Mandya: In response to sewage from Mysuru contaminating the Cauvery River in Srirangapatna, Mandya Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. Kumara has urged the Mysuru Deputy Commissioner and the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner to take immediate action. Addressing a press conference in Mandya yesterday, Dr. Kumara said that he has received several complaints from the residents…
Mandya: In a tragic incident, four persons including three from Mysuru drowned in Cauvery River near Muthathi in Mandya district on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as Nagesh (45), his son Bharat (17), Mahadeva (14) and Guru (32). While Nagesh, Bharat and Mahadeva were the residents of Gundu Rao Nagar in Mysuru, Guru was…
Kushalnagar: A 21-year-old youth, who had gone for a swim in Cauvery River, was drowned after getting caught in the fishing net at Balugodu Rasalpura near Guddehosur yesterday. The deceased youth has been identified as Pradeep, son of Suresh of 7th Hosakote, Tondur village. Pradeep, along with his friends, went to Cauvery River at Balugodu…
Mysore/Mysuru: Condemning the Cauvery Water Management Authority’s (CWMA) order directing Karnataka to release Cauvery River water to Tamil Nadu (TN), Kannada Chaluvali leader Vatal Nagaraj staged a protest near Hardinge Circle on Bengaluru-Nilgiri Road in city yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Vatal Nagaraj said that at a time when Karnataka is reeling under severe drought,…
Madikeri: A student from Mysuru, who had gone for a swim in Cauvery River at Kanive village near Kudige drowned on Monday. The deceased student is Hruthwik (16), son of Ravikumar of Rangaiahnakoppal near Bilikere in Hunsur taluk, who was pursuing his PUC course at Trinity College in Mysuru. Hruthwik, who had gone to his…
Srirangapatna: The island town of Srirangapatna witnessed a huge influx of people from different parts of the State, as people came in thousands for offering ‘Pitru Tarpana’ to Cauvery River in memory of their ancestors on the occasion of Mahalaya Amavasya yesterday. Several spots on the Cauvery River Bank such as Sopanakatte, Gosai Ghat, Paschima…
Irrigation expert Arjunahalli Prasanna Kumar says parties were passive when in power but played politics when in Opposition Mysore/Mysuru: Irrigation expert Arjunahalli Prasanna Kumar has levelled serious allegations against the Congress, BJP and JD(S), holding them responsible for the injustices faced by Karnataka’s farmers in the contentious Cauvery water-sharing dispute. He stressed that there is…
Every time there is failure of rains and the river Cauvery drains, there is fire in the plains. Yesterday, a Karnataka Statewide Bandh was organised to voice opposition to the Government’s decision to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. But what purpose did the recent bandhs serve? Did it bring rain? Did it stop the…
Prohibitory Orders under Section 144 CrPC imposed in Mandya district limits of Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway Mysuru/Bengaluru: The whole of Karnataka came to a standstill today, following the dawn to dusk ‘Karnataka Bandh’ call given by various pro-Kannada organisations and supported by several other organisations, over the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu complying with the…
Bengaluru: With the support of over 175 groups, today’s Bengaluru Bandh, which began at 6 am and will last until 6 pm, has brought normal life in the State Capital to a grinding halt. The bandh has been organised by the ‘Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samithi,’ a coalition of farmers’ associations and pro-Kannada organisations. This protest…
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