Nanjangud: The grand and colourful Kapila Arati and Lakshadeepotsava, organised by Yuva Brigade at Nanjangud, concluded on Friday amidst the presence of thousands of devotees who raised slogans hailing Lord Sri Nanjundeshwara. Preparations were started for this grand event three days ago with activists of Yuva Brigade engaging in extracting garbage from river Kapila using…
Man kills wife’s lover at Nanjangud
December 5, 2023Nanjangud: A man allegedly hacked a 39-year-old man with a machete for having illicit relationship with his wife. The incident took place at Hosahalli village in the taluk. While the deceased has been identified as Mahadevaswamy of Hosahalli, the accused is Somaiah, a resident of the same village. On Saturday afternoon, Somaiah attacked Mahadevaswamy, who…
Tiger spotted at sugarcane field near Nanjangud
November 30, 2023Nanjangud: Even though the tiger that had killed a woman has been captured and shifted to the rehabilitation centre at Koorgalli in Mysuru, fear has gripped the villagers of a few villages in Nanjangud taluk after a video of the tiger being spotted at a village in the taluk went viral on social media, prompting…
Tiger strikes again in Nanjangud Taluk abutting Bandipur forests
November 25, 2023Woman’s death sparks outcry; villagers accuse Forest Department of inaction, negligence Nanjangud: A 50-year-old woman grazing her cattle fell victim to a tiger attack on the outskirts of the Hediyala Range in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve at Balloora Hundi, falling under the Nanjangud taluk of Mysuru district yesterday. The incident unfolded as the woman attempted…
Youth’s suicide fearing Police action: SP suspends two Cops
November 22, 2023Nanjangud: Mysuru Superintendent of Police (SP) Seema Latkar has suspended two Police staff of Biligere Police Station following the suicide of a youth fearing Police action. Those suspended are Biligere Head Constable Nanjesh and Constable Prasanna Kumar. The SP issued the suspension orders charging them with dereliction of duty. On Nov. 12, Biligere Sub-Inspector had…
Young farmer ends life as factory fails to provide job to land loser
November 21, 2023Case registered against factory HR, Plant Head Nanjangud/Mysuru: Alleging that the factory to which he had given his land had failed to provide him a job and registered a case against his family members for questioning it, a young farmer committed suicide by hanging self at Adakanahalli village in Nanjangud taluk on Sunday night leaving…
Family feud: Man ends life
November 17, 2023Nanjangud: Depressed over frequent quarrels with his wife, a man allegedly committed suicide by hanging self at his house in Hadinaarumoole village in the taluk. The deceased has been identified as Madesh (34), a resident of the village. It learnt that there were differences in opinions between Madesh and his wife which used to lead…
Fear of Police action for escaping from Police Station: Youth sets himself ablaze, dies at K.R. Hospital
November 15, 2023Deceased’s father urges Additional SP to initiate legal action against Biligere Sub-Inspector and staff Mysore/Mysuru: A 22-year-old youth, fearing Police action, poured petrol and set himself on fire at Nagarle village in Nanjangud taluk on Nov. 12 night. Though he was rescued and admitted to K.R. Hospital, the youth succumbed to burn injuries at the…
Student goes missing
November 13, 2023Nanjangud: A 15-year-old student, who went out of a residential school on Nov. 4 evening, has since gone missing. The missing student is Ananthakumar, son of Ramakrishna and Malathi couple of Puttegowdanahundi in the taluk. He was pursuing 10th std. at JSS Residential School in Suttur. Based on the complaint from missing student’s mother, Biligere…
Nanjangud Paper Mill fire guts materials worth crores
November 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A major fire broke out in the production and storage area of South India Paper Mill at Nanjangud in the early hours of today, causing the destruction of paper and other products worth crores of rupees. The fire was detected around 4 am when thick smoke emerged from the enclosures where numerous finished paper…
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