Month: April, 2021

14-day lockdown? Cabinet decision tomorrow
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14-day lockdown? Cabinet decision tomorrow

April 25, 2021

Bengaluru: Amid the rising Coronavirus cases in Karnataka, the State Government wants to impose a complete lockdown on all weekdays, Chief Secretary P. Ravi Kumar confirmed yesterday.  Seeing the good response for weekend curfew, night curfew and semi-lockdown voluntarily by people, Ravi Kumar hinted that more lockdown-like measures will be implemented and added that Chief…

Road caves in near Madikeri; trucks from Mysuru stranded
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Road caves in near Madikeri; trucks from Mysuru stranded

April 25, 2021

Kushalnagar: Heavy vehicle (goods vehicles) movement on the Mysuru-Bantwal National Highway (National Highway 275) on the Madikeri-Sullia stretch has been banned after soil caved in on a road linking Jodupala and Second Monnangeri that had witnessed massive landslides in 2018 and 2019. As such, hundreds of goods trucks that have left Mysuru are stranded in…

Exponentially rising Corona cases rattle Kodagu district
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Exponentially rising Corona cases rattle Kodagu district

April 25, 2021

District reports a total of 548 cases with Virajpet taluk recording 227, Somwarpet 194 and Madikeri taluk 127 cases Madikeri: The Green-rich Kodagu has been rattled by the sudden and rapid surge of second wave of the COVID-19 virus, with the district reporting as many as 548 positive cases on a single day on Saturday….

162 houses handed over to Kodagu flood victims
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162 houses handed over to Kodagu flood victims

April 25, 2021

Madikeri: After a long delay amidst losing hope and living in despair, 2018 flood victims of Kodagu district have finally got houses of their own, built by the State Government. The victims have either completely lost their houses due to floods and landslides or the destruction of houses was to such an extent of beyond…

Unchain and release Kusha: Maneka Gandhi
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Unchain and release Kusha: Maneka Gandhi

April 25, 2021

Pressure mounts on Forest Department by animal rights activists to free tusker after radio-collaring Mysore/Mysuru: Pressure is mounting on the Karnataka Forest Department to release elephant Kusha who has been recaptured from the wild after it strayed from Dubare Elephant Camp in Kodagu. Animal rights activist and former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, who is a…

Suspecting COVID, relatives shy away from performing last rites
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Suspecting COVID, relatives shy away from performing last rites

April 25, 2021

RT-PCR report not given even after 5 days, allege villagers Malavalli: In a tragic incident, the body of a woman,  suspected to have died of COVID-19 pandemic, was left unattended in the portico of the house by her relatives and villagers for many hours at M. Shettahalli in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district here yesterday. …

District Administration takes serious note of teachers turning away from COVID duty
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District Administration takes serious note of teachers turning away from COVID duty

April 25, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration has taken serious note of the tendency of teachers to abstain from COVID-19 duties. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri has written to the Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI) on Apr. 23 seeking complete details of teachers and other staff of the Department who have abstained from assigned COVID-19 duties. Pointing out…

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