Mandya: The Centre will come up with wayside amenities by the side of National Highways including the newly-opened 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway for passengers, truckers and tourists. The Expressway was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mandya yesterday. Addressing the public meeting after the inauguration, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways…
Lokayukta traps Kodagu DFO for demanding bribe from her subordinate Madikeri: At a time when allegations of 40 percent commission for Government work are flying thick and fast, here is an incident where a high-ranking Forest Department Officer demanded 60 percent commission for official work. She has now been trapped by the Lokayukta based on…
Madikeri: An e-Prasad initiative has been launched at Sri Bhagandeshwara and Talacauvery Temples that are run by the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment (Muzrai) Department. The Department has tied up with India Post for delivering the prasad from the temples to the devotees. Kodagu Deputy Commissioner B.C. Satish gave a start to the initiative…
Madikeri: A wild elephant, which had entered a coffee estate has died after falling into a water pond at the estate at Yelaneeru Gundi village near Shanivarasanthe and the incident came to light when the estate workers saw the elephant’s body in the pond on Saturday morning. A pond was constructed in the coffee estate…
Bells weighing 750-kg worth Rs. 10 lakh recovered; The accused had also stolen temple bells in Periyapatna, Hassan, Mysuru and Chamarajanagar Madikeri: The Kodagu Special Police team have cracked various cases of temple bell thefts in the district by arresting four inter-district robbers, who are members of the same family. Addressing a press conference, Kodagu…
Hosts Appachettolanda family expecting participation of more than 350 teams Madikeri: The Kodava Family Hockey or ‘Hockey Namme’ is back with a bang after a gap of four years. This time, the tournament will be hosted by the Appachettolanda family from March 20 to April 10, 2023 at Napoklu village in Kodagu. “After 2018, the…
Kushalnagar/Madikeri: A wild elephant, which was stuck in a cement barricade at Tondur village near Kushalnagar on Friday night, has been freed by the Forest Department in a four-hour operation. The cement barricade was constructed by the Forest Department to prevent wild jumbos from entering the village coming under Anekaadu Reserve Forest limits on Kushalnagar-Suntikoppa…
Repair costs of expensive but shoddy retaining wall to be footed by project contractor Madikeri: The 40-ft high and 140-metre wide retaining wall that was built to protect the Kodagu Deputy Commissioner’s Office at Madikeri that gave way at many places due to continuous rains and shoddy works is being repaired again. The contractor, who…
Madikeri: A girl, who had saved an elderly man from drowning in a lake, has been honoured with Keladi Chennamma Bravery Award by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot at the Children’s Day function held at Jawahar Bal Bhavan in Bengaluru on Nov. 14. The bravery award is instituted by the Department of Women and Child Development. The…
Progressive farmer and Rajyotsava awardee Somengada Ganesh Thimmaiah shares his thoughts Madikeri: Kodagu’s progressive farmer Somengada Ganesh Thimmaiah of Nallur village near Ponnampet in the southern part of the district has won the Rajyotsava Award for agriculture. Though coffee and pepper are the prominent commercial crops in Kodagu, Ganesh Thimmaiah has been growing both agricultural…
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