Madikeri: The villager who went missing was found dead in Balugodu village.PP Lokesh, a resident of Balugodu under RG gram panchayat limits, was found dead. Lokesh, who lived in Balugodu village, left home on Sept 29 after a fight with his wife over a minor issue and did not return, police said. He was not…
Madikeri: The Kodagu district administration has focused on addressing the issues faced by the civic workers. During a meeting chaired by deputy commissioner Venkat Raja, the civic workers complained about the lack of housing for them.Civic workers leader DR Raju emphasised the urgent need for housing as municipal workers’ families have been residing in inadequate…
Mysuru: KSRTC‘s 600 Dasara special buses to Mysuru saw record ridership this year. KSRTC reported a 30% revenue increase compared to last year. The Mysuru urban division also recorded a strong response during the festive season.The Mysuru rural division earned extra revenue of Rs 6.2 crore, while the Mysuru urban division earned Rs 1.7 crore…
Chikkamagaluru: The villagers of Sankse and Kanur gram panchayats heaved a sigh of relief as a tusker, Gunduvani Gunda, which was creating panic for years, was rescued on Monday.The operation to rescue the elephant, approximately 20 years of age, was launched on Sunday and was completed on Monday afternoon after the elephant was rescued in…
Madikeri: Virajpet MLA AS Ponnanna urged the Kodava community to protect their gun rights amid concerns that the Jamma rights to own firearms without a licence may be revoked by 2029.Speaking at the inauguration of the ‘Kail Poldh’ festival celebration at Kushalnagar Kodava Samaj, he stated, “The Jamma rights of owning a gun without a…
Chikkamagaluru: The proposed 100-bed taluk hospital in Belandur at Sringeri has come under criticism as it will be built at the cost of hundreds of age-old trees. There are also complaints that it is situated on an unsuitable site.The health minister, Dinesh Gundu Rao, will lay the foundation stone on Tuesday. However, environmentalists have condemned…
Mysuru: Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary (MM Hills), which borders Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary and Tamil Nadu, has emerged as one of Karnataka’s biggest tiger conflict zones, losing six tigers — including four cubs — in just three months. All the deaths have been linked to retaliatory poisoning of cattle carcasses, underscoring how unregulated grazing has…
Hassan: Two boys lost their lives after they drowned in a pond at a coffee estate in Sakleshpura taluk.Police said Pranay, 7, and Nishanth, 5, children of daily wage workers at the estate, accidentally fell into a pond while playing and met an untimely death.According to locals, the boys were playing and went towards a…
Mysuru: Thousands of devotees witnessed the Chamundeshwari Rathotsava on Monday atop Chamundi Hills.Mysuru royal family members, including Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, Yaduveer Wadiyar, his wife Trishika Kumari Wadiyar, and Chamundeshwari MLA GT Devegowda, attended the annual car festival. Srikshetra Chamundeshwari Development Authority executive officer MJ Rupa was present.All the rituals connected with rathotsava, including Mantapatsav, Bhavanotsav,…
Mysuru: As the majestic Dasara elephants depart, to their forest camps after the grand conclusion of the Mysuru Dasara celebrations, Chumi, daughter of Gundanna—the mahout of the famed elephant Bheema from Mattigodu elephant camp of Nagarhole Tiger Reserve—expressed heartfelt gratitude for the warm hospitality extended to them. She was almost in tears while going back.“Everytime…
