Periyapatna: A Gram Panchayat (GP) Member was found dead in his car under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday. Ashok (33), a Member of Hanasoge GP in K.R. Nagar taluk, is the deceased. Villagers, who found a Maruti Ertiga car parked by the roadside on Ravandur-Attigodu Road throughout Monday night, informed the matter to the Police on…
In their hour of grief, family parts with loved one’s organs
August 16, 2019Mysuru: Even as the entire Mysuru city was soaked in Independence Day fervour yesterday, members of one family made a conscious decision of donating organs of their loved one to save the lives of a couple of recipients who are in the line, waiting for vital organs. The family of 29-year-old Dharma, a resident of…
Selfie craze claims tourist’s life
August 2, 2019Periyapatna: Adding to the growing list of selfie and TikTok deaths in Karnataka, a tourist from Tamil Nadu met a watery grave when he accidentally fell into a lake at Periyapatna yesterday. He was trying to take a selfie while he was on a boating ride at about 4.30 pm. The deceased has been identified…
Ambari Paramesh of Periyapatna for National Kickboxing contest
July 9, 2019Green Kids School Founder Ambari Paramesh has been selected for the National-level Junior and Senior Kickboxing Contest to be held in Haryana. Paramesh won at the State-level Contest held recently at the premises of International Youth Hostel in Gokulam, Mysuru. State Kickboxing Association President Krishna, General Secretary C. Ravi and District President Shyam were present…
Carcasses of tigers found at Bandipur, Muddanahalli Forest
June 20, 2019Gundlupet/ Periyapatna: In separate incidents, the Forest Department staff have found carcasses of two tigers at Bandipur National Park, Gundlupet and at Muddanahalli Forest in Periyapatna taluk. In the first incident, the Forest staff have found the carcass of a seven-year-old tiger at Chikkanahalla area of Moolehole Range in Bandipur National Park. It is said…
Periyapatna woman, daughter end life
May 19, 2019Mysuru: In a heart rending incident, a 45-year-old woman and her 20-year-old specially abled daughter from Periyapatna, who were admitted to a city hospital after they had consumed poison in a suicide bid, breathed their last in the hospital last evening. Saraswathi (45), wife of Sannaswamy Nayaka and her daughter Suma (20), residents of Parisara…
Three killed in SUV-bike collision in Periyapatna
May 6, 2019Periyapatna: Three persons, said to be Cooking Assistants, who were proceeding to work on a bike were killed when an SUV rammed into the bike at Kirunelli Gate in the taluk yesterday afternoon. The deceased are identified as Prakash (19), Someshwara (18) and Mahadevaswamy (19), all residents of Ibhjaala village in Nanjangud taluk. The deceased,…
Mother, daughter commit suicide
April 16, 2019Bettadapura: Increasing debts has forced a women and her daughter to commit suicide by consuming poison at Echuru village in Periyapatna taluk on Sunday. The deceased are Lolakshi (28) and her daughter Sandhya (10). Lolakshi, a native of Doddabelalu village had married Suresh of Echuru village 10 years ago. Suresh, who owned two acre land,…
Students locked up for non-payment of fees
March 30, 2019Periyapatna: About eight students, all studying in Sri Basaveshwara Convent in classes one to four, were found locked up and deprived of food for non-payment of fees, by the Head Master and other teachers. The students who had gone to write the exams had not returned even by 3 pm. The worried parents Basavaraj, P….
Tahsildar visits aggrieved woman, assures help
January 14, 2019* Periyapatna woman had written to President seeking mercy killing * Alleges that Police have failed to trace her missing husband Periyapatna: A team led by Periyapatna Tahsildar Kunhi Mohammad visited the house of a woman who had written to the President of India seeking permission for mercy killing as she was unable to support…
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