Madikeri: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit flood-ravaged Kodagu district tomorrow (Aug. 24) to take stock of the situation. Sitharaman, who is scheduled to arrive at Harangi helipad at 9 am, will visit flood affected Sai Layout and Kuvempu Layout in Kushalnagar town, following which she will inspect landslides at Madapura at 10.15 am and…
Bengaluru: The school children, who have been affected by floods in the ravaged Kodagu district, can seek free admissions to any school in the State. In an official circular, the State Department of Public Instruction has instructed all the officials and school authorities not to deny admission to any child who has been affected by…
Mysuru: A research work carried out by the University of Mysore (UoM) as part of a Ph.D. programme two years ago had cautioned the authorities about the tragedy waiting to happen in the form of massive landslides and flooding in Kodagu district. The research study that was conducted between 2013 and 2016 had highlighted how…
Madikeri: Schools and Colleges which were shut across the district for over a week on account of heavy rains and landslides, re-opened this morning, even as rescue and relief operations are going on in full swing, with rains giving a break. Barring 61 schools located in flood ravaged areas, most of them in Madikeri taluk,…
Gundlupet: Heavy floods in Kerala have affected the movement of goods vehicles from Karnataka. With the roads being washed away due to flood and heavy rain, the Kerala Government has banned the entry of heavy vehicles. As a result, trucks and heavy vehicles from Karnataka and other States have been lining up at the border…
Mysuru: With today being the last day for withdrawal on nomination papers for the MCC polls, leaders of three major parties — Congress, BJP and the JD(S) — are now trying to convince the party rebel candidates to withdraw their nomination papers. Most of the rebel candidates are contesting as Independent candidates following delimitation of…
Madikeri: “The people of this area have been shaken right from the month of June when it started raining, worried about coffee and pepper being washed away. The worst fears unfortunately came true in the second week of August and the question that is haunting was whether we would survive at all,” recalls Channapanda Monnappa…
New Delhi: Arun Jaitley arrived at the North Block office Ministry of Finance to resume charge as Finance Minster (FM) after President Ram Nath Kovind re-appointed him today. Jaitley was on a three-month hiatus after he underwent a renal transplant.
Mysuru: KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao will visit the city tomorrow. He will launch the Congress campaign for the MCC polls at the Congress Bhavan near the City Railway Station at 10 am, following which he will hold a meeting with party candidates, according to City Congress President R. Murthy.
Madikeri: Three bodies were recovered in flood-hit Kodagu yesterday, making it nine confirmed deaths ever since heavy rainfall and landslides wreaked havoc in the district over the past two weeks. Rescue personnel found two bodies in Yemmethaalu and one in Katakeri, according to Kodagu District Administration. While two of the bodies were identified as Leelavathi…
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