A petrol pump attendant returned a suitcase that contained gold jewels worth more than Rs. 5 lakh to Rs. 6 lakh (a conservative estimate) to the actual owners. The suitcase was left on the main road by two women who had alighted a bus from Bengaluru in Kushalnagar. On the night of Thursday (Nov. 4)…
Couple gets married at Kodagu-Kerala border as groom not allowed to cross into Karnataka amid COVID curbs Kushalnagar: When COVID restrictions made it difficult for a Kerala groom to travel to Kodagu along with his relatives to fetch his bride, the bride did the next best thing — she along with her family brought the…
Bengaluru/Kushalnagar: Budding Kannada television actor Savi Madappa alias Soujanya (25) was found dead under suspicious circumstances in an apartment at Doddabele village near Kumbalgodu on the outskirts of Bengaluru in neighbouring Ramanagara district yesterday. Police found a four-page note and they suspect that she may have died by suicide. Savi is the daughter of Cheekanda…
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…
After being cooped up inside, professionals break the monotony of indoor existence One of the positive sides of COVID pandemic is that it has given the flexibility to professionals to Work From Home (WFH) avoiding meeting people while in transit to their offices and also ‘Work From Hills’, amidst nature. Many professionals, especially from the…
Kodagu Assistant Commissioner paddles into troubled waters after going rafting with family when rafting is banned Kushalnagar: Close on the heels of Mandya Tahsildar Chandrashekar S. Gali hosting a big fat birthday party for his son on Aug. 4 night at KRS, breaking the COVID protocol, now, another officer, who is supposed to be a…
Expert inspects Reservoir; Rs. 3.5 crore project; DPR to be readied Kushalnagar: To give a special view of Harangi Dam in Kodagu to thousands of tourists who flock the Dam, a hanging bridge will be constructed at a cost of Rs. 3.5 crore. The Harangi Dam is one of the many famous tourist spots of…
Tourists disappointed; hub of tourism wears a deserted look Kushalnagar: With no river rafting and with the famed Elephant Camp closed, Dubare, the main tourist attraction in Kodagu, is a deserted area now. Thousands of tourists mainly crowd Dubare due to the elephant camp and adventure rafting. Rafting had resumed 10 days back after fresh…
To open only if virus caseload comes down drastically in Mysuru and Kushalnagar Kushalnagar: The Golden Temple at Bylakuppe will be closed for tourists till Nov. 11. On July 27, the Temple completed 500 days of closure due to COVID-19 and till now, not a single case of virus infection has been reported in the…
Kushalnagar: A baby elephant fell into a narrow toilet pit this morning near Gonikoppal in Kodagu district. The one-and-a-half-year-old calf has been rescued now. The incident occurred at Bhadragola near Devarapura village and the desperate trumpeting of the baby elephant drew the attention of M.M. Subramani who owns the coffee estate where the open pit…
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