CM to launch development works worth Rs.121.55 crore Madikeri: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will address the Congress Government’s ‘Sadhana Samavesha’ at Crystal Hall in Madikeri at 12 noon tomorrow (Jan.9). During the Convention, the CM will launch a slew of development works across Kodagu, totally worth Rs.121.55 crore. The works to be launched include construction of…
Madikeri: At a time when the residents and Green Groups of Kodagu are vehemently opposing the two Railway Lines (Thalassery-Mysuru via South Kodagu and Hunsur-Periyapatna-Kushalnagar-Madikeri-Mangaluru) cutting across the green and ecologically sensitive district, a new office of the South Western Railway (SWR) is coming up at Madikeri. The construction has raised the hackles of Green…
Madikeri: Reacting to the construction of the Railway building at Stone Hill in Madikeri, Col. Cheppudira P. Muthanna, President, Coorg Wildlife Society, who is spearheading a movement to stall the Rail projects, told Star of Mysore this morning that it was an unfortunate development. “MP Pratap Simha must use his influence to stall the construction….
Madikeri: An undertrial, who is facing theft charges and was admitted to Madikeri District Hospital after he had consumed phenyl in a bid to commit suicide, has hoodwinked the jail staff and escaped from the hospital toilet on Jan.1. The undertrial, who managed to escape, has been identified as Ganesh alias Ganapathi, a resident of…
Madikeri: The two elephants that had entered the main roads of Madikeri early yesterday morning have returned to the forests last night. Forest Department officials did not spot the pachyderms since last evening and they walked up to eight kilometres into the forests in their attempt to chase the elephants away. Tension prevailed in Madikeri…
Mysuru/Madikeri: The harvest festival of Kodavas ‘Huthari’ was celebrated on a grand scale at the premises of Cauvery Educational Institutions in Kuvempunagar here last evening and the function was organised by Mysuru Kodava Samaja. The festival rituals were performed under the guidance of Anjanda Kaverappa, a senior member of Kodava Samaja. Prayers were offered to…
Belagavi: The renovated General K.S. Thimayya Memorial in Madikeri will be dedicated to the nation in three months, said Kannada and Culture Minister Umashree. She was replying to a question raised by MLC Veena Achaiah at the Winter Session of the Assembly in Belagavi yesterday. The Minister said that General Thimayya’s house “Sunny Side” at…
Madikeri: In a new revelation in Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy suicide case, the CBI, which is probing the case as per a Supreme Court directive, has reportedly found anomalies in the post-mortem report of the deceased Police Officer, according to a TV news channel. A team of CBI Officers, who recently visited Madikeri, had recorded the…
Mystery deepens: The mystery of this “suicide” has further deepened as there is no investigation report of the 3 shots fired out of a service pistol of 9 mm calibre which is a very powerful and loud weapon when fired. It is surprising that nobody heard the gun shot and reacted. Madikeri: Officers of the Special…
Madikeri: A Police Head Constable in Kodagu is in soup after a complaint was lodged against him with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The Head Constable had accepted Rs. 20,000 bribe from a planter after threatening to file a false complaint against him. The incident occurred at Virajpet Rural Police Station and the Head Constable…
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