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Third case filed against Karnataka mutt’s former pontiff Sharanaru

The Chitradurga rural police in Karnataka have registered an FIR against Jagadguru Murugarajendra Vidyapeetha Mutt’s former pontiff Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru and four others for allegedly keeping abandoned children in an orphanage run by the mutt without following due procedures, officials said.

Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru is currently facing two cases of sexual assault. (ANI)
Published on Oct 19, 2022 11:49 PM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh, Chitradurga

Karnataka: Fresh case against Murugha Mutt pontiff under Juvenile Justice Act

The Karnataka police have registered a fresh case against Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana for allegedly keeping orphan children at his mutt without informing officials for years

Sri Jagadguru Murugharajendra (SJM) Mutt erstwhile pontiff, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana is currently in jail for allegedly sexually assaulting minor girls at his mutt’s hostel. (File Photo)
Updated on Oct 19, 2022 02:22 PM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh

Hate crime: 3 of family held for killing couple in K’taka district

Bagalkot rural police circle inspector Bheemappa Suri told HT the murders in Bagalkote were committed on September 30 in Bevinamatti village f Bagalkote district but came to light on Tuesday while they probing a missing persons complaint lodged by the girl’s father on October 11.

The Kuruba community is listed in the Other Backward Classes (OBC), while Valmikis are designated as a Scheduled Tribe (ST). (Representational photo)
Published on Oct 19, 2022 12:08 AM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh, Bagalkot

Sexual assault case: Now, Karnataka orphanage run by mutt under lens

As per procedures, orphanages are required to inform the child welfare committee in case of discovery of an abandoned child, advocate and social activist Dr M K Madhu Kumar said.

Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru (HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 18, 2022 04:40 AM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh, Chitradurga

Two held in Madikeri for threatening to carry out blasts, say cops

Police said Mustafa, a member of the Madikeri city corporation and Abdulla, a resident of Bettageri near Madikeri, were arrested on Saturday. The Madikeri JMFC court granted conditional bail to both accused on Sunday.

Police have arrested city municipal council member Mustafa and Abdulla for threatening to carry out bomb blasts in Madikeri city (HT Photo)
Published on Oct 16, 2022 11:50 PM IST
ByBy Coovercolly Indresh, Madikeri

Nine killed after tempo rams into milk tanker in Karnataka’s Hassan district

The tempo traveller with 14 people inside rammed into the milk tanker, which was coming from the opposite direction, at Gandhi Nagara village on Shimoga-Arasikere National Highway 69 at around 10.50pm on Saturday, Arasikere rural police inspector Raghavendra Prakash said.

Nine people were killed and five were injured after a tempo traveller they were travelling in rammed into a milk tanker in Hassan.
Updated on Oct 16, 2022 11:46 PM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh, Hassan

3 booked for killing 19-year-old man in Karnataka hate crime: Police

The man, who belonged to a lower caste, was killed minutes in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district after the 17-year-old girl appeared to have died by suicide on September 24, police said, adding that her father and uncle have been arrested while her grandfather was on the run.

Three relatives of a 17-year-old girl have been booked in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old man in Karnataka’s Vijayapura. (Agencies/Representative use)
Updated on Oct 16, 2022 05:17 AM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh, Vijayapura

Karnataka: 3 arrested for killing 19-yr-old over intercaste relationship

The boy was forced to drink poison and his dead body, stuffed inside a gunny bag, was thrown into the Krishna river

Police said the murder was in retaliation to the girl’s suicide. (Representative Image)
Published on Oct 15, 2022 06:48 PM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh

Lingayat seer Shivamurthy booked under POCSO Act for second time

Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru has been accused of sexually assaulting minor girls living in the hostel run by the ashram

Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru claimed that the case was part of a long-drawn conspiracy against him. (ANI)
Updated on Oct 14, 2022 01:45 PM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh

Forest officials charged with murdering tribal man

Police said the forest department had nabbed three people, who belong to a tribal community, from Hosahalli Haadi (colony) on Monday over charges of illegally hunting and later selling deer meat.

Murder and other serious charges have been levelled against 17 forest department staff in Mysuru district after a tribal man died allegedly due to torture in their custody, police said on Thursday. (HT)
Published on Oct 14, 2022 12:07 AM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh, Mysuru

In tiny Karnataka hamlet, 180-metre road laid by Rahul Gandhi to end tensions

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi laid a few bricks to complete the road and invited people from the two communities for lunch

The murder case was handed to the Central Bureau of Investigation and 20 of the 23 accused were eventually convicted. (HT Photo)
Published on Oct 03, 2022 04:14 PM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh

Lawyer among 10 robbers held for multiple thefts in Mysuru: Police

The gang members had been carrying out multiple chain snatching and house burglary incidents in the city for past four months, said the police.

