Madikeri: 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…
Include Kodavas in ST list of Constitution: CNC
June 26, 2020Delegation meets Justice H.N. Nagamohan Das One-man Commission Madikeri: Members of Codava National Council (CNC) led by its President Nandineravanda U. Nachappa recently met Scheduled Caste Welfare Department and Justice H.N. Nagamohan Das Commission in Bengaluru urging him to include Kodava tribe in the ST list of the Constitution. The meeting took place at Yavanika,…
Voluntary lockdown in Hunsur from 3 pm to 7 am; Sundays fully closed
June 26, 2020Kodagu too fixes trade timings from 6 am till 2 pm every day; Sunday shut Hunsur/ Madikeri: As the dreaded Coronavirus is rapidly spreading its tentacles in both city and rural areas, people are coming forward to voluntarily shut shop or a voluntary lockdown without depending on the Government to officially declare a lockdown. The…
Kodagu Hotels, Lodges, Home Stays closed for 21 days
June 25, 2020Four doctors of a Private Hospital in Madikeri test COVID-19 positive; total 26 cases 12 areas in Madikeri, Virajpet and Somwarpet Taluks sealed down for 28 days Madikeri: In view of the rising COVID-19 positive cases in Kodagu, all Hotels, Lodges and Home Stays will be closed for 21 days in the district from today….
Fresh landslides in Kodagu: Experts for urgent long-term ecological damage prevention policy
June 23, 2020Madikeri: Following fresh landslides reported at Madikeri in Kodagu district, there is an urgent need for a long-term environment mitigation policy, besides a halt on wanton destruction of the local environment. Following the latest landslip in Madikeri town last week, the Kodagu district administration has decided to shift 13 families to safety, bringing the focus…
South West Monsoon active in Kodagu
June 19, 2020Madikeri: South West Monsoon is becoming active in parts of Karnataka and Kodagu District has received 209 mm of rain since onset till June 17 and a minor landslide was reported in the District. Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy said there is no need to panic since it was a minor incident and the…
Takes charge as Kodagu Labour Officer
June 19, 2020Madikeri: Senior Officer Anil Bagati took charge as the new Labour Officer of Kodagu district here yesterday. Bagati had earlier served in Belagavi for six years. Prior to that, he had served at Belur for six months as Senior Labour Inspector and 11 years as Labour Inspector at Badami, Vijayapura and Jamkhandi.
Lt. Gen. Codanda Somanna passes away
June 14, 2020Madikeri: Lieutenant General (retd) Codanda Somanna passed away at his residence at Panjaraparte in Virajpet last evening. He was 94. He was down by age related ailments. He is survived by his wife Renu Somanna, son and daughter. His son Nived Nanjappa is serving as a doctor in the US. Somanna led the ‘blue star’…
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