Bodies of 28-year-old Manikanta and his relative 30-year-old Vasantha found in Kapila River at T. Narasipur T. Narasipur: Mystery shrouds the death of a 28-year-old man and his relative, whose bodies were found in Kapila river here on Saturday. While it is suspected to be a suicide pact, a relative of the deceased has suspected…
Leopard that killed two students finally trapped, shifted to Bannerghatta Biological Park
December 25, 2022T. Narasipur: People in T. Narasipur and surrounding 40 villages heaved a sigh of relief as the leopard that killed two persons was finally trapped in a cage at Madgaralingayyanahundi (M.L. Hundi) after an intensive 22-day-and-night operation. The leopard had attacked and killed Manjunath and Meghana, both students and had also attacked livestock and created…
Thermal drones to track leopard on the prowl
December 7, 2022Additional night-vision drone team arrives from Bengaluru; to begin search this evening Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department is setting up an advanced surveillance mechanism to track the elusive leopard that has already claimed the lives of two youths and terrorised the villagers in the rural belt of T. Narasipur. Except for two sightings in camera traps…
Leopard menace in T. Narasipur: DC orders sugarcane harvest in 23 villages
December 6, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Following a request from the Forest Department, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra has issued orders to harvest the standing sugarcane crops in those villages in T. Narasipur that have been affected by leopard attacks. The order was issued last evening to harvest crops in 23 villages that come under various Gram Panchayats…
Forest staff step up efforts to catch elusive leopard
December 5, 2022Fresh pug marks, scats spotted; DC appealed to initiate early sugarcane harvest Mysore/Mysuru: Leopard menace since the last one-and-a-half-months on the periphery of the villages and two people falling victims to the feline has triggered panic in T. Narasipur Taluk even as the Forest Department has upped efforts to rescue the animal. The Forest Department…
Girl student killed by leopard
December 2, 2022PCCF issues shoot at sight order; shooter from Kodagu being summoned for the task T. Narasipur: Even as the death of a youth in a leopard attack incident at M.L. Hundi village last month is still fresh in the minds of the villagers, a girl student was killed when a leopard attacked her at S….
House burgled at Bannur
November 14, 2022Bannur: Miscreants, who entered a house by breaking open the door lock in broad daylight, have decamped with 87 grams gold jewellery. The burglary took place at the house of 62-year-old B. Madaiah at Dodda Mulagudu village in T. Narasipur taluk on Nov. 10. Madaiah had gone to attend two ceremonies of his relatives and…
Family of former T. Narasipur MLA accused of land grabbing attempt
November 7, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The family of a former T. Narasipur MLA (now late) has been accused of attempting to grab land worth crores of rupees in Mysuru city by creating fake documents. Lalitha Jayagopal, daughter-in law of late T. Narasipur MLA Srinivas Iyengar and her sons Sudhir Jayagopal and Suman Jayagopal (grandsons of the former MLA) are…
Three electrocuted at T. Narasipur
November 6, 2022T. Narasipur: In a tragic incident, three farmers were electrocuted after they came in contact with a snapped live electric wire at a farmland near T. Narasipur this morning. The deceased have been identified as Rachegowda, his son Mahadevaswamy and fellow farmer Harish. The three had gone to their agricultural field, when Rachegowda first came…
UNESCO World Heritage Site Status: Team ends State visit at Somnathpur Temple
September 17, 2022UNESCO team also visits Belur, Halebid; Mysuru DC translates local views in Kannada to English T. Narasipur: A team from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) visited the 13th century Chennakeshava Temple at Somnathpur in Mysuru yesterday before concluding its tour of Hoysala monuments in Karnataka. The team, headed by Tiang Kian Boon,…















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