Madikeri: 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…
Madikeri: 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.
Madikeri: 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’…
Madikeri: Make hay when the sun shines goes the proverb that means act while an opportunity exists or to take action while a situation is favourable. This Bill Collector from Madikeri Town Municipal Council saw an opportunity to make some money when the State Government decided to hand over the houses built for 2018 flood…
Madikeri: Karnataka Minister for Revenue R. Ashok has said that a Rs. 10 crore grant would be released shortly for construction of a permanent building for ‘Relief Centre’ in Kodagu district which is vulnerable to floods because of its hilly landscape. According to an official release, the Minister symbolically handed over the newly-built houses to…
25-member NDRF team lands in hilly district; to conduct mock drills in vulnerable areas Madikeri: With only a few hours left for the onset of monsoon as per the forecast by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the Kodagu District Administration, which battled two devastating floods and landslips in the last two years, is leaving little to…
Trees marked to be cut, concrete pillars laid; activists threaten to move Courts Madikeri: The Forest Department and the Public Works Department’s move to erect concrete pillars and marking of trees to construct a proposed road from Patti to Todikana within the Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary near Talacauvery in Kodagu District has drawn the ire of…
Madikeri: Winner of the reality show, ‘Pyaate Hudugir Halli Life,’ Mebiena Michael lost her life in a road accident yesterday. The incident occurred last evening near Devihalli of Nagamangala taluk when she was heading towards her home town Madikeri. She was 22. Mebiena’s death has shocked her family, friends and entire television industry. According to…
Madikeri/ Mysuru: At a time when the victims of 2018’s devastating floods and landslips in Kodagu are still to be fully rehabilitated as most of the houses meant to be constructed for them are yet to see the light of day even two years after the tragedy, Rotary International District 3181 has handed over 50…
Madikeri/ Mysuru: The over 423 houses that were promised in the first phase of rehabilitation project that has been completed at Jamboor and Katakeri by Nirmithi Kendra are yet to be handed over to the 2018 flood victims. The houses have been fully completed and are awaiting the arrival of a VVIP to be handed…
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