KODAGU DISASTER: MUSINGS
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KODAGU DISASTER: MUSINGS

August 26, 2018

By Vikram Muthanna While everyone was busy mourning Vajpayee’s death, tragedy struck Kodagu as rains and landslides swallowed everything — humans, livestock, coffee estates, vehicles and homes. On the evening of August 18, I got a call from Kushalnagar where my uncle informed me that he had taken in three families as floods made their…

CAVA students paint nature at Kukkarahalli Lake
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CAVA students paint nature at Kukkarahalli Lake

August 26, 2018

Mysuru:  About 35 first year students of Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA), Mysuru, in a bid to create awareness on conservation of nature, undertook painting of nature at an event titled Kukkarahalli Lake in the Eyes of CAVA organised by Wild Mysuru in association with CAVA at Kukkarahalli Lake premises here this morning. Artist…

Kodagu floods: Three more bodies found near Madikeri
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Kodagu floods: Three more bodies found near Madikeri

August 26, 2018

Madikeri:  The rescue personnel, involving Garuda Police Command Force and Kodagu District Police, have succeeded in discovering three more bodies trapped in landslides that rocked Kodagu ten days ago. The rescue team recovered the body of a woman from Jodupala near Madikeri on Saturday, even as two more bodies buried under mud and shush were…

A Kodagu family in distress, awaits Government help
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A Kodagu family in distress, awaits Government help

August 26, 2018

Mysuru:  As rain fury, landslides and landslips have left a trail of destruction in Kodagu district, an affected family, which has taken shelter at the house of a close relative in Mysuru city, is wondering about their future. Thambukutira family of Megathaalu near Makkandur in Madikeri taluk was a happy family until the recent devastation…

Wedding bells at relief centre
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Wedding bells at relief centre

August 26, 2018

Madikeri:  The weddings of Manjula and Ranjitha, flood victims from Kodagu who have taken shelter at relief camps, will finally happen, as if to prove will is a bigger force than natural disaster. This has brought in a new hope in the lives of the two women who had resigned to their fate as their…

Congress will win MCC polls, asserts Siddu
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Congress will win MCC polls, asserts Siddu

August 26, 2018

Mysuru: Maintaining that the Congress was the only party that has fielded candidates in all the 65 Wards of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has asserted that the Congress will come to power in the MCC polls on its own as the people are aware of the Congress Governments’ achievements. Addressing…

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