Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Puthari Namme’, the harvest festival of Kodagu, marking the first harvest of paddy crop, was celebrated in a grand manner in the city yesterday at Kodava Samaja in Vijayanagar First Stage. It featured a variety of Kodava cultural events which drew applause from the audience. The festival began with the performance of puja to…
Norovirus cases in Wayanad: Mysuru alert
November 17, 2021Virus mainly comes from stale food and contaminated water Mysuru: Health officers in Mysuru, Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada are on alert after at least 13 confirmed cases of Norovirus have been recorded in Kerala’s Wayanad district. The disease was first reported in some students of a veterinary college in Pookode two weeks ago. Norovirus is…
MP seeks funds for road development
November 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has appealed to PWD Minister C.C.Patil to develop Hunsur-Virajpet-Talacauvery (State Highway 90) and Madikeri-Kutta roads on a Public-Private-Partnership model. In a memorandum submitted to the Minister who visited Mysuru yesterday for an inspection of damaged Chamundi Hill road, Pratap Simha said that the development of roads can be taken up…
Household articles gutted due to short circuit: Forum orders CESC to pay Rs. 6 lakh compensation
November 13, 2021Madikeri: In a retribution to CESC (Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation) for its callousness and casual approach to the grievances of its consumers, the Karnataka Consumers Forum has ordered the State-run Power Company to pay Rs. 6 lakh as compensation to a power consumer in Somwarpet taluk, Kodagu district, who lost his household articles due to…
Preserving Kodava culture: New website Kodavas.in launched
November 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Bengaluru-based Freelance Journalist and author P.T. Bopanna has launched his new website www.kodavas.in, featuring the unique culture of the Kodavas (Coorgs) who belong to Kodagu district. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Bopanna, who put together his first website www.coorgtourism.com way back in 2005 and owns five more websites, said, “My main intention of starting…
Bank issues notice to child for loan repayment
November 12, 2021Child’s parents, now no more, had borrowed a loan; FIR ordered against Bank Manager Mysore/Mysuru: How far can banks go to recover loans? Shockingly, a bank in Kodagu District has issued notices to a child for loan repayment and also has asked the child to report to the bank branch to put signatures on documents….
Kodava Heritage Centre to be Kodagu’s window to the world, hence a rich asset
November 7, 2021‘It should be a living museum, a conservatory of information on Kodavas, a place where researchers can seek knowledge’ A Kodava Heritage Centre is being constructed at Vidyanagar near Madikeri, Kodagu District and construction has picked up only now though the idea was conceptualised way back in early 2000 when Rathi Vinay Jha, an IAS…
‘Naada Peda Asha’ to be screened at Kodava Samaja on Nov.6, 7
November 4, 2021Madikeri: Popular Kodava film ‘Naada Peda Asha’ (My name is Asha) will be screened at Kodava Samaja in Mysuru on Nov. 6 and 7. The film is based on a story written by senior writer Nagesh Kaloor and published by Kodava Makkada Koota. The book had won Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy’s best book award in…
Two Kodagu chit fund staff arrested for cheating company, customers
November 3, 2021Madikeri: Two employees of a private chit fund company have been arrested for allegedly cheating the company and customers to the tune of more than Rs. 35 lakh. The arrested employees are 42-year-old K.T. Vinod, a resident of Manandawadi in Kerala, who was working as the Branch Manager and 28-year-old Jayaprasad, a resident of Periyapatna…
Kodagu origin Maoist leader surrenders in Kerala
October 29, 2021Madikeri: A Naxal movement leader, who has his roots in Kodagu, has surrendered before the Kerala Police in Wayanad. He is 37-year-old Lijesh, alias Ramu alias Raman Lijesh, a senior leader of the proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist). He lived at Perumbadi-Arji village near Virajpet and was an agriculturist before he took up arms….
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