Dec

19

Musical Fountain to come up at Raja’s Seat in Coorg.

December 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment

A musical fountain will come up at Raja’s Seat, Madikeri, which will be bigger than the musical fountain at KRS in Mysore.
The government has released Rs 35 lakh for the beautification of Raja’s Seat and its surroundings.
The computerized musical fountain project has been entrusted to a Bangalore-based firm which had been associated with the musical […]

Dec

18

Renovation started at the temple of the Rain Gods.

December 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment

MADIKERI: The renovation works of Paadi Sri Igguthappa temple near Napoklu started on December 15 with traditional rituals. The deity of the temple is called the ‘Rain god of Kodagu.’ The renovation work of the Garbha Gudi and surrounding wall will be conducted as per the directions of Vedic experts and astrologers.
The rituals and poojas for […]

Dec

16

Lok Sabha passes Bill giving rights to forest-dwellers

December 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment

New Delhi( Express News Service)
The Lok Sabha today adopted the amendments to recognise the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill, 2006 though some members said there was “lack of clarity on what the exact amendments were.”
The main amendments are to do with the cut-off date for consideration for land […]

Dec

15

Over 1,000 families inside Nagahole National Park await relocation.

December 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment

NAGARHOLE: Tribals living deep inside the Nagarhole National Park have only one prayer on their minds. They have been asking the State Government to rehabilitate them. But their pleas have fallen on deaf ears for more than a decade now.
In 1989, a census conducted by Forest department found 1,550 families in 55 tribal settlements. There […]

Dec

10

CHESCOM won’t “budge” nor does the power cut in kodagu. Say they will go ahead with the plan.

December 10, 2006 | 1 Comment

Despite the opposition posed from public against the installation of high tension wire line across Kodagu, the CHESCOM is determined to continue with the plan.
The managing director of the CHESCOM, Vijayanarasimha clarified on 5th Decemeber that the plan cannot be changed. He was addressing the gathering in the press club in a meet the press programme. Answering […]

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