By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Madikeri: The impact of modernisation, globalisation, liberalisation and privatisation has significantly eroded indigenous customs and traditions, leading to their gradual decline. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Kodava Heritage Centre at Madikeri in Kodagu dedicated to preserving these customs and traditions for future generations is commendable, said Dr. M. Nanjaiah Honganur, Head,…
Madikeri: A wild tusker, which had strayed into a private coffee estate in search of food and water, was electrocuted after it touched a sagging 11 KV power line, passing through the coffee estate at Kutta village, Srimangala hobli in Ponnampet taluk yesterday early morning. The tusker was said to be aged between 40 and…
Madikeri: Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief K. Annamalai visited the General K.S. Thimayya Museum and War Memorial in Madikeri yesterday. The Museum celebrates the life of former Army Chief General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya, housing a variety of antique weaponry and war relics. Accompanied by wife Akhila Swaminathan, son Arjun and daughter Aradhana, Annamalai…
Madikeri: A team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is set to arrive in Kodagu in the first week of June, said Kodagu Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. B.C. Satish during a press briefing in Madikeri. “Till now, the NDRF team was accommodated at Maithri, Police Community Bhavan in Madikeri. This year, they will be…
Madikeri: Two exquisite gem-studded bracelets made of elephant tusks were seized in Madikeri yesterday by the CID Forest Unit Police and one person has been arrested. The accused was trying to sell the jewellery in the town. Based on definite information, the CID sleuths raided a bus shelter near Sudarshan Circle on the Madikeri-Siddapur Road…
One seriously injured admitted at Mysuru hospital Madikeri: A wild elephant attacked a group of workers at Maskal Coffee Estate at Pollibetta, leaving one person seriously injured. The seriously injured person has been identified as Bobby (58), a resident of Pollibetta. He has been admitted to a private hospital in Mysuru, where he is said…
20-year BJP run ends as Congress wins both seats Madikeri: The hilly Kodagu district, which has two Assembly Constituencies — Madikeri and Virajpet — that has been a bastion of the BJP for the last two decades with Hindutva being an important plank, has been wrested by Congress. Congress candidate Ajjikuttira S. Ponnanna (Virajpet) and…
Madikeri: The renowned Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa College in Madikeri has been upgraded to a regional centre of the newly formed Kodagu University, according to the University’s Vice-Chancellor Dr. Ashok Sangappa Alur. Speaking at a programme in the college premises on Friday, Dr. Ashok Sangappa stated that the college would be celebrating its Platinum Jubilee…
Home Minister Amit Shah held a road show in Madikeri, Kodagu, this morning. Over 8,000 people were part of the show where the crowd moved along the open vehicle that carried the Home Minister. The one-kilometre road show began at Chowdeshwari Temple Circle and ended at Squadron Leader Ajjamada B. Devaiah Circle in the town.
Madikeri: Some unknown assailants fired gunshots on the car in which advocate and Kodagu District President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) P. Krishnamurthy was travelling at around 11.30 pm on Wednesday. Krishnamurthy’s car was attacked near Abbyala on the Chettalli-Madikeri Road when he was returning to his residence at Madikeri. The bullet only hit the…
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