Madikeri: In separate cases, the Virajpet Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested four persons who were trying to sell the endangered Red Sand Boa snake and Pangolin scales in Kodagu. In the first case, Virajpet Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested two persons who were trying to sell Red Sand Boa snake. Those arrested are…
Bengaluru: The State Government has decided to provide power subsidies to up to 10 HP pump-sets installed in coffee estates. This was announced by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai during the Zero Hour in the Assembly on Tuesday. The request for subsidised power was made by several MLAs from Kodagu and Malnad regions. Raising the issue,…
To be ninth in Karnataka; third in Kodagu Madikeri: Works are in full swing to set up the third Elephant Camp in Kodagu at Harangi. The State Government has released Rs. 50 lakh for the project that is expected to ease the burden of the existing elephant camps. Already, Kodagu has two elephant camps, one…
Madikeri: In an appeal to the people to resist highways and rail lines passing through Kodagu that will ultimately result in drying up of River Cauvery, former President of Coorg Wildlife Society Col. (Retd.) C.P. Muthanna said that people must support environmentalists who are fighting for the cause of Kodagu district and for the larger…
Mysore/Mysuru: Veteran Indian drag-flicker and former Olympian V.R. Raghunath from Kodagu has been appointed as the Hockey India Selection Committee Member. Raghunath is one in a long line of illustrious hockey players from Kodagu, one of the nurseries of Indian hockey in the country. He made his first foray into the national side with the…
Somwarpet: A 29-year-old youth, who had allegedly murdered a girl student and had gone missing, was found dead in Kodagu. Police said that he have committed suicide. His decomposed body was found near Mallalli Water Falls on Mar. 1. He has been identified as Shashikumar of Malavalli town. On Mar. 1, a villager of Mallalli…
Madikeri: A soldier from Kodagu, who was on duty at Srinagar, was martyred after he was caught in a blizzard (a very bad storm with strong winds and a lot of snow) in the early hours on Wednesday. The deceased soldier is Havaldar Altaf Ahmed (37), son of late Ummar and Ashiya couple, native of…
CNC says vested interests conspiring to include many others in Coorg by race classification Mysore/Mysuru: A gun is an integral part of Kodava culture, used in many rituals including birth, death and festivals and the Karnataka High Court has already upheld the Arms Act exemption granted to every person of Coorg by race Coorg (Kodagu…
Madikeri: In a new trend to the release of movies, the title card of Kodava movie ‘Bheerya’ was released after the shooting, casting and editing works have been completed. The movie is ready to be released on the silver screen. Makers of this particular movie had initially decided to keep the shooting and other works…
Mysore/Mysuru: During his meeting with CM Bommai in New Delhi yesterday, MP Pratap Simha has urged for approval to develop certain roads in his constituency (Mysuru-Kodagu) under Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model with Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited (KRDCL). The roads identified to be developed in the PPP model are: Mysuru-Madikeri Road from Yasodharapura near Hunsur on…
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