Madikeri: To instil confidence among people of Kodagu that the Government is with them in case of a natural disaster this year and as a precautionary step even before the arrival of monsoon, a team of National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) arrived in Kodagu last evening. The team, headed by Shanthilal Jhatia, was received by…
Madikeri: Following the assault on the watchman of the Horticulture Department by a trader outside Raja Seat on Sunday night and the video of which had gone viral on social media, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. B.C. Satish has got about 20 shops in Raja Seat surroundings cleared. The Horticulture Department officials, with the help from…
Madikeri: The watchman of the Horticulture Department has been hospitalised after he was assaulted by a trader outside Raja Seat in Madikeri on Sunday night. While the injured watchman is Jayanna, the trader, who allegedly assaulted him, is Khaleel. Jayanna was working as a watchman at Raja Seat on contract basis and his wife Susheela…
584 electric poles, 26 transformers worth about Rs. 70 lakh damaged Madikeri: Though the countdown for monsoon has begun, pre-monsoon rains, accompanied by gusty wind, thunder and lightning which lashed Kodagu from Apr. 1 till yesterday (May 31), has caused huge loss to Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC). The rains and wind have damaged 584…
Virajpet: Heavy rains, accompanied by gusty wind, thunder and lightning, which lashed Virajpet and surrounding places yesterday morning has brought down a huge branch of a tree on Virajpet-Siddapura Road near Sunkadakatte on hi-tension power lines, snapping the wires and bringing down a couple of electric poles in the process. This resulted in traffic coming…
Madikeri: Work on the four-lane Highway between Mysuru and Kushalnagar will start in a month, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. He was participating in a District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting at Madikeri yesterday. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already launched the Rs. 4,130 crore project to lay a 93-km-long Highway between Mysuru…
Tourism Secretary asks Kodagu DC to submit fresh estimate for project completion By Prasad Sampigekatte Madikeri: With the completion of nearly 80 percent of the works of the Kodava Heritage Centre near K. Badaga village on the outskirts of Madikeri, the structure is now awaiting the attention of the authorities to finish the remaining tasks….
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Madikeri: The impact of modernisation, globalisation, liberalisation and privatisation has significantly eroded indigenous customs and traditions, leading to their gradual decline. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Kodava Heritage Centre at Madikeri in Kodagu dedicated to preserving these customs and traditions for future generations is commendable, said Dr. M. Nanjaiah Honganur, Head,…
Madikeri: A wild tusker, which had strayed into a private coffee estate in search of food and water, was electrocuted after it touched a sagging 11 KV power line, passing through the coffee estate at Kutta village, Srimangala hobli in Ponnampet taluk yesterday early morning. The tusker was said to be aged between 40 and…
Madikeri: Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief K. Annamalai visited the General K.S. Thimayya Museum and War Memorial in Madikeri yesterday. The Museum celebrates the life of former Army Chief General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya, housing a variety of antique weaponry and war relics. Accompanied by wife Akhila Swaminathan, son Arjun and daughter Aradhana, Annamalai…
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