Madikeri: Environmentalist and green crusader Dr. A.K. Malhotra (79), a resident of Teralu village at Birunani in South Kodagu, passed away yesterday. Dr. Malhotra and his wife Pamela Malhotra had bought 55-acres of land in the Western Ghats in Kodagu district, with the intention of reforesting the land that had fallen into various states of…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has appealed to PWD Minister C.C.Patil to develop Hunsur-Virajpet-Talacauvery (State Highway 90) and Madikeri-Kutta roads on a Public-Private-Partnership model. In a memorandum submitted to the Minister who visited Mysuru yesterday for an inspection of damaged Chamundi Hill road, Pratap Simha said that the development of roads can be taken up…
Madikeri: In a retribution to CESC (Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation) for its callousness and casual approach to the grievances of its consumers, the Karnataka Consumers Forum has ordered the State-run Power Company to pay Rs. 6 lakh as compensation to a power consumer in Somwarpet taluk, Kodagu district, who lost his household articles due to…
Madikeri: Two employees of a private chit fund company have been arrested for allegedly cheating the company and customers to the tune of more than Rs. 35 lakh. The arrested employees are 42-year-old K.T. Vinod, a resident of Manandawadi in Kerala, who was working as the Branch Manager and 28-year-old Jayaprasad, a resident of Periyapatna…
Madikeri: A 20-year-old girl and her 18-year-old sister reportedly committed suicide by jumping into a lake near their house after they were not allowed to visit their grandmother. The incident took place at B. Shettigeri in South Kodagu on Sunday morning. The deceased sisters are Nikhita Damayanti and Harshitha Bhavana, daughters of Namera Udaya Uttappa…
Madikeri: A Naxal movement leader, who has his roots in Kodagu, has surrendered before the Kerala Police in Wayanad. He is 37-year-old Lijesh, alias Ramu alias Raman Lijesh, a senior leader of the proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist). He lived at Perumbadi-Arji village near Virajpet and was an agriculturist before he took up arms….
Death due to suspected leak from gas geyser; An unauthorised home stay, says Association Madikeri: A Mumbai-based professional died of a suspected gas leak from a gas geyser at a home stay in Madikeri late last night. She had ventured into a small bathroom of the accommodation facility that had only minimum ventilation, the Police…
Madikeri: IAS Officer Dr. B.C. Satish took charge as the new Deputy Commissioner of Kodagu district here on Monday. Kodagu Additional DC Raju Mogaveera, Assistant Commissioner Eshwarkumar Khandu, Tahsildars P.S. Mahesh and Prakash and other officials were present on the occasion. Dr. Satish, who was serving as Raichur DC, was recently posted as Kodagu DC…
Madikeri: The annual Holy Cauvery Theerthodbhava took place at Talacauvery, the birth place of River Cauvery in Madikeri taluk of Kodagu district at 1.11pm today in the auspicious Makara Lagna of Tula Sankramana. Mist had covered the entire place and though it was cloudy, it did not rain. The holy event took place exactly at…
Madikeri: The Virajpet Second Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced two labourers from West Bengal to 20 years rigorous imprisonment and has imposed a fine of Rs. 1.90 lakh after the Court found them guilty of kidnap, rape and murder of a minor girl student. Those convicted are 21-year-old Ranjith Ekka and 30-year-old Sandeep…
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