Wildlife activists urge Government to implement conflict mitigation measures, engage with community Gonikoppal: Elephant attacks continue to trouble villages of Kodagu district amidst heavy rains and flooding. A man narrowly escaped death after an elephant attack in Balaji village near Gonikoppal last evening. Kiriyamada Harish, a coffee estate manager working for Jammada Mohan’s estate, was…
Farmer killed in elephant attack
May 3, 2023Gonikoppal: A farmer was killed when a wild elephant attacked him at Nokya village in Ponnampet taluk on Monday morning. The deceased farmer has been identified as Mallangada Sunny Changappa (62), a resident of the village. He was tying the cow in his field on Monday morning, when the wild elephant attacked and trampled him…
Tiger menace in Ponnampet taluk: Kodagu Forest staff under pressure to capture big cat
February 14, 2023Family loses three persons in 48 hours; Combing operation begins to trace elusive feline Gonikoppa/Bengaluru: Soon after she heard the news of the death of two close relatives in tiger attacks at Palleri and K. Badaga villages in Ponnampet taluk of South Kodagu, a 65-year-old Jayamma died of shock at Koluvige tribal colony in Mysuru…
Miscreants hack woman to death in South Kodagu
February 8, 2022Deceased woman’s sister too brutally assaulted Gonikoppal: A group of miscreants have attacked two sisters with lethal weapons killing one of them on the spot and have left another sister in serious condition at T. Shettigeri village in South Kodagu on Sunday evening. While the deceased has been identified as Prema, the seriously injured is…
Leopard carcass found in open well at Mallur
December 14, 2021Gonikoppal: A carcass of a female leopard has been found in an open well in the coffee estate of Malachira Sharanu Belliappa at Mallur village in Ponnampet taluk yesterday morning. It is suspected that the leopardess, aged about four years, may have fallen into the well about two days ago and drowned. Ponnampet Range Forest…
Brave girl jumps into lake to save elderly man from suicide
November 7, 2021Gonikoppal: A First PU girl student, risked her life by jumping into a lake to rescue an elderly man who had jumped into a lake to commit suicide. The incident took place at Seegatodu village in Ponnampet taluk yesterday afternoon. While the elderly man has been identified as 65-year-old Aleel of Gonikoppa, the brave PU…
Elephant herd crosses Gonikoppal main road
June 9, 2021Panic spreads as one person on morning walk trampled to death Ponnampet: Kodagu District’s people live in a constant fear of elephant encounters and the Forest Department has done nothing to prevent this. Even politicians are sitting tight only giving statements on and off whenever there is an elephant attack. In a previously unheard of…
Free COVID Healthcare Centre opens at Gonikoppal
May 16, 2021Lopamudra Medical Centre, Karuna Trust, donors and volunteers make the much-needed facility a reality Mysore/Mysuru: A 30-bed dedicated COVID Healthcare Centre has begun functioning at Lopamudra Medical Centre (LMC) at Gonikoppal in South Kodagu. COVID patients will be treated here free of cost. This Hospital will prove a boon to patients in South Kodagu who…
Kodavas rekindle cultural glory, spirit at ‘Koyime’
March 7, 2021Gonikoppal: A two-day Kodava Cultural and Learning Festival, Koyime, began yesterday at Appachakavi Vidyalaya premises in Chikkamunduru village of Ponnampet taluk. The event is being organised by Connecting Kodavas Trust. The festival has been organised to bring together talents of Kodava community who have achieved a name in culture, tradition and art forms, literature and…
Mathigod Camp’s ‘Rajendra’ dies in wild elephant attack
October 18, 2020Gonikoppal: Rajendra, the 56-year-old elephant at Mathigod Elephant Camp, who was the second in command for other elephants after Abhimanyu, died of injuries after being attacked by a wild elephant on Tuesday last. On Tuesday night, Rajendra was let into the forest for grazing and the next day morning, Rajendra’s Mahout and Kavadi went into…
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