2.6 magnitude in the Richter Scale was experienced in parts of K.R. Nagar, Hunsur and Periyapatna in Mysuru district, K.R. Pet in Mandya and Hassan last evening. The epicentre of the tremors was traced between K.R. Nagar in Mysuru district and Arakalagud in Hassan district. Earth shook at around 5.20 pm…
Periyapatna: Even as the incident of a home along woman being murdered and her gold mangalya stolen is still fresh in the minds of the people of the taluk, a man was caught after he made a bid to kill a home alone woman and rob her of her gold chain yesterday. The accused was…
22-year-old Madan Raj saves 4 lives Mysore/Mysuru: In their hour of grief of losing a 22-year-old family member, a grieving family made a conscious decision to donate his organs to save the lives of a couple of recipients who are in the line, waiting for vital organs. A young Madan Raj met with a road…
Periyapatna: Miscreants, who broke the glass pane of a parked car, have decamped with Rs. 1 lakh cash kept in the dashboard of the car yesterday in the town. Annappa, Proprietor of Venkateshwara Granites and Tiles in the town is the one who lost his money. Annappa, who withdrew Rs. 1 lakh cash from Syndicate…
Miscreants lock house before fleeing Periyapatna: Miscreants, who barged into a house on Kote Brahmin Street here, have killed a woman and decamped with her gold mangalya chain, yesterday morning. The miscreants, after murdering the woman locked the house before fleeing from the spot. The deceased is Kalavathi (40), wife of Indresh, Proprietor of a…
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