Bettadapura: A girl, aged between 18 and 20 years has been allegedly murdered and her body was set on fire next to Kelluru Harangi Canal bund adjacent to K.R. Nagar-Ravandur Main Road in Periyapatna taluk. Villagers, who found the body still burning with the upper portion charred on Sunday morning, informed the Police. Police said…
Mysore/Mysuru: The family members of the 37-year-old woman, who was found allegedly murdered along with her daughter and son at their house in Llewellyn Court, Ballinteer suburb of Ireland, have sought the permission of the deceased woman’s husband to bring the bodies to the country. The deceased are Seema Banu (37), her daughter Asfira Riza…
Periyapatna/ Hanur: In separate cases, the Forest staff have arrested four poachers on charges of hunting a jackal at Periyapatna of Mysuru and langur at Cauvery Wildlife Forest area in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar. In the first cases, the Forest staff arrested two persons, who had hunted a jackal by placing country-made bomb in the…
Periyapatna: Puttanna Kanagal may be an iconic filmmaker, known for films like ‘Kappu Bilupu’, ‘Gejje Pooje’, ‘Sharapanjara’, ‘Naagarahaavu’, ‘Shubamangala’ and ‘Ranganayaki’ to name a few, all of which are considered classics today. But the ancestral house where he was born and grew up at Kanagal village near Bettadapura in Periyapatna is in a dilapidated state. …
Six persons in Police custody Dead body thrown into Cauvery River Accused reveal sordid tale of murder in a drunken stupor Bettadapura: A woman has been allegedly murdered for property by her relatives, who later threw her body into Cauvery River, in Bettadapura Police limits in Periyapatna taluk and the Police have taken six persons…
Periyapatna: An issue pertaining to a divorce case resulted in a man stabbing his wife with a knife at the advocate’s office in Periyapatna yesterday. The man, who stabbed his wife, is 33-year-old Raghu of Honnur village, while the woman has been identified as 26-year-old Mamatha. While Mamatha has been admitted to K.R. Hospital at…
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…
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