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Kodagu flood victims get houses Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Minister for Housing V. Somanna inaugurating a house built for flood victims in Kodagu on Friday.   | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The victims of 2018 floods in Kodagu who lost their houses had a reason to cheer on Friday. For, they got the houses exclusively constructed for them by the government. In total, 162 houses – 140 in Gaalibeedu and 22 in Biligeri – were handed over by Minister for Housing V. Somanna on Fr...

Updated: Share Article AAA Forest Minister Aravind Limbavali on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that shoot-at-sight order has been given to department officials to kill a tiger in Kodagu that has claimed lives in the district. In a reply to question from K.G. Bopaiah and Appachu Ranjan (of the BJP) during Zero Hour, Mr. Limbavali said the department has caught a tigress but another tiger was creating an atmosphere of fear in Virajpet and other areas in Kodagu. Both BJP members said t...

Delegation to be taken to Delhi soon The State government has decided to take a delegation of MLAs to the national capital to seek funds from the Centre under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) for erecting barricades in forest areas to prevent entry of wild animals into human habitats. Forest Minister Arvind Limbavali on Thursday chaired a meeting with MLAs whose constituencies witnessed man-animal conflicts and said barricades would be erected in for...

Madikeri: Years after it was formed, the Kodagu Institute of Medical Sciences at Madikeri, the District Headquarters, has been granted permission by the Government for introducing B.Sc Nursing Course. The course was a long-standing demand from the people of Kodagu, which did not have any medical institute until 2014, when the Medical College  was announced. Following the sanction for starting the much in demand B.Sc (Nursing), the Medical College has begun preparations for admitting  100 stu...

Updated: It was flooded after heavy discharge from Harangi dam in 2018 Share Article AAA Minister for Cooperation S.T. Somashekar, Minister for Urban Development B.A. Basavaraj, and Appachu Ranjan, MLA, during their visit to the Sainik School in Kushalnagar on Tuesday.   | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT It was flooded after heavy discharge from Harangi dam in 2018 A sum of ₹5 crore has been sought for the development of Sainik School at Kushalnagar that faced flooding during heavy dischar...

Representative image MADIKERI/ MYSURU: In the first such incident at any educational institution in the state, 25 students of the Shri Morarji Desai Residential Science Pre University College, Garagandur in Kodagu district tested positive for Covid-19. While 24 of them have been admitted to the district Covid-19 hospital in Madikeri, one is at home. All those who tested positive are boys. The test results of 22 staff, including teachers, are awaited. It has 38 boys and 38 girls. The college, ...

Preparatory meet held Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Minister for Housing V. Somanna, who is also Minister in charge of Kodagu district, presided over a preparatory meeting ahead of President Ram Nath Kovind’s visit to Kodagu on February 6. Former Chief of Army Staff General K.S. Thimayya’s residence “Sunny Side” in Madikeri, which was recently renovated, has been converted into a museum. The President is scheduled to inaugurate the Gen. K.S. Thimayya Museum on February 6. Mr. Soma...

Appachu Ranjan voices disapproval over Yogeshwar’s Cabinet inclusion Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Appachu Ranjan, BJP MLA representing Madikeri Assembly segment in Kodagu district, has expressed strong disapproval of party MLC C.P. Yogeshwar’s inclusion in the Cabinet. Speaking to reporters in Madikeri, Mr. Ranjan, a five-time MLA, endorsed MLC A.H. Vishwanath’s accusation that Mr. Yogeshwar had indulged in anti-party activity in the byelections to Hunsur Assembly constituency. M...

Express News Service BENGALURU/BELAGAVI: In a rather uncharacteristic move, a dozen BJP legislators publicly criticised Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s choice of cabinet ministers. While Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and M P Renukacharya are known for expressing their displeasure publicly, even legislators like Sunil Kumar and SA Ramadas, otherwise silent in public, took to public forums to express disappointment. The harshest attack on Yediyurappa himself came from former Union Minister Basanago...

Karnataka to review school text books for offensive references to communities SECTIONS Last Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 10:52 PM IST Share Synopsis “We hope to complete it at the earliest, probably within a month,” Education Minister S Suresh Kumar told ET, after asking the education department to remove references to the Brahmin community in a sixth standard text book. Karnataka has decided to take up a comprehensive review of school textbooks to see if any chapter contained references offensiv...