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3-day Flower show at Balyatri Estate near Madikeri from tomorrow

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Madikeri :

An eye-catching flower show has been organised from Jan. 26 to Jan. 28 from 10 am to 5 pm at the Yousuf Ali Khan memorial flower garden at the premises of Balyatri Coffee Estate near Boikeri on Madikeri-Suntikoppa Road in Kodagu.

The estate belongs to former Rajya Sabha member F.M. Khan. Briefing the press on the annual flower show, Khan said that “over 90 varieties of flowers and fruits have been grown in the garden which is the only private flower garden in the country. The garden took shape about 50 years ago and for the last 15 years the flower show is being organised annually for the public. The garden houses Philia, Lorsper, Khel, kelen chus, cactus, dahlia, daisy, roses, pinks, kupia and other exotic varieties including bonsais.

He said that horticulture was bifurcated from agriculture when Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister to boost the growth of horticulture which has not happened to the desired level yet. Continuing, he opined that Congress needed young leaders like Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka.

However he felt that Rahul should address more public rallies instead of closed-door meetings to reach the masses.

source:http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / January 25th, 2014

Call to preserve Kodava culture

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Kodava culture is on the verge of extinction as it is not receiving the right kind of encouragement and patronage, said president of the women’s wing of Somwarpet Kodava Samaja Bachinadanda Rita Kushalappa, here, recently.
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She was speaking during the inauguration of a get-together, organised by the Samaja. “The rich Kodava culture should be introduced to children in the primary school level itself. Parents should take the first step in this direction,” she said.

She called upon Kodava women, in the taluk, to enrol with the Samaja.

Former district Scouts and Guides commissioner Manavattira Sharadha Mandanna said, Kodavas are being reduced to a minority population in the district due to migration of the people to other districts, States and nations, in search of better opportunities.

Non-residents

“At least, those who are residing in the district should strive to take steps to safeguard the interest of the Kodava people. Those who are residing should encourage their counterparts in Kodagu district. They should contribute whenever possible,” she said.

Women took part in several cultural programmes and games. Samaja secretary Apadanda Asha Viraraj, vice-president Paruvanda Saru Ramappa, Biddatanda Seetha and others were present.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / Somwarpet (Kodagu Dist.) / DHNS – January 15th, 2014

K.J. George is new district minister for Kodagu

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Madikeri :

Home Minister K.J. George has been appointed as the In-Charge for Kodagu district by CM Siddharamaiah with immediate affect.

He is to take over from PWD Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, who also is the District In-Charge Minister for Hassan.

Kodagu District Congress President B.T. Pradeep has welcomed the change while district BJP spokesperson Manu Muthappa has flayed it saying it would not bring in any change in the district. He opined that since the new District in-Charge Minister holds the Home portfolio, he must bring in a sea change in the Police Department to strengthen the administration.

Manu Muthappa also said that the previous District Minister Dr. Mahadevappa had not shown any interest in the development of Kodagu.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / January 18th, 2014

Kodagu’s first IPS lady officer joins IRS

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Preeth Ganapathy is seen breaking the pot with a Karate chop.
Preeth Ganapathy is seen breaking the pot with a Karate chop.

by P.T. Bopanna

Kodagu, Dec. 23- Preeth Ganapathy, the first woman IPS officer from Kodagu, who successfully completed her training at the National Police Academy in Hyderabad, has resigned from the IPS and opted to join the Indian Revenue Service (IRS).

According to family sources, Preeth decided to opt for the IRS as this would enable her to work in Karnataka and stay close to her family. Preeth had to work in northern India, if she had continued in the IPS because she was allotted the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Following her decision to join the IRS, Preeth will have to undergo one more year of training at Nagpur. Preeth had secured the first rank in Computer Science and engineering examination conducted by the Vishveshvaraya Technological University (VTU) in Karnataka.

Preeth completed her Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science at R.V College of Engineering in the year 2008.

Preeth is the daughter of Mookonda K Ganapathy and Gowri Ganapathy who hail from Bilugunda Village of Ammathi in Kodagu.

M.K. Ganapathy had retired as a Superintendent of Police in Bangalore.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / December 23rd, 2013

Campaigning intensifies in Madikeri

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Ninety three candidates who are in fray for 23 wards of the CMC are busy campaigning. All are seen wooing the voters in every ward.
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As soon as the list of candidates were announced, Congress, BJP and JD(S) have started their campaign. Those aspirants who failed to get the tickets are contesting as rebel candidates.

