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K.J. George favours rail barricades to stop entry of wild elephants into human habitats

Minister K.J. George instructs officers to install rail barricades to prevent wild elephant movement in Mudigere taluk, Chikkamagaluru district. Trenches dug for 44 km to stop elephants, but need better remedy. Also directs officers to identify land for burial grounds.

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Revenue Dept. officials probe illegal grant of land in Chikkamagaluru

Revenue Dept. probes alleged illegal land grants in Chikkamagaluru districts. Taluk-level committee headed by MLA grants land after verifying documents. Preliminary inquiry reveals irregularities in 472 cases; 50 sanctions already cancelled. Officers to take action against those responsible for wrongful grants.

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Woman who went missing on Tuesday found in canal in Kadur

Revamma, 66, went missing after visiting her farm in Chikkamagaluru. Her body was found in a canal 500m away from where her footwear were found. Fire and Emergency Services, police, and officials searched for her and found her body Wed. morning.

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Heavy rain: Chikkamagaluru DC asks people to be cautious

DC Meena Nagaraj urges caution in Chikkamagaluru due to heavy rains. Low-lying areas, tourists, parents and trekkers must take extra care. Tourists should postpone visits and avoid standing near electricity poles or trees. Parents must ensure children don't enter waterbodies. Bankal in Mudigere taluk recorded highest rainfall of 142.5 mm.

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Heavy rains continue to pound Malnad region

Malnad region of Karnataka continues to receive heavy rains, causing roads to be inundated, bridges submerged, walls collapsing, houses damaged, and trees falling. Schools in Shivamogga, five taluks of Hassan district, and Chikkamagaluru remain closed. Orange alert for Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga districts, yellow alert for Hassan. Highway connecting Bengaluru-Mangaluru via…

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Chikkamagaluru government high school students’ solar crop dryer wins Karnataka School Innovation challenge

Government High School, Niluvagilu, students win first prize in Karnataka School Innovation Programme for multi-purpose solar crop dryer

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Incessant rains continue to pound Malnad region

Heavy rains in Malnad region cause flooding, landslides, tree uprooting, bridge submerging. Minister K.J. George inspects rain-hit areas, assures sufficient funds for restoration. Average of 55mm rainfall in 24hrs, highest of 216mm at Agumbe. Rivers Tunga, Bhadra, Hemavati in spate, water level in reservoirs rising.

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Leopard caught in snare rescued by Forest Dept officials in Chikkamagaluru

Forest department officials rescued a female leopard trapped in a snare near Chikkamagaluru. The department promised action against those who placed the snares.

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Airstrips proposed in Dharmasthala, Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru; ecologists question move

Karnataka government has proposed to develop airstrips in Dharmasthala, Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru with the intention of “promoting tourism, industrial sector and support disaster management measures.”

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Rainfall: Houses damaged in Sakleshpur

Many parts of Hassan district received moderate rains on Thursday. A couple of houses were damaged in Sakleshpur and a few trees were uprooted.

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Dead fish found in Kadur tank

Several fish were found dead at the Jodilingadahalli tank near Sakharayapatna in Kadur taluk of Chikkamagaluru on Monday. The local people suspect that fish died due to polluted water in the tank.

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Gruha Jyoti comes into effect from this billing cycle

Gruha Jyothi, a guarantee scheme of the Congress government under which 200 units of free electricity will be given to households, comes into force from Saturday. The benefits of this scheme will be applicable from this month’s billing cycle, said Energy Minister K.J. George in Chikkamagaluru.

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Leaf-spot disease: Areca growers worry ahead of monsoon

Hundreds of arecanut growers in the Malnad region, badly hit by the leaf-spot disease, are worried that their problem might intensify with the onset of the monsoon, expected in a few days. As scientists have not come up with a medicine to stop the spread of the disease, the growers…

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Lack of public toilets cause inconveniences; Karnataka woman writes emotional letter to President

Jademma from Ballari recently visited religious hill stations like Bababudangiri, Mullayanagiri, Sitalayyanagiri in Chikkamagaluru district along with her family. What she took away from it was not just good memories. Faced with the issue of absence of public toilets despite lakhs of visitors, she wrote an emotional letter to President…

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Plantation worker injured in a tiger attack in Chikkamagaluru

A woman plantation worker suffered injuries in a tiger attack at Pandaravalli near Chikkamagaluru on Tuesday. Maikan Mess, 35, a native of Assam, was working in a coffee estate when she encountered the tiger.

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Youth stabbed to death in Tarikere

A programme to felicitate newly elected MLA G. H. Srinivas ended with a murder in Tarikere of Chikkamagaluru late on June 3. Following a heated argument over playing a song on the sound system, a 28-year-old was stabbed to death.

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Snake catcher dies after being bitten by snake in Chikkamagaluru

Naresh, a snake-catcher of Chikkamagaluru, died after he was bitten by a cobra that he had caught, on Tuesday.

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Body retrieved from Bhadra canal

The body of a girl, who drowned in the Bhadra canal near Lakkavalli in Tarikere taluk of Chikkamagaluru district on Sunday evening, was traced on Tuesday afternoon. Shamaveni’s body was found near Nayisatta Halla, about five kilometres from the place where she had drowned along with two relatives.

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Death due to rain: Chikkamagaluru DC hands over letter of compensation

Chikkamagaluru Deputy Commissioner K.N. Ramesh, on Tuesday, handed over the letter granting compensation of ₹5 lakh to the family of Venugopal, 60, who died after a tree fell on him during heavy rains on May 21.

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Three drown in Bhadra canal in Chikkamagaluru

The man had gone to the canal with his nieces who were on a vacation

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Man dies after tree falls on him in Chikkamagaluru

A man who was riding a scooter died when a tree fell on him at Chikkahalla in Mudigere taluk of Chikkamagaluru district on Sunday, following heavy rain.

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BJP lost its Hindutva bastions Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru to Congress after decades

The Bharatiya Janata Party failed to retain its stronghold Malnad districts of Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru as two first-time Congress candidates A.S. Ponnanna (Virajpet) and Mantar Gowda (Madikeri) ended the BJP’s 20-year run in Kodagu, while in Chikkamagaluru the saffron party lost five seats to Congress. The biggest loss was of…

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Chikkamagaluru: Congress wins all five seats

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Robbery in Chikkamagaluru: five arrested

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Rahul Gandhi takes part in Congress roadshow in Chikkamagaluru

Hundreds of Congress supporters participated in the roadshow led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Chikkamagaluru on Tuesday evening (May 2). The workers carrying the party’s flags walked along the roadshow and raised slogans praising Congress leaders and the candidates.

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