Environment activists start ‘Save Bandipur’ campaign Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Save Bandipur’ posts are trending on social media following the completion of the aerial survey to prepare the final report for the Nilambur-Nanjangud railway project connecting Nilambur in Kerala and Nanjangud in Karnataka with a rail link through Wayanad. The Government of Kerala has initiated the survey and…
Nipah in Kerala, high alert in border
September 15, 2023Thermal screening must for those entering Karnataka from Kerala through Bavali check-post in H.D. Kote taluk Mysore/Mysuru: High alert has been sounded at H.D. Kote taluk that forms Karnataka-Kerala border in the district, following the spread of Nipah virus at Wayanad and Kozhikode in Kerala. As a precautionary measure, those entering the State from Kerala…
Norovirus cases in Wayanad: Mysuru alert
November 17, 2021Virus mainly comes from stale food and contaminated water Mysuru: Health officers in Mysuru, Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada are on alert after at least 13 confirmed cases of Norovirus have been recorded in Kerala’s Wayanad district. The disease was first reported in some students of a veterinary college in Pookode two weeks ago. Norovirus is…
211-acre Alathur Estate is Govt. property
November 21, 2019Wayanad: In April 2018, Wayanad District Collector S. Suhas had declared that the Alathur Estate, a private coffee estate spread over 211.77 acres at Thrissilery village of Manandavadi taluk owned by British brothers Oliver Fiennes Maurice, Edwin Joubert Van Ingen and John De Wet Ingen as Government property under the Kerala Escheats and Forfeitures Act….
Hair-raising video shows tiger chasing bikers on forest road
July 1, 2019Mysuru: “Tiger Tiger burning bright…In the forests of the night…” wrote English Romanticism poet William Blake. Removed from the poetic world, tigers can also kill especially when we intrude into their territory and one must be doubly careful while travelling through forests. Two bike-borne youths — Vimal and his friend from Wayanad — had a…
Starry weekend: Priyanka, Smriti Irani in Wayanad
April 20, 2019Mysuru / Chamarajanagar: After Mandya that saw a bitter electoral battle between Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Sumalatha Ambarish, one of the biggest talking points during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections has been Congress President Rahul Gandhi contesting the polls from Wayanad in Kerala. While most have hailed Rahul’s move as a masterstroke, his detractors in the…
Rahul files nomination from Wayanad
April 4, 2019Wayanad: Rahul Gandhi this morning filed documents to contest the LS election from Kerala’s Wayanad. He landed there by a helicopter along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and headed to the District Collectorate office in Kalpetta. A massive crowd of Congress workers and supporters carrying party flags greeted the brother-sister duo as they stood…
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