Mysore/Mysuru: Senior citizens of Ammathi in Kodagu have written to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai urging him to take urgent measures to repair roads in the Kodagu district that have gone from bad to worse shape. They have voiced their concern as a majority of major arterial and main roads connecting various parts of Kodagu have…
Consume liquor, watch TV before looting house Napoklu (Kodagu): A gang of miscreants, who reportedly barged into a house after breaking open the front door, tied up elderly ladies at the house, locked them up in a room, watched TV and consumed liquor before decamping with lakhs of rupees and gold ornaments from the house….
Two inscriptions, previously assumed to be in mixed language, contain a unique character set By Mookonda Nitin Kushalappa, Engineer, Historian, Author and Researcher In his 1914 revised Coorg Inscriptions volume of the Epigraphy Carnatica book series, B.L. Rice has listed two peculiar 14th century inscriptions. These were deciphered for Rice by Narasimhachar and Krishna Shastri….
Forest Dept. complicit, says MLA; seeks high-level investigation Madikeri: Rampant illegal mining of precious stones has been reported from Pattighat Reserve Forests (Nishane Motte) near Bhagamandala of the Western Ghats under the very nose of the Forest Department and those who are duty-bound to protect it have now been accused of openly allowing plunderers to…
Ponnampet/H.D. Kote: In separate incidents, tigers have attacked and killed two cows at Bellur village in Ponnampet of Kodagu district and at Antharasanthe village in H.D. Kote taluk recently. In the first incident, a tiger, which raided a cow shed at Bellur, has killed a pregnant cow on Jan. 1 night. The cow belonged to…
Nagamangala: A newly-wed couple from Kodagu is among three persons of the same family who were killed on the spot in a head-on collision between a car and a private bus near Kempanakoppal Gate in the taluk yesterday afternoon. The deceased have been identified as Thangamma (65), a retired teacher from Somwarpet in Kodagu and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Olympian M.P. Ganesh, who captained the Indian hockey team and was honoured with the Padma Shri by President Ram Nath Kovind, is Coorg Person of the Year-2021. Mollera Poovaiah Ganesh, hailing from Suntikoppa in Kodagu district, was selected ‘Coorg Person of the Year’ in a poll conducted by www.coorgtourisminfo.com, Kodagu’s first news portal, promoted…
Akhila Kodava Samaja appeals not to trivialise tradition to appease politicians Madikeri: The Akhila Kodava Samaja has unanimously decided not to use the Kodava traditional dresses to appease any political party and not wear it to any event that is political or have any connection to politics. Samaja President Mathanda Monnappa had recently issued a…
Madikeri: A young hockey player collapsed when playing hockey at Murnad in Kodagu district on Saturday and died while being shifted to a hospital. Thottiyanda Somaiah alias Pretham (23) is the deceased and the incident took place during the ongoing Chowrira Hockey Championship that was inaugurated in Lalu Muddaiah Grounds. It is suspected that Somanna…
People from Mysuru, Bengaluru head to Kodagu; Home Stays report full occupancy Mysore/Mysuru: In the busiest days of the year for the hospitality industry, hotels, pubs, resorts, clubs and bars have been forced to keep things low-key for the second year in a row. They have to observe a subdued New Year’s eve as the…
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