Majority of the candidates had visited houses to campaign on Saturday and Sunday. With 50 per cent reservation for women, out of 23 wards, 12 wards are reserved for women. As many as 46 women candidates are in fray.

The total population of Madikeri CMC limits is 33,281, of which 24,325 are voters. This includes 11,934 male and 12,391 female voters. The polling will be held on December 22.

With the model poll conduct in force, a control room has been opened in the election officer’s office, to deal with violation of model code of conduct. Anyone found violating the model code of conduct can dial 08272-229228 for filing complaints. The control room will function round the clock.

Candidates in fray

Ward 1—Igguda Shivakumari (BJP), M Divya Nanjappa (Congress), P M Shailaja (JD(S), A Keerthi (independent), P U Gangappa (independent). Ward 2—N Anotha Poovaiah (BJP), K B Kavitha Kaveramma (Congress), K Yogitha Niranjan (JD(S), Flora Crasta (SPDI). Ward 3—D R Geethanjali (JD(S), B R Savitha (BJP), Sunitha Sampath Kannanda (Congress), Haseena Nooruddin (SDPI), T S Sridevi (independent). Ward4— N P Ameena (JD(S), B S Shubha (BJP), Suraba Abrar (Congress), Neema Adarsh (SDPI), Prameela (independent). Ward 5—Mahesh Jaini (BJP), Mathew K Epan (Cong), B Rajesh Yalla (JD(S), M Krishnaraju (SP), K G Peter (SDPI). Ward 6—P Kalavathi (BJP), Tujusam (Con), Salma M B (JD(S), Nafeesa (SDPI). Ward 7—H R Parvathi (JD(S), H N Sharada (BJP), Sheshamma (JD(S). Ward 8—K M Ganesh (Cong), H Manjunath (JD(S), Monthi Ganesh (BJP), M A Fajalulla (SDPI), K T Baby Mathew (independent), B Harish ( independent). Ward 9— M K Lakshmi (BJP), K A Swarnalatha (Cong). Ward 10—A S Prakash (Cong), Muneer Ahammed (JD(S), Subramani Umesh (BJP), A Khaleel (independent). Ward 11—Prathibha Arun Shetty (BJP), Yaladalu Bhavani Kenchappa (JD(S), Shrimathi Bangera (Cong), Bharathi Ramesh (independent). Ward 12—Chandravathi (BJP), B S Jaya (JD(S), Julekabi (Cong). Ward 13—C G hangappa (Con), P D Ponnappa (BJP), O N Babu (independent), G M Sathish Pai (independent). Ward 14—L Gopalakrishna (Cong), T S Prasad (BJP), K K Yashwanth Kumar (JD(S). Ward 15—H M Nandakumar (Cong), H R Ravi (JD (S), H B Vijayakumar (BJP), H A Ravikumar (independent), S R Shashikiran (independent), S C Sathish (independent).Ward 16—Kaveramma Somanna (Cong), Pattada Saritha Vinod Machaiah (JD(S), Minaj Praveen (BJP), K D Vimala (independent). Ward 17— B D Pushpaveni (BJP), V R Radhika (JD(S), Veenakshi K (Cong). Ward 18— P T Unnikrishnan (BJP), Umesh (JD(S), Naveen Kushalappa M (Cong), R Ramu, Imanuel( independent). Ward 19—K U Ashraf (JD(S), K S Ramesh (BJP), M V Likhesh (Cong), P G Manjunath (independent). Ward 20—Anitha Raj (Cong), N Kannika (BJP), Sangeetha Prasanna (JD(S). Ward 21— N S Dinesh Kumar (JD(S), A C Devaiah (Cong), Dharmapala (BJP). Ward 22—T M Ayyappa (Cong), Sayyed Yusuf (BJP), P M Salaiman (JD(S), Ameen Mohinis (SDPI), M A Muneer Machar (independent), K M Chethan (independent). Ward 23— Abdul Razak (Cong), B S Prashanth Kumar (BJP), M H Basheer Ahammed (JD(S), K Jameer (SDPI), H P Harish (independent).

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / Madikeri – DHNS, December 15th, 2013

K.B. Chengappa is new Law Secretary

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Mysore :
Kokkengada B. Chengappa, Registrar (Judicial) High Court of Karnataka, Bangalore, has been appointed as the Principal Secretary to Government, Department of Law, Justice and Human Rights, Government of Karnataka.

