Mysore/Mysuru: A depressed youth, who was hallucinating an attack, drove his BMW straight into River Cauvery at Ganjam in Srirangapatna on Wednesday evening. The car was retrieved yesterday and the youth has been admitted to NIMHANS. The youth hails from Bengaluru and was in a state of deep depression after his mother’s death a month…
Government must study uniqueness of each district and frame laws: Kodagu Samrakshana Vedike Mysore/Mysuru: Concerned over the recent announcement by Revenue Minister R. Ashoka stating that agricultural land conversions across Karnataka would be approved within three days and the required amendments would be brought to the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, the Kodagu Samrakshana Vedike has…
By Vinay Karekura Srirangapatna: The archaeologically significant 15th Century Srirangapatna Fort on the banks of River Cauvery that had witnessed several battles during the British era is on the verge of decay, thanks to monumental neglect. Due to heavy rains since the last couple of days, a portion of the once impregnable Fort has collapsed…
Srirangapatna: A 26-year-old youth was drowned after slipping and falling into River Cauvery near Cauvery Bore Temple in the taluk. The deceased is Ramesh, son of Siddappa and a resident of T.S. Chatra village in Pandavapura taluk. Ramesh, who had come to the temple along with his family members, ventured into Cauvery River though he…
Minister promises moat tourism around Fort, 15-day tourist package around Mysuru, KRS, Bandipur Srirangapatna: Though an important tourist destination and a place of historical significance, Srirangapatna, the fort town on the banks of River Cauvery, which was also the capital of Mysore Wadiyars and the birth place of Mummadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, has not seen any…
Pandavapura: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has assured that he would work towards providing KRS water to the tail-end regions of Maddur taluk. He was speaking at the stage programme of Vairamudi Utsava held at Melukote in the taluk on Monday night. Recalling that as a Water Resources Minister earlier, he had developed 16 Gates of…
Srirangapatna: As large crowd of people including tourists who are visiting the banks of River Cauvery at Karekura village in the taluk were indulging in consuming liquor and venturing into the river which was resulting in many getting drowned, Srirangapatna Tahsildar Shwetha N. Ravindra has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 around the banks of…
Proposed highway to pass through Greater Talacauvery National Park and Reserve Forest Kasaragod MP raises question in Lok Sabha; Minister Nitin Gadkari cold-shoulders move Kushalnagar: A new highway from Kerala to Talacauvery in Kodagu district, the birthplace of River Cauvery, has been proposed by the neighbouring State that will threaten the very existence of the…
Identifying encroachments, polluting factors, deforestation Kushalnagar: A survey to identify encroachments, dumping waste water and coffee pulp into River Cauvery — a lifeline for over three crore farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu that irrigates about 40 lakh acres of land — is underway at Kushalnagar in Kodagu District. The survey is being held following…
Mysore/Mysuru: River Cauvery, the lifeline of several districts in Karnataka and neighbouring Tamil Nadu, has been losing its pristine glory at Srirangapatna owing to lack of a proper system to prevent pollution caused during sacred rituals. Paschimavahini, Gosai Ghat and Sangama on the banks of Cauvery River in Srirangapatna are among a few sacred places…
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