Madikeri: On Varamahalakshmi festival day, the landslide in Thora village in Virajpet taluk brought down the Manipare hillock killing five persons and another five going missing. The search for the missing persons has been on for the last ten days but in vain. Four excavators and over 50 personnel of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)…
Madikeri: The body of Manjula (15), who was buried in the landslide and washed away in flood that hit Jodupala village an year ago during last August, is yet to be traced. Manjula was the daughter of Somaiah, a resident of Bettathur. She was studying in 10th standard at Mademaheshwara High School at Madenadu. As…
Madikeri: The death toll in the landslides in Kodagu district has risen to eleven with the discovery of the body of a 60-year-old man at Thora village along Kerala border in Virajpet taluk in the district on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Shankar, a member of the family of one Harish of the…
Madikeri: A terrible landslide owing to incessant rain took away the lives of a mother and her daughter at Thora village in Virajpet taluk on Friday evening. The most heart-rending part was that the mother who tried to rescue her daughter failed with the two getting killed. The deceased are Mamata (40) and her daughter…
Madikeri: Somwarpet Police have arrested a woman and her paramour for sending cyanide-laced ‘holy water’ (Theertha) through parcel to the her husband T.J. Suresh in the name of a temple in Kerala resulting in the death of Suresh. The arrested are 32-year-old Radha, wife of the deceased and a resident of Thanniruhalla and her paramour…
Madikeri / Mysuru: Kodagu District Administration has sounded Red Alert in Coffee District Kodagu till Aug.10 following intensified rain under the influence of South West Monsoon. The decision on whether to extend the alert will be after assessing the rain situation. With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting heavy rainfall and issuing ‘Orange and Red’…
Madikeri/Mysuru: Orange Alert has been declared in Kodagu from today (Aug. 6) till tomorrow morning (Aug. 7) following predictions by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) as heavy rainfall of 115.6 mm to 204.4 mm is expected till Wednesday morning. The Kodagu district administration has also declared holiday for schools and colleges today. Meanwhile, the district…
The holy water had come via parcel in the name of a Kerala temple Madikeri: A cook, working at a hotel in Somwarpet, died after drinking the ‘holy water’ which he had received as a parcel sent in the name of a temple in Kerala. The deceased is T.J. Suresh (38), a resident of Thanniruhalla…
Road link to Kerala severed as Highway caves-in; DC bans traffic for three days; Vehicles moving towards Kerala diverted via Gonikoppal, Manandavadi Virajpet/ Madikeri: The dark clouds have finally opened up in Kodagu after a long break and it has been raining heavily since the last three days. Rains, accompanied by landslides, have caused extensive…
ASI team to conduct survey on Aug.1 Madikeri: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has directed all Government Offices located in Madikeri Fort premises to vacate by Oct.31, 2019. One J.S. Virupakshaiah, an activist, had petitioned the High Court seeking evacuation of Government Offices in the Fort in order to enable the Archaeological Survey of India…
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