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Shivamogga

India

Also known as: Shimoga

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Last Updated: Apr 20, 2025 • Article History

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CET officials booked for allegedly cutting, discarding sacred threads worn by students in Karnataka’s Shivamogga • Apr. 19, 2025, 5:26 AM ET (The Indian Express)

Row erupts as CET centres in Karnataka’s Shivamogga, Bidar ‘force students to remove sacred threads’; minister vows action • Apr. 18, 2025, 9:21 AM ET (The Indian Express)

Shortage of firefighting vehicles in Shivamogga • Apr. 17, 2025, 1:22 AM ET (The Hindu)

Congress workers stage protests in Shivamogga over ED chargesheet • Apr. 17, 2025, 12:22 AM ET (The Hindu)

Candidates allegedly forced to remove sacred thread at CET examination centre in Shivamogga • Apr. 16, 2025, 11:15 PM ET (The Hindu)

Shivamogga, city, western Karnataka state, southern India. It is situated in an upland region on the Tunga River (a headstream of the Tungabhadra).

Shivamogga is a road and rail junction, reexporting areca nuts, rice, coffee, and pepper. Industries include rice and oilseed milling and cotton processing. Cloth is hand-loomed as a cottage industry. The city’s schools of education, commerce, arts and science, and law, Kamala Nehru Memorial National College for Women, and other colleges are affiliated with the University of Mysore in Mysuru. Pop. (2001) 274,352; (2011) 322,650.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.