Madikeri: Kodagu District In-charge Secretary Anbu Kumar has directed the officials to complete the work on constructing houses for the natural calamity victims on a war-footing. Monsoon will begin in another two months and the construction of houses, roads, bridges, retaining walls should be accelerated, he said and directed the officials to concentrate on building…
Three including rowdy-sheeter arrested; alert neighbour foils escape attempt Madikeri: A coffee merchant, who was also a real estate dealer, was murdered on Tuesday night at Virajpet in Kodagu district. Three persons, including the victim’s childhood friend and a labourer from Assam, have been arrested in this regard. Forty-two-year-old Shafiq, a realtor and a coffee…
Madikeri: At a time when Kodagu’s coffee growers are busy picking coffee from their estates hoping for a good harvest, rain has played a spoilsport. Yesterday it rained in Napoklu, the coffee belt, hampering cherry picking and drying activities. Those growers who had put their coffee to dry in yards were shocked to see rain…
Mysuru: Family Planning Association of India (FPAIndia), Mysuru Branch, has conducted 10 health camps for the flood victims at Kodagu district. The health check-up focused on sexual and reproductive health issues because of the increased chances of the victims succumbing to these infections. The camp was organised at select relief centres and villages in Kodagu…
Madikeri: Infosys Foundation Chairperson Sudha Murty said that the Foundation will construct 200 houses for flood and landslide victims in Kodagu. Speaking at a meeting at Deputy Commissioner’s Office after inspecting the site earmarked for rehabilitation of victims yesterday, the philanthropist said that during the inauguration of last Dasara celebrations in Mysuru, Infosys Foundation had…
These projects will wreak havoc in the district, warns IISc. report Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has directed the State Additional Advocate General and Special Public Prosecutor to maintain status quo pending disposal of the petitions filed by Coorg Wildlife Society (CWS) against the proposed Railway and Highway projects that are bound to destroy…
Madikeri: All the five accused persons in the Kodagu Rave Party incident, where a huge quantity of ganja (marijuana) and other banned substances were seized at a Home Stay, have been released on bail. The bail was granted on Jan. 13. The accused are M.A. Appanna, the owner of the Home Stay, Jude Pereira of…
Madikeri: A three-day Kodagu Pravasi Utsav, the first-ever tourism promotional event held after floods-and-landslide-ravaged Kodagu district, began at Madikeri last evening. Karnataka Tourism Department and Kodagu District Administration are jointly organising the event with support from various stakeholders to boost tourist arrivals. Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh, who is also the Kodagu District Minister, inaugurated the…
12 feet floral statue of Goddess Cauvery to be main attraction Madikeri: To attract tourists to Kodagu that was ravaged by flash floods and landslides, the Tourism Department and the District Administration have organised a three-day ‘Kodagu Pravasi Utsav-2019’ from Jan. 11 to 13 at Gandhi Maidan in Madikeri. The intention of the festival is…
Madikeri: Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade distributed a total of Rs. 8 crore as relief to flood and landslide victims of Kodagu at a programme organised at Gandhi Maidan in Madikeri this afternoon. He distributed cheques to 1,106 victims. Following the natural calamity in August last year, the Srikshetra Dharmasthala Gramabhivruddhi Yojane had carried…
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