The town panchayat elections results that were announced on Wednesday, came as a rude shock to the Bharatiya Janata Party which failed to get a majority in any of thee town panchayats of Kodagu district. BJP managed a clean sweep in the assembly polls of Somwarpet, Virajpet, and Kushalnagar. In[Read More…]
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Floods to have long-term negative impact on Kerala, Karnataka coffee growers
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The devastating floods in Kerala and Karnataka will not just cause one-fifth of the coffee production to be wiped out this year but its aftershocks are expected to have a long-term negative impact on farmers. Ruined plantations would take several years to return to life and[Read More…]
Karnataka seeks Rs 2,000 cr aid from Centre for flood victims
Karnataka on Friday sought Rs 2,000 crore interim relief from the central government for relief and rehabilitation of flood victims in the southern state’s Kodagu district. “I appeal to you to release an interim relief of Rs 2,000 crore to enable the state government to rehabilitate Kodagu’s flood-hit victims,” said[Read More…]