Kodagu-Sakleshpur natural calamity: Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala donates Rs. 10 crore
Belthangady, Sep.7: Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala has donated Rs. 10 crore to the Kodagu natural calamity relief fund, stated a release by Dr. D Veerendra Heggade on Friday.
On Friday Dr. Heggade analysed the losses incurred by rain in Kodagu. Kodagu district director Yogesh submitted the survey report to Dr. Heggade. The donation will be helpful to 1,715 families that suffered huge losses in this region due to heavy downpour and landslides.
Dr. Heggade said that, Rs. 25,000 each will be given to the families that lost their homes, Rs. 15,000 each for 1,335 families to buy daily use items. Rs. 25,000 each to 1,117 families that suffered agricultural losses.
He also said that Rs. 10,000 each will be given to the families that suffered losses in Sakleshpur and Arkalgud in Hassan district and that will be distributed through Dharmasthala rural development scheme.
Rs. 2 crore for Chief minister's relief fund:
6,750 permanent staff of Dharmasthala rural development scheme have donated their three days salary to the chief minister's relief fund. Dharmasthala rural development has added the same amount to make it Rs. 2 crore. The total amount will be donated to Chief minister's relief fund, Dr. Heggade said.
Little relief from Self help scheme loans:
As it would not be possible for 1000 members of self help groups and hit by floods, to pay loans borrowed from self help groups on time, their loan terms will be pushed for extra 12 weeks, said president of self help group.
Dr. L. H. Manjunath, executive director of the scheme, Mahaveer Ajri, Coastal regional director, Shrihari, Mysuru regional director, Yogesh, Kodagu district director and others were present.
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Second PUC results: Life convict clears exam with distinction, DGP lauds effort
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Bengaluru: A life convict lodged in Ballari Central Prison has successfully cleared the second PUC examination.
Ashok Kumar S, who appeared for the examination under prison escort, secured 481 marks out of 600, registering 80.1 percent.
Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services), Alok Kumar (IPS), shared the development on his official ‘X’ handle, commending the inmate’s achievement.
In his post, he stated that it was heartening to see a life convict score over 80 percent in the examination, adding that the inmate had appeared from Ballari Central Prison under escort.
It’s heartening to see that one of our life convict prisoners Ashok has obtained 80.1% marks in PUC exam. He appeared under Prison escort from Ballari Central Prison for his exams.
— alok kumar (@alokkumar6994) April 9, 2026
Glad to see that Walls of the prison has not subdued his hopes for a better future. pic.twitter.com/Nzlcy076SR
He further noted that the achievement reflected that the “walls of the prison have not subdued his hopes for a better future.”
Alok Kumar in his post also shared the result sheet of Ashok.
The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) declared the second PUC results for 2026 on April 9.
A total of 6,32,200 students appeared for the examination across all streams, of whom 5,46,698 passed, recording an overall pass percentage of 86.48 per cent.
