Asked to work at Madikeri District Hospital for one week as punishment Kushalnagar: Six students of Kodagu Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) have landed in trouble for violating COVID-induced lockdown by roaming around on a pleasure trip and entering a village near Kaloor, a landslide-prone area. As a punishment, they have been put to duty…
Bylakuppe: There is an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases across the country and even in a place like Mysuru that is considered relatively safe tier-2 city. However, the Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement, located at the border of Mysuru district towards Kodagu has not been affected by the virus. Thanks to the stringent measures taken by the…
Kushalnagar: Heavy vehicle (goods vehicles) movement on the Mysuru-Bantwal National Highway (National Highway 275) on the Madikeri-Sullia stretch has been banned after soil caved in on a road linking Jodupala and Second Monnangeri that had witnessed massive landslides in 2018 and 2019. As such, hundreds of goods trucks that have left Mysuru are stranded in…
Kushalnagar: Unable to bear the shocking news of her grandson’s death, a 62-year-old woman died of a massive heart attack at Hosathota village in Somwarpet Taluk of Kodagu district last evening. Eighteen-year-old Mubasheer, son of Ramlan, a resident of Second Igoor village in Somwarpet Taluk had been to Harangi backwaters at Hosathota near Suntikoppa yesterday…
Kushalnagar: Kusha, the 27-year-old male elephant that went missing from Dubare Elephant Camp in Kodagu district, has been put in Kraal now. Kraal is a wooden log enclosure into which elephants are driven to be tamed and Dubare Camp has many such Kraals. Kusha, in a ‘Musth’ condition, had ventured into the forests after breaking…
Tied to a tree at Meenukolli, elephant sheds tears and continuously trumpets for mate Kushalnagar: Kusha, the male elephant that went missing from Dubare Elephant Camp in Kodagu District, has finally been caught by the Forest Department on Tuesday. The tamed elephant ventured into the forests one-and-a-half years ago in search of a mate and…
Electrocution 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…
Elephant went in search of mate one-and-a half years ago Kushalnagar: A male wild elephant always travels in search of its mate. He will jump from one herd of female elephants to another until he finds a female willing to mate. After a bull elephant has mated with a female, he will stay with the…
Building stands on a steep gradient on the Madikeri-Mangaluru Road GSI scientists suggest retaining wall to secure structure worth Rs. 14.43 crore Kushalnagar: Following the threat of landslides due to heavy rain, a huge 40-ft retaining wall is being built to protect the Kodagu Deputy Commissioner’s Office at Madikeri. The Office, located on a steep…
Kushalnagar: Tibetans at Bylakuppe are celebrating their annual festival Losar under COVID-19 shadow with junior monks taking over the festival while all their senior counterparts have gone to Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh to spend the New Year with their loved ones. As per the Tibetan calendar, this is 2148th year and Losar which began on…
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