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…
The newly-constructed bridge connects Kodagu and Kerala; facilitates travel to Kannur Airport Virajpet: The newly constructed Kootupole bridge that links Kodagu district with neighbouring Kerala was formally thrown open for public travel last Monday. Kerala PWD Minister P.A. Mohammad Riaz, Peravoor MLA Sanni Joseph, Kodagu’s Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah, MLC M.P. SujaKushalappa and other dignitaries…
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…
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