Travelling for over eight hours from Shivamogga, retired teacher displays simplicity Madikeri: At a time when family members of high-ranking officers do not shy away from using official vehicles of their sons or daughters for long trips at the expense of taxpayers’ money, the father of Kodagu Deputy Commissioner (DC) travelled in an ordinary KSRTC…
Food delivery boy killed in Madikeri accident Vehicle traced, driver arrested
May 23, 2022Madikeri: Madikeri Town Traffic Police have arrested the driver of the vehicle, who had hit the bike of a food delivery boy near Chain Gate in the town on Friday and had sped away. The Traffic Police, who had registered a case, collected footages from CCTV cameras installed near the accident spot and arrested the…
SSLC exam results on May 19
May 13, 2022Madikeri (Kodagu): It is now official. The results of the SSLC exams (2021-22) of State Board will be announced on May 19. Announcing this at Madikeri in a tweet this morning, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education B.C. Nagesh, putting an end to all speculations on the date, said that the SSLC exam results (2021-22)…
Sunny Side Museum in Madikeri: State Govt. urged to give entry fee exemption for Armed Forces personnel
May 10, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The city-based VeKare Ex-Servicemen Trust has urged the State Government to give exemption from entry fee to the armed and paramilitary forces personnel visiting ‘Sunny Side’ that houses General K.S. Thimayya Museum in Madikeri, Kodagu district. Trust President Mandetira N. Subramani has written a letter to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai urging to fulfill this…
Exquisitely carved ivory trophy seized
May 8, 2022Madikeri: An exquisitely carved ivory trophy with a face of a woman wearing beads and a headgear has been seized in Madikeri last evening and two persons have been arrested. They were trying to sell the ivory on the Mysuru-Madikeri Highway. Acting on a tip-off, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Forest Cell raided a location…
Two arrested for trying to sell tiger claws
May 8, 2022Madikeri: The Madikeri CID Police of the Forest unit have arrested two while they were trying to sell tiger claws and have recovered four tiger claws from them. The arrested are Kumar and Vinu of Gundlupet. The accused on May 6 were trying to sell the tiger claws near the bus stand, close to Madikeri-Mysuru…
Four arrested for trying to sell Red Sand Boa, Pangolin scales
April 7, 2022Madikeri: In separate cases, the Virajpet Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested four persons who were trying to sell the endangered Red Sand Boa snake and Pangolin scales in Kodagu. In the first case, Virajpet Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested two persons who were trying to sell Red Sand Boa snake. Those arrested are…
Seven held for trying to sell tiger nails, teeth
April 4, 2022Madikeri: The Kodagu Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested seven persons for attempting to sell tiger nails and teeth. The arrests were made based on a tip off. The arrested are Naveen, Shekar, Ganesh, Yogesh, Ramesh, Doresh and Natesh. Officials recovered 17 nails, one canine tooth, six pieces of teeth, a portion of pelt, two…
Three arrested while trying to sell elephant tusks
April 3, 2022Madikeri: The Madikeri Forest Mobile Squad of CID Police have arrested three persons while they were trying to sell two elephant tusks and have seized the tusks from them. Those arrested are Ujjair Ahmed, Nayazuddin Khan and M.A. Ashraf. On Apr. 1, the CID Police, acting on a tip off that three persons were trying…
Kodava Heritage Centre to be ready by July-end
March 30, 2022Says Kannada and Culture Minister Sunil Kumar in Legislative Council Madikeri: The Kodava Heritage Centre that is being constructed at Vidyanagar near Madikeri will be completed by the end of this July. This was stated by the Kannada and Culture Minister Sunil Kumar in the Legislative Council on behalf of Tourism Minister Anand Singh. Sunil…
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