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Lokayukta Police arrest MESCOM engineer while accepting bribe at Anavatti

Lokayukta Police arrested G. Ramesh for accepting a bribe of ₹20,000 from an electric contractor.

Snapped power lines claim the life of a couple in Kundapura taluk

Snapped power lines claim the life of a couple in Kundapura taluk

Couple found dead in Kattabelthur village after coming in contact with snapped MESCOM power line. Annappa, brother-in-law of deceased Mahabala Ganiga, saw him lying in stream with snapped line. Lakshmi, Mahabala's wife, found dead on tank bund after attempting to retrieve him with wet wooden log. MESCOM charged with negligence…

Mescom angers consumers with unscheduled power cuts in Mangaluru, Udupi, Shivamogga

Mescom angers consumers with unscheduled power cuts in Mangaluru, Udupi, Shivamogga

Mescom Managing Director D. Padmavathi attributed the unscheduled power cuts to reduced power production from thermal power plants.

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Wind storm damages hoardings, electric poles in Mangaluru

Wind storm in Mangaluru caused damage to electric poles, trees, hoarding, transformer & roofs of houses. Fire & Emergency services, MESCOM staff worked to restore power supply. Widespread rains in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi & Uttara Kannada districts, highest of 170.5 mm in Kodikani.

Karnataka coast on orange alert for Saturday; rain intensity reduces

MANGALURU: Despite a red alert issued by the IMD for the coastal districts of Karnataka, there was hardly any rain since morning, barring some pockets in Mangaluru which received heavy rains briefly, and sun also came out briefly during the day.

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Gruha Jyothi registrations cross 1 crore in Karnataka

Gruha Jyothi is a scheme of the Congress government in which households in Karnataka can avail 200 units of free power. A total of 1,00,20,163 consumers had registered up to Thursday July 6 across Karnataka.

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Workshop on capacity building, personality development held at CUK

Workshop on capacity building, personality development held at CUK

A daylong workshop for girls on capacity building and personality development was held at the Central University of Karnataka (CUK) at its main campus at Kadaganchi near Kalaburagi on Saturday. The Department of Psychology at the CUK and the National Commission for Women jointly organised the event.

BJP protest against power tariff: Protesters throw stones at MESCOM office

BJP protest against power tariff: Protesters throw stones at MESCOM office

The BJP’s protest against the recent hike in power tariff turned violent in Shivamogga on Wednesday, as a few protesters threw stones at the MESCOM office near the railway station.

MESCOM officials seek report

MESCOM officials seek report

Resident draws power from govt. establishment for domestic use

Rain havoc in Shivamogga

Rain havoc in Shivamogga

Karnataka: Jail for man who threatened DK Shivakumar

Karnataka: Jail for man who threatened DK Shivakumar

MANGALURU: The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) in Sullia has sentenced an electricity consumer to two years of simple imprisonment and imposed Rs 5,000 penalty for abusing and threatening then energy minister DK Shivakumar over phone in 2016.

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