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

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.

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.

Resident draws power from govt. establishment for domestic use

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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.