After Harangi, proposal will be sent to Govt. to desilt KRS Kushalnagar: Desilting work at Harangi Dam backwaters in Kodagu will begin in December and the works will be initiated after the completion of by-elections. The State Government has sanctioned Rs. 130 crore for the project. Over one tmcft (one thousand million cubic feet) of…
The 5th Edition of the world’s only Barefoot Marathon for the people of Kodagu will take place at Pollibetta in Kodagu on Dec.8, under the joint aegis of The Coorg Wellness Foundation and Milind Soman. The category-wise prize money is as follows: 42-km: Rs.42,000 – 1st place and Rs.30,000 – 2nd place; 21-km: Rs.21,000 –…
Madikeri: Kodagu district is acclaimed for giving many sports persons to the country. Sports persons like Ashwini Nachappa, A.B. Subbaiah, Len Ayyappa, M.P. Ganesh, Arjun Devaiah have shined at the national and international level. State Government, in an effort to encourage budding sports perons, constructed the General Thimayya Stadium in the town. Unfortunately, the Stadium,…
Madikeri: Four persons from Kerala, impersonating Indian Police Service (IPS) Officers, were arrested and taken into custody by the Napoklu Police and District Crime Investigation Squad personnel in Kodagu yesterday. One of the accused had married a girl from Napoklu after luring her and convincing her family members with the fake identity. All the four…
Gonikoppal: The owner of the Home Stay in South Kodagu that was raided recently for allegedly hosting a Rave Party has denied the Police charges. “Permission for loud speakers to conduct a musical nite was obtained and we were conducting a Techno Party but the Police have filed a false case against us for conducting…
Madikeri: After pegging the National Flag atop Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Russia, T.N. Bhavani of Kodagu has one more feather in her cap in being the first Indian woman to have undergone training at the Mount Ruapehu, an acclaimed Stratovolcano in New Zealand. Bhavani is the daughter of Thekkada Nanjunda (Shambu) and Parvathi…
Driving school owner among three taken into custody Madikeri: With a case of fake registration of a two-wheeler coming to light (reported in SOM on Nov.3), Madikeri Rural Police who began an investigation into the issue, have taken three persons, including the owner of a driving school, into custody for questioning, it is learnt. While…
Virajpet: The Second Additional District and Sessions Court here has sentenced three persons to life imprisonment, while another convict was awarded a three year jail term, for the sensational murder of former Kodagu ZP Vice-President and Congress leader Iqbal Hasan in Virajpet town in 2014. U. Anish, 29, A. Moosa, 46 and M. Nazir of…
Virajpet: ‘Bhoomi Puja’ was performed at Balugodu Hockey Grounds in Virajpet yesterday under the aegis of Federation of Kodava Samajas for the construction of the most-desired stadium at an estimated cost of Rs. 5 crore. Launching the work, Federation President K. Vishnu Cariappa said that the previous Government had sanctioned Rs. 5 crore for the…
Madikeri: Kodagu Deputy Commissioner (DC) Annies Kanmani Joy, who chaired the White Water River Rafting review meeting at her office on Nov.1, has decided to issue licences to 60 raft operators in the district next season. The meeting also decided to continue those who were issued licences this year based on the recommendations of a…
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