FOREST FIRE;

Madikeri March 10, 2008

Photo: The forest fire raging in Kodagu is falling under control.

“A CATLE A DAY!”

While the forest department has said that it will capture the tiger in South Kodagu, the tiger is still continuing its attack.

It attacked two buffalos at the cow shed of Bojjangada Manju of Srimangala on the seventh night.

Again on the night of eighth, a hybrid cow belonging to Bollera Ramaiah was killed at the shed at Srimangala only.

The residents of south Kodagu are dismayed by the regular attack and they are not in a position to stage a protest again as the department has been saying that it is making efforts to capture the tiger. So far, dozens of cattle are killed by the tiger from December.

JDS CAPTURES HONEY SOCIETY;

The JDS has captured all the six seats in the election held for the committee of Honey Society at Bhagamandala.

In a closely fought election yesterday, the JDS emerged victorious by defeating six BJP and five congress candidates.

The winners are Hosur Satish, Panattale Lokanath, Kodi Motaiah, Kedambadi Mohan, Kudupaje Dasappa and Deavappa Naika.

POLITICS BLOCKS PROGRESS;

Former minister and MLC D.H.shankara Murhty yesterday said that the party politics is blocking progress in the country.

Shankaramurthy was addressing the gathering after receiving honour from the people of Kushalnagar yesterday. He was honoured in recognition of his effort in sanctioning an engineering college to Kushalnagar. The feliciatation was organized by all parties, public and old students with R.S.kashipathi in the lead.

Addressing the audience, Shankaramurthy said that the politicians should forget the party difference and work for the betterment of the society. Unfortunately, party politics has become the main agenda for many politicians, he regretted. He said that the education department has seen considerable progress in the recent years which was absent since sixty years.

Advocate Nagendra Babu spoke on the occasion and said that the government engineering college is a boon for the poor students who can afford better education.

R.S.Kashipathy, G.L.nagaraj, V.P.Shashidar and Narasimha Murthy also spoke on the occasion.