Madikeri: Over 4,000 people are housed in various relief camps at Madikeri and Somwarpet taluks and relief supplies are not reaching the camps at remote areas. The focus is on Madikeri and Suntikoppa towns where there is a heavy concentration of the relief materials that have been despatched from various parts of the State including…
CFTRI plans to supply 50,000 meals to Kodagu, Kerala
August 21, 2018Mysuru: The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) has plans to distribute 50,000 meals in the flood-hit regions of Kodagu and Kerala over the next three to four days. After supplying 50,000 meals, CFTRI will review its operations in terms of supply and product mix, a statement from the Institute said. CFTRI had also done…
‘Help Kodagu, Make a Donation Today’
August 21, 2018Bengaluru: The Karnataka Chief Minister’s Office has launched an online money transfer option for those who wish to make monetary contributions towards relief and rehabilitation works in rain-ravaged Kodagu. The online option, ‘Help Kodagu, Make a Donation Today’, was created under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund-Natural Calamity 2018. Funds can be transferred to: State Bank…
Millennium Circle in Bannimantap turns Sheep Fair for few days
August 21, 2018Mysuru: With just a day left for Bakrid festival and variety of sheep arriving from villages since a week, the very busy Millennium Circle (LIC Circle) in Bannimantap has literally turned into a Sheep Fair. As shepherds arrive in the afternoon with their livestock, brisk business is taking place from afternoon which goes on till…
Flood Relief: DC clarifies
August 21, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has clarified that the collection of relief materials to the flood-affected regions of Kodagu has not been stopped. In a press release, the DC has said, “It has been reported in media that I have requested for stopping collection of relief materials. This is wrong.” “I have not…
Mysuru Traffic Police hikes towing charges
August 21, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru City Traffic Police have increased the towing charges of vehicles that have been parked at ‘No Parking’ zones and wrong parking. As per the notification of the State government, the decision has been taken to stop people from parking vehicles in no parking zones and also to ensure free flow of traffic….
30 per cent of disaster in Kodagu is man-made: M.C. Nanaiah
August 21, 2018Madikeri: The indiscriminate development by bulldozing hills and converting farm lands for commercial activities by building resorts and home stays is the main reason for the present ecological imbalance and the disaster in Kodagu, said former Minister M.C. Nanaiah. Addressing a press meet, he also regretted that Kodagu which had given many soldiers to the…
Teachers protest against unfair recruitment policy
August 21, 2018Mysuru: Teachers of T.S. Subbanna Sarvajanika Vidya Samsthe staged a protest in front of the school in Vidyaranyapuram here yesterday alleging that the Institution was recruiting new teachers for aided schools of the Samsthe without giving preference or opportunity to serving teachers. The teachers complained that interviews for the new posts have already been planned…
Kurubarahalli Sy. No. 4 and Alanahalli Sy. No. 41 row: Former and present MLAs vie for credit
August 21, 2018Mysuru: The long-drawn Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41 land row seems to have become a political debate with former MLA M.K. Somashekar and present MLA S.A. Ramdas vying to take the credit, each claiming to be instrumental in solving the issue when, in fact, it has not been solved yet. However,…
Kodagu flood victims collect essentials from Relief Centre at Town Hall in city
August 21, 2018Mysuru: The Flood Relief Collection Centre set up by the District Administration and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) at Town Hall premises here has been a beehive activity for the last couple of days. Two lorry loads of vessels, bed sheets, dresses, food items, packaged water and medicines were sent from the centre to the flood…













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