Madikeri: A man, who was proceeding in his car towards Siddapura from Polibetta in Kodagu, rammed the vehicle into a tree after seeing a wild elephant on the road near Hundi village in Virajpet taluk yesterday. It is learnt that the man, working as a Manager of a private Bank, was driving his car, when…
Bengaluru: With Kushalnagar in Kodagu district becoming a Taluk Centre, a Mini Vidhana Soudha will be built at Kushalnagar at a cost of Rs. 10 crore, according to Revenue Minister R. Ashoka. Replying to a question by Madikeri MLA Appachu Ranjan in the Legislative Assembly on Friday, R. Ashoka said that the process of identifying…
By Prasad Sampigekatte Madikeri: Pollution and disappearing green cover have driven away nearly 40 percent of the visiting bee populations and the last decade has seen little activity from the regular bee keepers due to sustainability factors and due to gross neglect by the Government and officers who had taken up the responsibility of producing…
Madikeri: The United Kodava Organisation has appealed Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to set up a Kodava Development Corporation exclusively for the welfare of Kodava community. In a press statement, the Organisation’s Convenor Manju Chinnappa said that the previous Government headed by B.S. Yediyurappa, responding to pleas and representations, had formed Veerashaiva-Lingayat, Vokkaliga and Maratha Development…
Madikeri: Kodagu has the honour of having enriched our armed forces since ages. Now, eight soldiers from the district have been selected for the United Nation Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon. Soldiers who are currently serving in various regiments in the Army will join the camp soon. Pemmanda S. Ravindra from Ponnampet, Karotira Lokesh from Pollibetta,…
Submits two-year Fellowship thesis to Centre for Cultural Resources and Training Mysore/Mysuru: Acclaimed Bharatanatyam artiste from Kodagu Mukkatira Shilpa Nanjappa has recently completed her two-year fellowship research with the Central Government’s Ministry of Culture. She was awarded the prestigious Fellowship by the Indian Government’s Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) for 2019-2021. Her topic…
KPCC Legal Cell President A.S. Ponnanna demands permanent project Madikeri: Repeated incidents of man-animal conflicts are on the rise again in Kodagu and people are being killed as they are coming in the way of wild animals, especially elephants. Rapid decline in forest cover has reduced the inhabitable area and resources for elephants and as…
Police, Forest Department officers face Herculean task of turning away visitors Madikeri: The blooming of Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) or as the local villagers call it ‘Kurinji Poo’ or ‘Aralupoo’ at Mandalpatti, Pushpagiri and Kotebetta in Kodagu district is drawing tourists in droves and even during weekend curfew yesterday, the places saw a rush of tourists….
Somwarpet: Members of Somwarpet Young Indian Farmers Association and tourists conducted Shramadhan by cleaning the trash left behind by tourists at Kotebetta near Garwale in Kodagu. With rare purple flowers blooming on the hill, a lot of tourists are visiting the hill to view its beauty in recent days. The tourists, who arrive at the…
Madikeri: The once-in-12-years blooming Neelakurinji or Strobilanthes kunthiana has become a sensation in Kodagu and tourists from all over are making a beeline to Mandalapatti, Kotebetta and also Kumara Parvatha to witness the rare spectacle of hills bathed in flowers of purplish-blue hue. The tourists are arriving in hordes at a time when COVID-19 cases…
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