Madikeri, August 23: Army rescue team has found the body of an aged woman who was missing when the hill fell on her house due to heavy rains, under the debris on Thursday.

The house belonging to Ummavva (80) of Hebbattageri was damaged on August 17 in the landslide. Later, there was no information about the inmates of the house. Based on the information given by the locals, it was declared that Ummavva was missing on August 17.

The 15-member team of 15th Dogra Regiment of the Army started searching operation with the help of the local people at Hebbattageri on Thursday morning. They found the body of the woman in the mud in a trapped condition around 50 ft away from where the hill was collapsed, it is said.



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Bengaluru: Dr Boby Chemmanur was felicitated by Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader Fareed at a special function held at Vidhana Soudha.

Dr Chemmanur, popularly known as “BoChe”, was honoured for successfully completing an 812-kilometre run aimed at spreading the message of world peace. The achievement earned him recognition in the Unique World Records and the Guinness World Records.

Dr Chemmanur has also received several prestigious awards and honours, including the Mother Teresa Award, for his contributions to social service.

Speaker U.T. Khader also spoke about Dr Chemmanur’s achievement in the Legislative Assembly and congratulated him for the accomplishment.

Deputy Speaker Rudrappa Lamani, Agriculture Minister Cheluvarayaswamy and MLA and Chief Minister’s legal advisor Ponnanna were present on the occasion.