Kushalnagar: Heavy vehicle (goods vehicles) movement on the Mysuru-Bantwal National Highway (National Highway 275) on the Madikeri-Sullia stretch has been banned after soil caved in on a road linking Jodupala and Second Monnangeri that had witnessed massive landslides in 2018 and 2019. As such, hundreds of goods trucks that have left Mysuru are stranded in…
Madikeri: After a long delay amidst losing hope and living in despair, 2018 flood victims of Kodagu district have finally got houses of their own, built by the State Government. The victims have either completely lost their houses due to floods and landslides or the destruction of houses was to such an extent of beyond…
Madikeri: With a sudden surge in the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, those organising marriages and other functions at Kodava Samajas across the district have been asked to strictly follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour. In a press release, President of the Federation of Kodava Samajas, Kallichanda Vishnu Cariappa, who is also the President of Kutta Kodava…
Madikeri: Two persons, including a 20-year-old girl, who were part of a six-member group, who had come for a picnic to Mallalli Falls near Somwarpet on Sunday morning, have drowned in the falls. The deceased are Shashikumar (32), son of Ramu, who is working at a private company in Bengaluru. Shashikumar had got married a…
Madikeri: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Kodagu Kendra, in association with Karnataka Lalitha Kala Academy, had organised a three-day art camp in city which concluded on Sunday. The camp provided a platform to both professional and upcoming artists to depict the beautiful city of Kodagu on canvas through watercolour painting. Artists S. Madhusudan (Chamarajanagar), Santosh Mala…
Madikeri: A delegation of Kodagu Institute of Medical Sciences Board Members recently met Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and demanded the setting up of a super-speciality hospital in Madikeri. There is no super-speciality hospital in Kodagu, a tourist hub in the lap of Western Ghats covering an area of 4,102 sq kms. Many Kodagu residents have…
Accused worked in a posh resort at Madikeri and was drowned in debts Police obtain clues as he had applied leave lying about thyroid problem Madikeri: A mechanical engineer from Moodabidri, an outsourced employee of a posh private resort near Madikeri, has been arrested in connection with the murder of an elderly woman. The accused…
Madikeri: Stating that the huge landslide on Malethirike hillock coming under Virajpet Town Panchayat in 2018 has rendered the hillock unfit for human habitat, Revenue Minister R. Ashok said that a parcel of private land has been identified at Ambatti village of Bittangala in Virajpet taluk for rehabilitating displaced persons. Replying to a question by…
Madikeri: With human-animal conflict increasing day-by-day in forest rich Kodagu district, Minister for Forest Aravind Limbavali said that a Kodagu-specific Foundation will be formed to mitigate human-animal conflict. Replying to a question by BJP MLC Sunil Subramani in the Legislative Council recently, Limbavali said it has come to the notice of the Government that attacks…
Madikeri: Senior IPS officer from Kodagu district, Maneyapanda A. Ganapathy, has been appointed as the Director General of National Security Guard (NSG), an elite counter-terrorism unit under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Ganapathy, a 1986 batch IPS officer of the Uttarakhand cadre, is currently Director General, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). He has been…
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