Mysore/Mysuru: COVID-19 positive cases in Karnataka crossed the 40,000 mark yesterday as the State reported 2,738 fresh cases and new 73 COVID deaths. Mandya: Mandya Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. M.V. Venkatesh has stated that there would be no lockdown in Mandya. The DC disclosed this soon after Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s video-conference with all DCs…
Youth drowns in lake near Gonikoppal
July 13, 2020Gonikoppal (Kodagu): An 18-year-old youth, who was playing on the lake bund, was drowned after he slipped and fell into the lake at Nemmale village near here yesterday. The deceased youth is Achal, a student of Lions Vidya Samsthe who had written his second PU exams recently. On Sunday afternoon, Achal, along with his father…
Red Alert in Kodagu
July 8, 2020District Administration prepares for monsoon onslaught Madikeri: A Red Alert has been sounded in Kodagu as heavy to very heavy rains are expected in the next two days. The district has been receiving heavy rains since the last three days and there have been reports of landslides and rivers overflowing. Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani…
It’s official, Ponnampet in Kodagu district becomes Taluk
July 7, 2020Ponnampet: Over a year after the announcement of the formation of Ponnampet taluk in Kodagu district, the State Government in a notification issued on July 3, has officially notified Ponnampet as a new taluk under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act. The previous JD(S)-Congress Coalition Government, headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy, had announced formation of Ponnampet taluk…
14 more virus cases in Kodagu; DC orders closure of hotels, lodges and home stays
July 7, 2020Madikeri: Fourteen more COVID-19 positive cases have been reported from Kodagu this morning. With this, the number of positive cases in the district has risen to 92. Ten patients have been cured and discharged from Kodagu Institute of Medical Sciences, the designated COVID Hospital at Madikeri. There are 82 active cases and one death has…
Virus-linked death: Kodagu DC to follow protocol
July 6, 2020Meets religious leaders; lists Standard Operating Procedures for dignified last rites of COVID-19 victims Madikeri: Following viral visuals of COVID-19 victims being denied dignity in death in some parts of the State, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy has sought co-operation from various religious heads to conduct the last rites in a dignified manner and…
Kodagu tops State in conducting COVID test per million population
July 4, 2020Madikeri: Kodagu district has topped the chart in the State in the tests against COVID-19 per million population in the last 10 days. The district did 4,539 tests per million population which is higher than Bengaluru Urban and Mysuru which have reported a big surge in cases over the last few days. District administration officials…
13 COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru today; total 238
June 27, 2020City medical student among those contracted virus Kodagu reports a total of 40 cases; Chamarajanagar 20 Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported 13 COVID-19 positive cases today (June 27) taking the total positive cases to 238. Till yesterday, the cumulative number of patients getting discharged stood at 128. In today’s cases, five are females and the rest are…
Chamarajanagar and Kodagu SPs among 13 IPS Officers transferred
June 27, 2020Bengaluru: In a major reshuffle of top-level Police Officers, the State Government yesterday transferred 13 IPS Officers, including Police Commissioners of Belagavi and Mangaluru. P.S. Harsha, who was serving as Mangaluru Police Commissioner, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner of Information and Public Relations Department at Bengaluru, while B.S. Lokesh Kumar, who was serving…
New Kodagu SP Kshama Mishra’s three siblings have cracked Civil Service Exams
June 27, 2020New Delhi: Kshama Mishra, a 2016 batch IPS Officer of Karnataka cadre, who is the new Kodagu SP, hails from Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh. Kshama is among the four children of Anil Mishra, who worked as Manager in a Regional Rural Bank and Krishna Mishra couple. The family lived in a two-room house at Pratapgarh….














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