Gonikoppa: The body of Cheeranda Rachan Bopanna (22), a soldier who was undergoing training at the Indian Army camp in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, was found hanging in a guest house in Pune yesterday. It is said that Rachan Bopanna, son of Cheeranda P. Somaiah and Bharati and a native of Mugutageri village in Virajpet, was…
Baby missing from cradle found in forest next day
January 7, 2020Police, Forest personnel, villagers had launched night-long search Gonikoppa: A two-year-old baby girl which had gone missing from the cradle at a coffee estate coming under Srimangala Police limits in South Kodagu on Sunday, was found the next day morning after the Police, Forest Department personnel and villagers launched a night-long search for the baby….
Elephant electrocuted at arecanut plantation
August 19, 2019Gonikoppa: An elephant has been electrocuted at an arecanut plantation in Kutta-Badaga village in Virajpet taluk on Saturday night. The plantation belongs to Mukkatira Deepu and the carcass of the male elephant was found on Sunday. The elephant, aged about 55 years and well built with long tusks, may have entered the plantation in search…
Gun shots fired at BJP leader’s house in South Kodagu
April 29, 2018Gonikoppa: Unidentified persons have fired gun shots at the house of Bollengada Dadu Poovaiah, Joint Secretary of BJP Krishi Morcha, at Cheenivada near Ponnampet on Friday midnight. However, no one was injured in the incident. But the gun shots have shattered the glass panes of the windows of the house. Poovaiah, who was fast asleep,…
Rahul to visit Gonikoppa in Kodagu on Apr. 27
April 25, 2018Gonikoppa (Kodagu) Apr. 25- With the filing of nominations ending on Tuesday, AICC President Rahul Gandhi is hitting the campaign trail in the State once again for the May 12 Assembly polls. In the wake of Rahul Gandhi’s visit, Kodagu SP Rajendra Prasad, SPG team and other officials visited Gonikoppa and inspected the venue. Rahul…
‘Huthari’ festival celebrated on a grand scale in Mysuru, Kodagu
December 4, 2017Mysuru/Madikeri: The harvest festival of Kodavas ‘Huthari’ was celebrated on a grand scale at the premises of Cauvery Educational Institutions in Kuvempunagar here last evening and the function was organised by Mysuru Kodava Samaja. The festival rituals were performed under the guidance of Anjanda Kaverappa, a senior member of Kodava Samaja. Prayers were offered to…
Amicable settlement to land dispute at Bettageri in Kodagu
November 27, 2017Gonikoppal: The long-standing dispute between Chowrira family and a Bettadapura Kannada Mutt over a land measuring 193 acres at Bettageri in Kodagu was amicably settled on Saturday with the Mutt head Sri Chennabasava Deshikendra Swamiji taking possession of land records. The documents were signed and handed over to the Seer along with land acquisition mahazar…
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