One-day State mourning; Last rites today at Bellada Bagewadi in Belagavi Bengaluru: Minister Umesh Katti died of a heart attack late last night. He was 61 and was in charge of the Forest, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Departments. According to family sources, the Minister collapsed in the bathroom of his Dollars Colony home….
Mysore/Mysuru: Exactly one month ago, on Aug. 7, Minister Umesh Katti was in Mysuru for the Dasara Gajapayana and this was his last visit to the Heritage City. He was excited to flag off the elephant march from Veeranahosahalli, on the fringes of Nagarahole National Park, to Mysuru, signalling the official start of Dasara. Criticised…
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai was among those who paid their last respects and tributes to Minister Umesh Katti, who passed away last night. Bommai called him “Ajathashatru (a person without enemies)”, who shared cordial relations across party lines. “He was my close friend…our families have had a relationship for over 40 years. His father,…
Bengaluru: Leaders cutting across party lines paid their tributes to Minister Umesh Katti and called him a formidable force from North Karnataka who called spade a spade. BJP bigwigs including Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, former CM B.S. Yediyurappa, BJP State President Nalin Kumar Kateel, and Katti’s several Cabinet colleagues will attend the funeral. In his…
Impressed with collections and facilities, Forest Minister Umesh Katti calls it a model Zoo Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Minister Umesh Katti — under whose governance all the nine Zoos in Karnataka comes — took a detailed view of Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popularly known as Mysuru Zoo, this morning and spent over five hours inside the Zoo…
Mysore/Mysuru: Minister of Forest and Food & Civil Supplies Umesh Katti has asked officials to develop Karanji Lake Nature Park to attract more tourists. He gave this advice to Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK) Chairman L.R. Mahadevaswamy after visiting the Lake on Wednesday morning. He expressed his happiness over the environment in the lake premises,…
Holds discussions on elephant menace in Kodagu and problems of daily wagers in Hunsur Forest Dept. Madikeri/Hunsur: Problems pertaining to elephant menace in Kodagu and issues of daily wagers of Hunsur Forest Department were discussed by MLAs at a high-level meeting held with Forest Minister Umesh Katti in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah…
Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Minister Umesh Katti, who arrived in city yesterday evening, offered puja to Dasara elephants and enquired about the well-being of Mahouts and Kavadis, accompanying the Dasara jumbo squad. The Minister, who arrived along with his family amidst heavy rain last evening, prayed for the smooth conduct of Jumboo Savari, offered puja to Dasara…
Bengaluru: In a crackdown on illegal BPL card holders, the Food and Civil Supplies Department has asked all unauthorised BPL card holders to voluntarily return the same to the Department latest by March. Addressing the Department officials at a meeting held in the State capital recently, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Umesh Katti said that…
Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader and MLA Umesh Katti accused Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) of acting like the ‘CM of Shivamogga District.’ Talking to a media here yesterday, he alleged that the CM has totally neglected the State development in the midst of COVID-19 and drugs scam. The State machinery has come to a grinding…
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