Madikeri/ Mysuru: At a time when the victims of 2018’s devastating floods and landslips in Kodagu are still to be fully rehabilitated as most of the houses meant to be constructed for them are yet to see the light of day even two years after the tragedy, Rotary International District 3181 has handed over 50…
Govt. houses wait for a VVIP to be handed over to victims
May 14, 2020Madikeri/ Mysuru: The over 423 houses that were promised in the first phase of rehabilitation project that has been completed at Jamboor and Katakeri by Nirmithi Kendra are yet to be handed over to the 2018 flood victims. The houses have been fully completed and are awaiting the arrival of a VVIP to be handed…
Project on to remove silt from Cauvery River in Kushalnagar
May 11, 2020Kushalnagar: Ground-breaking ceremony for a mega Rs. 89-lakh project to remove silt from River Cauvery in the Kushalnagar belt to prevent flooding of the town was performed this morning. Madikeri MLA M.P. Appachu Ranjan performed the ceremony in the presence of Kodlipet’s Kirkodli Mutt Seer Sadashiva Swamiji. The Kodagu District Administration had agreed for the…
Pandanda Kuttappa, the man behind Kodava Family Hockey Festival
May 11, 2020Pandanda Kuttappa (Kuttani), the man behind the genesis of the Kodava Family Hockey Festival, might have left us for his heavenly abode but his contribution to hockey will be remembered for generations to come and will forever remain in the hearts of hockey lovers. Here we publish an article by Pratap Simha, MP, Mysuru-Kodagu Lok…
21 Kodagu Jawahar Navodaya students brought from Indore
May 8, 2020Madikeri: Parents of over 21 students studying at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Galibeedu near Madikeri heaved a sigh of relief yesterday, as their children returned safely from Indore in Madhya Pradesh. They had been to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Manpur in Indore on a student exchange programme before the lockdown was enforced in the…
COVID affects Tourism Sector in Kodagu
May 4, 2020Madikeri: This picturesque town in Karnataka, which attracts a good number of tourists throughout the year, especially during the summer season, has been hit badly by the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, which has forced the people to remain indoors. According to Tourism Department officials, usually during April and May, visitors, including from other countries, pour in…
New discovery by Kodagu-born Dr. Jagadeesh Moodera and team at MIT
May 4, 2020By C.P. Belliappa Quantum Physics deals with the behaviour of subatomic particles and is arguably the most complex branch of Theoretical Physics. I do not profess to understand this highly abstract subject but know that classical laws of Physics fail at quantum levels. It boggles the mind when told that a subatomic particle exists simultaneously…
Big cat spotted roaming inside Coffee Estate in South Kodagu
May 3, 2020Ponnampet: The elusive tiger that is terrorising some of the villages in South Kodagu was spotted inside a coffee estate near Balele last evening. The feline was sighted near the estate of Podamada Ashok Chengappa at Rajapura village. The photographs and the video of the fully-grown big cat has gone viral. The video shows two…
Catch of the Day! 38-kg fish caught from Harangi backwaters
April 29, 2020Kushalnagar: A group of youths who were fishing at Harangi backwaters in Kodagu District this morning were in for a pleasant surprise as they caught a giant fish that weighed 38 kgs. The fish was caught with the traditional method of fishing rod and angler. The fish, Catla variety, was caught at Nakoor village along…
Two arrested for poaching deer
April 28, 2020Virajpet: The Virajpet Forest Division officials have arrested two persons, who had hunted a deer illegally at Karadigodu village in Virajpet taluk and had stored the meat in their house. The arrested are 48-year-old P.K. Harish and 56-year-old Mani of Karadigodu. Acting on a tip off, the Forest officials led by Assistant Conservator of Forests…















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