Madikeri: In an appeal to the people to resist highways and rail lines passing through Kodagu that will ultimately result in drying up of River Cauvery, former President of Coorg Wildlife Society Col. (Retd.) C.P. Muthanna said that people must support environmentalists who are fighting for the cause of Kodagu district and for the larger…
Madikeri: A soldier from Kodagu, who was on duty at Srinagar, was martyred after he was caught in a blizzard (a very bad storm with strong winds and a lot of snow) in the early hours on Wednesday. The deceased soldier is Havaldar Altaf Ahmed (37), son of late Ummar and Ashiya couple, native of…
Madikeri: A Forest Guard, shocked over his wife committing suicide by hanging herself, followed her by ending his life moments later. The incident took place at Birunani in South Kodagu on Sunday. The deceased are Shilpa (22) and her husband Yuvaraj (25). A native of Shivamogga, Yuvaraj had married Shilpa 10 months ago. He was…
Six persons including Gram Panchayat member arrested Guns, snares, scooter, car seized; Tiger claws, skull, bones, whiskers, trapping camera recovered Madikeri: The Forest Department Officials have solved a tiger poaching case and have arrested six persons including a Gram Panchayat (GP) member besides seizing guns, vehicles and recovering parts of the tiger from them. Those…
Madikeri: Gonikoppa Police have arrested three persons on charges of committing house burglary at the house of one K.S. Machaiah at Athur village in Gonikoppa Police limits and have recovered gold ornaments including three gold coins and one gold chain weighing 16 grams, 30 grams silver articles including six silver coins and Rs. 1,600 cash,…
Madikeri: In a new trend to the release of movies, the title card of Kodava movie ‘Bheerya’ was released after the shooting, casting and editing works have been completed. The movie is ready to be released on the silver screen. Makers of this particular movie had initially decided to keep the shooting and other works…
Madikeri: A tiger has been spotted wandering inside a coffee estate in Maldare Gram Panchayat limits in broad daylight. The tiger was sighted inside Margolli Coffee Estate which has created a sense of fear among the villagers. Following the sighting of the huge tiger recently, workers have stopped coming to work and picking of coffee…
Madikeri: Siddapur Police have arrested a rowdy sheeter identified as 32-year-old Anand of Koratagere in Tumkur, who had made a blackmail call to Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah and demanded Rs. 1 crore ransom. The accused was arrested at Bengaluru Railway Station. The accused who called Bopaiah (who is also a former Assembly Speaker) over his…
Madikeri: A car ploughed into a house after the man behind the wheels of the car lost control while proceeding downhill resulting in the wall of the house completely collapsing and the car getting heavily damaged. The incident took place at Thyagaraja Colony here recently. As there were no one in the house, no injuries…
Madikeri: Real estate in expanding cities and towns is of enormous value. More valuable is it when it yields buried treasures. In the quest of one such treasure, a family in Kodagu dug up their own house and getting wind of it, the Police have arrested two persons now. Twenty-three-year-old M.R. Ganesh and 43-year-old B.K….
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