44 BPL cards distributed after 3 years

Somwarpet, Jan. 30: Out of the 355 beneficiaries of the taluk who were waiting for BPL cards, 44 were distributed BPL cards after three years. The cards were distributed at a meeting held at the Taluk Panchayat Hall in the town under the chairmanship of Taluk Guarantee Implementation Comm...

Forest Department captures lone wolf

Siddapur, Jan. 30: The Forest Department launched an operation today after a lone wolf attacked a worker in broad daylight on Thursday. An operation was conducted in the coffee plantations of villages under the jurisdiction of the Virajpet and Thitimathi forest departments. On Thursday af...

Coffee and black pepper stolen

Ponnampet, Jan. 30: In the garden of Alemad Sudhir in Kirugur village, thieves have stolen coffee berries from more than 50 coffee trees. In addition, black pepper has been stolen from 10 black pepper vines. The incident came to light when the garden owner went to the garden in the mornin...

Fire line marking in progress

Kudige, Jan. 30: As per the instructions of the Forest Department, the Hudugur Sub-Zone Forest Officer team has marked a fire line on the edge of Somwarpet Main Road and Somwarpet Kushalnagar Road in the Hudugur, Yadavanad, Kajur Basavan Kallu Reserve Forest Range to prevent forest fires d...

State-level Silver Bowl Kabaddi Tournament

Monday, Jan. 26: Harapalli Ravindra, Director of the State Vokkaligara Sangha, inaugurated the 39th State-level Silver Bowl Kabaddi Tournament at the ground in front of Sakammana Bungalow here on behalf of the Indiraagadhi fans' club. Speaking later, he said that Kabaddi, a rural spor...

Learning festival is a festival that encourages children, Suresh

Saturday, Jan. 26: Suresh, the president of the State Government Employees Association, expressed his opinion that the learning festival is a festival organized by the government to encourage government school children who are lagging behind in learning and bring them to the forefront. He...