A water salute being offered to the first passenger flight to land at Shivamogga airport on August 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The farmers who gave up their land for Shivamogga airport at Sogane have urged the Karnataka Government to give jobs at the airport to members of their families. Around 400 families … Read more
Students of Kamala Nehru Memorial National College in Shivamogga staged Hugh Chesterman’s English play The Pie and the tart on June 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Students of Kamala Nehru Memorial National College in Shivamogga staged Hugh Chesterman’s play The Pie and the Tart in the college on June 14. The play portrays … Read more
JD(S) leader Ayanur Manjunath, who suffered defeat in Shivamogga constituency, said the people were divided on the lines of religion, and that led to his defeat. “Hindus voted for the BJP, while Muslims favoured the Congress. I tried to bring them together. However, I will continue to work for peace and harmony in Shivamogga,” he … Read more
Former minister K.S. Eshwarappa, Tamil Nadu BJP chief K. Annamalai and others at a BJP campaign meeting in Shivamogga on Thursday, April 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: Sathish GT Former minister K.S. Eshwarappa, on Thursday, stopped a Tamil Nadu state song being played as an invocation at a campaign meeting and insisted that the Kannada … Read more
A 68-year-old man was allegedly murdered by his son at Budigundi village in Belur taluk on Friday. The police gave the name of the deceased as Kalappa. His mentally retarded son allegedly hit him with a boulder repeatedly. It is said that he was upset because his parents did not take him to a festival … Read more
Shivamogga DC said the administration had set up check-posts across the district and every vehicle passing through the check-post would be stopped and searched. File photo | Photo Credit: MANJUNATH HS Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner Dr. R. Selvamani has said the public can carry cash up to ₹50,000 and those carrying more than that amount will … Read more
Home Minister Araga Jnanendra distributing title deeds to farmers at Mattur near Shivamogga on Friday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, on Friday, distributed title deeds to 73 farmers, who were granted land at Mattur village near Shivamogga. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said the bagairhukum cultivators were identified by the … Read more
The airport at Sogane near Shivamogga will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 27. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Shivamogga district unit of Swaraj India Party has raised objections to the way the inauguration of the airport is being organised in Shivamogga. The party alleged that the government programme had been … Read more
Arathi A.M. Prakash, chairperson of the Shivamogga City Corporation Standing Committee for Taxation, Finance and Appeals, presented the budget for the year 2023-24 on Friday, amidst protests by the Congress members. As she began her presentation, members of the Congress party alleged that the ruling BJP had no moral right to present the budget as … Read more
A view of Mc Gann hospital in Shivamogga, Karnataka where the children are undergoing treatment. | Photo Credit: VAIDYA All the students, who fell ill after having lunch at Moulana Azad Residential School at Hanasavadi near Shivamogga, are safe and stable, said Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner R. Selvamani. The DC visited Mc Gann Hospital in Shivamogga, … Read more