Mandya: A week after her engagement was called off, a 26-year-old woman allegedly ended her life at her workplace in the Farmers’ Contact Centre at Kikkeri village on Friday.The deceased is Kavya, 26, a resident of Valagere Menasa village in the same taluk.Police said Kavya was engaged to a man from Hassan about 15 days…
Shivamogga: The Hindu Maha Sabha’s 81st Ganesha idol immersion procession, which started at Kote Sri Bhimeshwara Temple at 11am on Saturday, reached Seenappa Setty Circle.The marathon procession culminated at the Tunga River. The Ganesha idol was installed by the Hindu Sanghatana Mahamandali at the temple premises.Shivamogga police made unparalleled bandobast by deploying hundreds of personnel…
Madikeri: Kodagu district BJP president Napanda Ravikalappa on Saturday criticised the govt for its negligence in addressing the problems of farmers following excessive rainfall.The lack of timely compensation and inadequate surveys left coffee and other crop growers in a difficult situation. The BJP plans to conduct a village visit on Sept 9 to assess the…
CHIKKAMAGALURU: With wild elephants causing trouble for the villagers of Koppa, Sringeri, and Balehonnur in the Sringeri Assembly segment, MLA T D Rajegowda has directed the forest department to prepare a proposal to capture the trouble-mongering elephants.Until now, five people were killed in the Sringeri constituency, and three elephants were captured. The foresters were directed…
Family donates land for virajpet gowda samaj building construction MADIKERI: The family of Kurunji Venkataramana Gowda of Sullia has donated prime land for the construction of a building for the Virajpet Gowda Samaj.Realising the requirement, Dr Kurunji Venkataramana Gowda purchased 77 cents of land in 2004 in the name of his sons, Dr K V…
MANDYA: In a tragic incident at Balmuri near Srirangapatna, two final-year BBA students from Bengaluru drowned while swimming in the Cauvery River on Friday.The victims were identified as William Sam (21) and Venkatesh (21), both residents of K.R. Puram, Bengaluru. They came to Srirangapatna along with five friends on a leisure trip.According to police, while…
Mysuru: With the countdown to the Dasara festival under way, traditional rituals for the ceremonial cannon firing, known as Kushala Toopu, were performed inside the Mysuru Palace premises on Friday.City police commissioner Seema Latkar, along with senior police officials and Mysuru Palace Board representatives, offered prayers to 11 cannons that will be used during the…
Mysuru: A boom in wildlife population in Karnataka has sparked conflicts with humans across the state. To tackle these challenges, forest officers have formed a task force to attend to all complaints immediately.According to data shared by forest minister Eshwar B Khandre in the assembly, while responding to a query about measures taken to tackle…
Mysuru: Mysuru Zilla Kannada Sahitya Parishat president Maddikere Gopal on Friday stressed the need to educate children with values, culture, and tradition, and to respect family members. He noted that the institution of family in the nation is not only undergoing transformation, but also impacting the structure and functioning of families nowadays.He was speaking after…
Madikeri: Newspapers Distributors’ Day was celebrated under the auspices of the Kodagu unit of the Kodagu Journalists’ Association and the All Karnataka Newspaper Distributors’ Welfare Development Association in Madikeri.The event highlighted the significant role of newspaper distributors in the community. TP Ramesh, founder and managing trustee of Kodagu Patrika Bhavan, praised distributors as the vital…
