Madikeri: Two exquisite gem-studded bracelets made of elephant tusks were seized in Madikeri yesterday by the CID Forest Unit Police and one person has been arrested. The accused was trying to sell the jewellery in the town. Based on definite information, the CID sleuths raided a bus shelter near Sudarshan Circle on the Madikeri-Siddapur Road…
Mysore/Mysuru: The traditional symbol or logo of Kodavas and other original inhabitants of Kodagu comprising ‘Peeche Kathi’, ‘Odi Kathi’ and a gun (that have been used for centuries) placed in a particular and unique way to form a logo has been trademarked by Kodavamera Kondata, Madikeri, Kodagu district. A trademark is a brand name specifying…
Kushalnagar/Pollibetta: A wild female elephant was shot dead and its carcass was found in a private estate at Balugodu in Kushalnagar taluk of Kodagu district yesterday. It is said that, the elephant aged about 18 years was shot dead by miscreants last night. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Kodagu Shivaram Babu, Range Forest Officer (RFO)…
Mysore/Mysuru: An estate worker, who had sustained serious injuries when a wild elephant attacked him when he was working at Maskal Coffee Estate in Pollibetta, Kodagu, recently and admitted to a private hospital in city, has succumbed to injuries at the hospital at about 8.30 am today. The deceased worker is Bobby (57), a resident…
20-year BJP run ends as Congress wins both seats Madikeri: The hilly Kodagu district, which has two Assembly Constituencies — Madikeri and Virajpet — that has been a bastion of the BJP for the last two decades with Hindutva being an important plank, has been wrested by Congress. Congress candidate Ajjikuttira S. Ponnanna (Virajpet) and…
Environment and Health Foundation issues legal notice to Kodagu DC; files plea in High Court Mysore/Mysuru: The Environment and Health Foundation (India) has filed a Writ Petition in the Karnataka High Court in order to stop commercial land conversions in Kodagu and as a related step, a legal notice has been issued to the present…
Madikeri: Miffed over being sidelined by the party, veteran leader and former Minister B.A. Jeevijaya quit the Congress on Tuesday. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Jeevijaya, who hit national headlines when he defeated the then Congress Chief Minister R. Gundurao from Somwarpet Assembly segment in the Jan. 1983 Assembly polls, said that…
Home Minister Amit Shah held a road show in Madikeri, Kodagu, this morning. Over 8,000 people were part of the show where the crowd moved along the open vehicle that carried the Home Minister. The one-kilometre road show began at Chowdeshwari Temple Circle and ended at Squadron Leader Ajjamada B. Devaiah Circle in the town.
He was attending last rites of his friend’s mother Siddapura (Kodagu): A youth, who took part in the last rites of his friend’s mother and went to take bath in River Cauvery was drowned. The incident took place at Guhya village and the deceased has been identified as Rajendra (33), a resident of Pallakkere. One…
Three persons rain bullets on him for objecting illegal tree-felling Virajpet: An industrialist, who objected illegal cutting of a tree by three persons, was shot dead by the trio at Padachi Kaadi in Thora village of Vijarpet taluk on Saturday midnight. The industrialist, who was shot dead, has been identified as B.S. Madhu (44), a…
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