Daring Dasara Golden Howdah elephant Abhimanyu leads operation; his 154th Gonikoppa/Mysuru: The Kodagu Forest Department has finally captured a tiger suspected to have killed a young man and an elderly beekeeper in Ponnampet taluk. The big cat was caught yesterday at around 2 pm at Nanachi Gate near Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. It may be recalled…
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…
Tiger kills boy, grandfather within 24 hours in Kodagu
February 13, 2023In Feb. 2021, two persons were killed in tiger attack Mysore/Mysuru: Fear has gripped the residents of Nalkeri, Choorikadu, Palleri, Kutta and surrounding villages of Kodagu as two persons including an 18-year-old boy were killed by a tiger within a span of 24 hours. Palleri is situated on the Kodagu-Kerala border. Raju, a 75-year-old farm…
Kodagu woman rescued from Kuwait returns to village
February 2, 2023Siddapur: The Kodagu woman, who was rescued from Kuwait following the intervention of Kodagu District Administration and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), arrived at her home last evening after her nightmarish experience on a foreign soil. After reaching Chennai Airport, Parvathi, came to her home at Karadigodu near Siddapur. Emotional after meeting her mother…
Kodagu woman rescued from Kuwait
February 1, 2023She was taken to Kuwait on a visiting Visa; dumped on a street and illegally detained Kushalnagar: Many women have escaped from the clutches of a human trafficking network in Kuwait following the intervention of some social organisations there and the authorities in India like the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Many more such women…
Four of a family from Mysuru arrested for stealing temple bells in Kodagu
January 11, 2023Bells weighing 750-kg worth Rs. 10 lakh recovered; The accused had also stolen temple bells in Periyapatna, Hassan, Mysuru and Chamarajanagar Madikeri: The Kodagu Special Police team have cracked various cases of temple bell thefts in the district by arresting four inter-district robbers, who are members of the same family. Addressing a press conference, Kodagu…
Dacoits gag coffee planter in Kodagu; rob gold, cash
December 26, 2022Four men came to estate near Siddapur looking for a lost cow Siddapur: A group of dacoits barged into the house of a coffee planter in the guise of searching for a lost cow in Siddapur yesterday. In all, cash and valuables worth around Rs. 2 lakh were robbed after the planter was gagged and…
Silt lifting from Harangi Dam in Kodagu district: Marking, mobilisation to begin this month end
December 13, 2022Concern over parched days as Dam has low water level due to excess release Kushalnagar: Two years after the Karnataka Cabinet accorded administrative approval to release Rs. 130 crore to remove silt from Harangi Dam at Somwarpet taluk in Kodagu district, preparations are in full swing to remove the silt and carry out other allied…
23rd Kodava Hockey Festival from March 20
December 13, 2022Hosts Appachettolanda family expecting participation of more than 350 teams Madikeri: The Kodava Family Hockey or ‘Hockey Namme’ is back with a bang after a gap of four years. This time, the tournament will be hosted by the Appachettolanda family from March 20 to April 10, 2023 at Napoklu village in Kodagu. “After 2018, the…
Last rites of soldier held with State honours
December 10, 2022Madikeri: The last rites of K.K. Shiju (48), a soldier attached to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), was conducted with State honours at his native village Kadagadalu in the taluk yesterday. Earlier, the body of K.K. Shiju, who had served the CISF for 23 years, was brought in a special helicopter from Ranchi, the…
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