The police have seized seven motorcycles, 25 gold chains weighing more than a kilogram worth over <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>50 lakh from the accused. (Representative photo)
Published on Oct 01, 2022 12:11 AM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh, Mysuru

After sexual allegations: Lingayat body looks to name new mutt pontiff

The meeting at S Nijalingappa memorial premises was chaired by former minister H Ekanthaiah and attended by over 1,500 members of the community.

Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru is in prison in a sexual assault case. (HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 01:45 AM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh, Chitradurga

Father sells infant for 50,000 in Chamarajanagar; case registered

The baby was sold to a couple on September 14 by his father Basappa, who works at a hotel in Chamarajanagara, despite resistance from his wife, police said.

A man sold his 25-day-old baby boy for <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>50,000 in Chamarajanagar district, about 175 km from Bengaluru. (HT)
Published on Sep 21, 2022 12:28 AM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh, Chamarajanagar

Kodava Samaj bans serving liquor during ‘muhurt’ of marriages

The Kodavas are a small ethnic group mostly found in the coffee growing region of Kodagu and are known for their contributions to the Indian armed forces, sports and various other fields.

The Kodava Samaj in Kodagu district on Sunday banned the serving of liquor during the afternoon hours of any weddings as it goes against the ethnic group’s culture. (Representative Photo/HT)
Published on Sep 18, 2022 11:56 PM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh, Kodagu

Kodagu coffee growers rue poor representation in central board

The board comprises of 33 members representing all sectors of the coffee industry who are nominated by the central government and hold office for three years.

The Union government has planned to repeal the 80-year-old coffee bill with Coffee (Promotion and Development Bill) 2022. (HT File Photo)
Published on Sep 16, 2022 11:24 PM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh I Edited by Shilpa Ambardar, Kodagu

Conservationist’s ‘research centre’ in Bandipur Tiger Reserve draws flak

Bandipur forest range director SR Natesh said a committee issued permission to Gubbi after verifying the ground realities and insisted that no environmental laws have been violated

Gubbi said every farmer has the right to utilise 10% of farmland for construction purposes. (Sourced)
Published on Sep 13, 2022 03:06 PM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh

Killed by Veerappan, slain IFS officer’s bust to be set up in Gopinatham

The officer’s bust will come up around the same temple — he helped to construct — in Gopinatham, where he was serving while on duty in the early 1990s.

The officer constructed Mariamma temple in the village as well as helped in the construction of 40 houses here, said the official. (HT)
Published on Aug 31, 2022 12:13 AM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh, Chamarajanagara

Temple authorities mull over ‘purification ritual’ after Siddaramaiah’s visit

After reports of the former chief minister consuming meat emerged, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and right-wing groups accused the Congress leader of being “anti-Hindu”.

Siddaramaiah had visited the Basaveshwara temple on August 18 while on a tour to meet people who were affected by the heavy rains in Kodagu district. (HT Photo)
Published on Aug 29, 2022 12:02 AM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh I Edited by Shilpa Ambardar, Madikeri (kodagu)

Coffee hub Kodagu yet to come on rail map after decades

Rail connectivity to Kodagu, the coffee-growing district of Karnataka, remains an elusive affair despite several assurances from government, forcing it to rely on road transport for all its businesses.

Pratap Simha, the two-term parliamentarian from Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha seat, has made several promises to bring rail-connectivity and even went as far as to state that he would not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election if he was unsuccessful in the effort. But little has moved on ground on his promise, even though he continues to contest the polls. (ANI)
Updated on Aug 26, 2022 11:57 PM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh, Madikeri (kodagu)

Carved out of Mysuru: 25 years after its formation, Chamarajangar remains backward district

JH Patel, the then chief minister, carved out the district on August 15, 1997 which was among the seven newly created districts at the time.

Twenty-five years after Chamarajanagar district was carved out of Mysuru (then Mysore), the district is still counted among the most backward in Karnataka as few things have changed despite the growth seen by some of its neighbouring districts in the state. (HT)
Published on Aug 25, 2022 12:20 AM IST
ByCoovercolly Indresh, Chamarajanagara
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