Accused worked in a posh resort at Madikeri and was drowned in debts Police obtain clues as he had applied leave lying about thyroid problem Madikeri: A mechanical engineer from Moodabidri, an outsourced employee of a posh private resort near Madikeri, has been arrested in connection with the murder of an elderly woman. The accused…
Foundation to be formed to end human-animal conflict
March 22, 2021Madikeri: With human-animal conflict increasing day-by-day in forest rich Kodagu district, Minister for Forest Aravind Limbavali said that a Kodagu-specific Foundation will be formed to mitigate human-animal conflict. Replying to a question by BJP MLC Sunil Subramani in the Legislative Council recently, Limbavali said it has come to the notice of the Government that attacks…
Tiger carcass found in South Kodagu
March 19, 2021Is it the same tiger that killed three persons? Ponnampet: The carcass of a male tiger has been found in South Kodagu this morning near Kotur village. The body was spotted inside a forest area near Lakkunda at around 11 am by some local villagers. As the body has been decomposed, stench was emanating in…
Aluminium ladders claim 31 lives in 5 years in Kodagu
March 18, 2021Electrocution occurs when ladders come in contact with live wires Kushalnagar: Thirty-one persons have lost their lives in Kodagu since the last five years while using aluminium ladders to either harvest pepper from vines that grow on trees up to great heights or while pruning tree branches after the coffee picking season. The deaths occur…
Tiny bees to shoo away jumbos from raiding human settlements
March 18, 2021Pilot project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant – Human Attacks using Bees) taken up at five locations in Kodagu by KVIC Mysore/Mysuru: With a view to reduce human-elephant conflicts in the country, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has launched a unique project of creating “bee-fences” to address this burning issue in several States including Karnataka. The…
M.A. Ganapathy appointed as NSG Director General
March 17, 2021Madikeri: Senior IPS officer from Kodagu district, Maneyapanda A. Ganapathy, has been appointed as the Director General of National Security Guard (NSG), an elite counter-terrorism unit under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Ganapathy, a 1986 batch IPS officer of the Uttarakhand cadre, is currently Director General, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). He has been…
Big cat on the prowl in South Kodagu: 5-member Soliga tribal team to track elusive tiger
March 17, 2021Ponnampet: Forest Department officials, who were hoping to tranquillise and capture or kill the male tiger that had killed three persons and badly injured another in South Kodagu on the fringes of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, have not been able to do so till now as the tiger has remained elusive and quick in its move…
Priority is to capture, not to kill, says Nagarahole Tiger Reserve Director
March 15, 2021Ponnampet: The Forest Department is following the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in tracking and capturing the tiger on the prowl in South Kodagu. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Nagarahole Tiger Reserve Director D. Mahesh Kumar said that the guidelines are being followed and the first…
Brave heart boy from Kodagu posthumously honoured with Hoysala Shaurya Award
March 14, 2021Madikeri: A class 10 student from Kodagu, who drowned in Cauvery river at Dubare Elephant Camp of Kodagu district last year while saving the life of his schoolmate, was honoured with the Hoysala Shaurya Award by the Women and Child Welfare Department. Son of Madeera Harish and Kavitha of Hysodlur village, Madeera Lenin Bopanna (16)…
‘End man-animal strife in Kodagu through policies’
March 13, 2021Former President of Coorg Wildlife Society writes to CM and suggests sustainable ways and means Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of increasing man-animal conflict and tiger attacks in Kodagu where at least three human lives have been lost within a span of 15 to 20 days, former President of Coorg Wildlife Society Col. (Retd.) Cheppudira P….
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