Chengappa is the son of Kokkengada C. Bheemaiah, Retd. Deputy Secretary to Government, residing at Vijayanagar in Mysore. He hails from Sulugodu in Balele village, Kodagu district.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / November 26th, 2013

Indian Army hosts KM Cariappa Memorial Lecture

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New Delhi :

The 18th Field Marshal KM Cariappa Memorial Lecture was held on Monday at the convention hall of Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi.

The event is held annually as part of the Infantry Day celebrations, which over the years, has become an occasion for prominent speakers to share their insights and thoughts on dynamically evolving strategic national security issues and imperatives of higher military leadership.

Lieutenant General SK Sinha (Retd), the erstwhile Vice Chief of Army Staff, a renowned veteran who has also rendered distinguished services to the nation in his capacity as India’s ambassador to Nepal as well as Governor of J&K and Assam, shared his experiences of the critical phase of transformation of the Indian Army at the time of India’s Independence and dwelt upon the personality and leadership traits of the Field Marshal.

He credited the Field Marshal with displaying visionary leadership and laying the foundations of the core values and military ethics of the modern Indian Army.

Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh speaking on the occasion, stressed on the continued relevance and necessity of upholding the core values of integrity, loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, courage and honour, as well as the necessity of ensuring financial probity in all dealings.

He highlighted various initiatives which the Army was relentlessly pursuing towards reinforcing these core values amongst all ranks, especially in the changing socio-economic milieu.

A large number of serving officers and the veteran community attended the event.

source: http://www.indiablooms.com / India Blooms / India Blooms News Service (IBNS) / New Delhi – November 11th, 2013

Five IAS officers transferred

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The State government on Friday issued transfer orders to five IAS officers.

M V Savithri as been appointed the new Managing Director, Karnataka Public Lands Corporation Limited, and Priyanka Mary Francis is the new Managing Director for Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Corporation.

The other officers are: V Srirama Reddy, MD, Managing Director for Karnataka State Beverages Corporation Limited; Dr D S Vishwanath, Deputy Commissioner, Ramanagara district, and P I Sreevidya, the Deputy Secretary, Zilla Panchayat, Kodagu — who has been given the additional responsibility of being the Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Kodagu.

Other officers

The government has also appointed V Umesh Kusuga, KAS, the new MD, North-Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, Hubli, and K B Anjanppa, CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Haveri.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State / Bangalore – November 08th, 2013

Tata Coffee re-appoints Deepak Kumar

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Bangalore :

Tata Coffee Ltd has re-appointed M. Deepak Kumar as Executive Director-Finance for a period of one year commencing from October 25, 2013.

The decision to re-appoint Deepak Kumar was taken at the board of directors of the company at its meeting held on October 18.

source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com / Business Line / Home> Companies / by Anil Urs anil.u@thehindu.co.in / October 18th, 2013

Nachappa elected vice-president of Karnataka Athletics Assn

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Former sprinter and Clean Sports India president Ashwini Nachappa was today elected as one of the vice-presidents of Karnataka Amateur Athletics Association in the polls held at its General body Meeting here.

Nachappa was elected as one of the four vice-presidents for a three-year term. The other three vice-presidents are Uday K Prabhu, Sunil Kumar Shety and A Munisanjeevappa.

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief G Parameshwara was elected unanimously as KAA President, while Chandrashekar Rai was made the Secretary. H R Udaya Kumar will be the treasurer of the association.

Para-athlete H N Girisha, who won a silver in the London Paralympic Games last year, was also named as one of the Executive Committee members.

The GBM, which was attended by 138 members, gave unanimous approval to the Annual Report, Accounts for 2012-13, besides also passing several amendments to the constitution of the Association.

Welcoming Nachappa’s election as KAA vice-president, CSI Convenor B V P Rao said, “I hope other former sportspersons would emulate Nachappa and become administrators to clean up sports bodies in the country.

“Nachappa has worked at the grassroot level as she was the head of Bangalore Urban District Association. I hope she would go ahead further and in near future would take up important positions in Athletics Federation of India,” he said.

source: http://www.business-standard.com / Business Standard / Home> PTI Stories> National> News / by Press Trust of India / Bangalore – October 26th, 2013