Madikeri: Monsoon has picked up in Kodagu and as an indication to heavy rains that has been lashing the district since the last couple of days, the Madikeri-Mangaluru Highway has seen cracks — a sad reflection of the quality of road repair works that was carried out last year following heavy rains and landslides. Last…
Mysuru: Shilpa Nanjappa, an acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer from Kodagu, has also been awarded the prestigious Fellowship by the Indian Government’s Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) for 2019-2021 for being an outstanding artiste. Speaking to Star of Mysore, an elated Shilpa said that the two-year Fellowship meant a lot for her and she has…
Mysuru: Following a massive social media campaign over the demand for an Emergency Super-Speciality Hospital in Kodagu, over 30 youths from Bengaluru under the banner of Kodava Riders Club had organised a Motorcycle Rally this morning from Bengaluru to Kodagu. The rally route is Bengaluru-Mysuru-Gonikoppal-Virajpet-Madikeri and it was flagged off from Bengaluru Kodava Samaja premises…
Siddapur (Kodagu): A wild elephant has seriously injured a woman labourer working at a coffee estate yesterday evening. The seriously injured woman, identified as 55-year-old Kamala, has been admitted to a hospital in Ammathi. Kamala, who was working at the estate of BBTC Company, was returning home after work, when the jumbo attacked her leaving…
Madikeri: The serene coffee district of Kodagu, nestled on the bowl of Western Ghats, has been facing severe economic crisis due to dwindling tourist arrivals owing to last year’s natural calamity where floods and landslides ravaged many parts of the district. Tourism is in deep crisis with many hotel properties in Madikeri and Kushalnagar, the…
Siddapura (Kodagu): It has become a fashion now a days for youths to sport hairstyles of various designs and colour. With more and more of them aspiring a career in modelling and fashion, youths are looking at the latest hair styles and even imitate western pop icons and singers in outsmarting each other, when it…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Aaj ka taaja khabar: The tourist spots, Nainital, Rishikesh and Haridwar have been submerged. Not by nature but by tourists! The unusually hot weather conditions in North India combined with holidays, these Hill Stations have been completely submerged by tourists. All the hotels are overflowing so much so…
District administration directs for relocation of 236 families living in disaster-prone areas Madikeri: With the Meteorological Department force-casting that Monsoon may pick up in Kodagu after June 20, the people residing in villages, which were devastated in last year’s floods, are feeling scared, apprehending monsoon fury. The Geological Survey of India has listed 13 villages…
Quality of house construction for flood victims in Kodagu Minister questions her educational background to comment on house quality; Harshika says she an engineering graduate Mysore: During the Mandya Lok Sabha constituency election, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy had asked, ‘There is someone called ‘D Boss’, who is this ‘D Boss’ questioning Challenging Star Darshan’s role…
Madikeri CMC serves notices to residents who have built houses in hilly terrain Madikeri: Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy has asked District officials to shift people from flood-prone and vulnerable areas to relief centres in case monsoon wreaks havoc this year too like last year. At a meeting with Nodal Officers held at DC…
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