Rains destroy not only houses, but marriages too in Kodagu
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Rains destroy not only houses, but marriages too in Kodagu

August 22, 2018

By Prasad Sampigekatte Madikeri: Torrential rains in Kodagu has not only caused floods and landslides but also destroyed marriages. Soon after the rainy season (monsoon), the Shravana begins and with that, the marriage season which is suspended during Ashada, begins again. Whether one is rich or poor, months and years of planning goes into a…

Last month’s mild quake in Kodagu could have caused landslides: MP
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Last month’s mild quake in Kodagu could have caused landslides: MP

August 22, 2018

Suntikoppa: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has opined that the mild earthquake that occurred a month back in Madikeri and Somwarpet taluks could have been the reason for the present landslides in Kodagu district. Exchanging his views with villagers in the flood-ravaged regions of Madapura in Somwarpet, the MP said that the tremors would have weakened…

Outflow to river from KRS stopped after 40 days
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Outflow to river from KRS stopped after 40 days

August 22, 2018

Mandya: With the intensity of rain coming down in Kodagu district, the outflow from KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district to the river has been stopped from today morning after a gap of 40 days. However, water is being released from the dam to canals. With heavy rains in Cauvery River catchment areas…

Man who set up fake flood relief account arrested
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Man who set up fake flood relief account arrested

August 22, 2018

Mysuru/ Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Central Crime Branch and the Cubbon Park Police have arrested a man from Mandya who set up a fake flood relief bank account in the name of Kodava Samaja, Bengaluru, to collect money from people for flood relief and rehabilitation. The accused has been identified as Vijay Sharma alias Vijay Babu,…

Apollo BGS Hospitals performs first Live Liver Transplant
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Apollo BGS Hospitals performs first Live Liver Transplant

August 22, 2018

Mysuru: Most couples marry, vowing to be with each other at all times in sickness and happinness. And here is proof of a wife donating her liver to her ailing husband. The case: Things were good for the couple from Kanakapura until the 36-year-old husband was first diagnosed with chronic liver disease after various initial…

Heavy rains wreak havoc in grower’s life
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Heavy rains wreak havoc in grower’s life

August 22, 2018

Madikeri: A farmer who was living an uncluttered life since the past 40 years growing coffee, pepper in his two acres of land, today is without a home or land and is taking shelter empty handed, in the city’s Lakshminarismha Kalyan Mantap Relief Centre. The helpless victim is Shivaram who had worked hard all his…

Natural calamities will continue, predicts Kodi Mutt Seer
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Natural calamities will continue, predicts Kodi Mutt Seer

August 22, 2018

Hassan: Kodi Mutt Seer Sri Shivananda Shivayogi Rajendra Swamiji has predicted that natural calamities in Karnataka will continue for another three months. Speaking to reporters in Hassan yesterday, the Seer said that rain and its related devastation will continue to torment Karnataka for the next three months. Rain will continue till the Karthika month (November-December)…

Suttur Seer visits flood-hit village in Kodagu
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Suttur Seer visits flood-hit village in Kodagu

August 22, 2018

Kushalnagar: Even as there is a let up in rains across Kodagu district and relief-cum-rescue operations going on at a brisk pace, Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji visited Megathalu village near Mukkodlu in Somwarpet taluk this morning, where over a dozen families from Veerashaiva-Lingayat community had lost homes and properties due to floods…

Echo of Kodagu’s flood disaster: City Ex-Servicemen Assn. urges Addl. Controller General of Defence Accounts to hold one more Pension Adalat in December
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Echo of Kodagu’s flood disaster: City Ex-Servicemen Assn. urges Addl. Controller General of Defence Accounts to hold one more Pension Adalat in December

August 22, 2018

Mysuru: The Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) of Mysuru-based ‘Kodagu Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association, Mysore East’ was held at Chamundeshwari Convention Hall, Bannur Road, here recently. Even though there were many agenda points to be discussed at the AGM, the members were found discussing about the problems being faced by the people of Kodagu due to…

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