Madikeri: The annual Holy Cauvery Theerthodbhava took place at Talacauvery, the birth place of River Cauvery in Madikeri taluk of Kodagu district at 1.11pm today in the auspicious Makara Lagna of Tula Sankramana. Mist had covered the entire place and though it was cloudy, it did not rain. The holy event took place exactly at…
Madikeri: The Virajpet Second Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced two labourers from West Bengal to 20 years rigorous imprisonment and has imposed a fine of Rs. 1.90 lakh after the Court found them guilty of kidnap, rape and murder of a minor girl student. Those convicted are 21-year-old Ranjith Ekka and 30-year-old Sandeep…
Accused throws money out of office window to forest area Madikeri: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths in Kodagu caught the Executive Engineer (EE) of Panchayat Raj Engineering Division of Kodagu Zilla Panchayat and four others red-handed while they were allegedly accepting bribe from a contractor for sanctioning a work order to carry out rain damage…
Madikeri: A man, who was proceeding in his car towards Siddapura from Polibetta in Kodagu, rammed the vehicle into a tree after seeing a wild elephant on the road near Hundi village in Virajpet taluk yesterday. It is learnt that the man, working as a Manager of a private Bank, was driving his car, when…
Madikeri: Power Forward from Kodagu Navaneetha Pattemane Udayakumar will be a part of the Indian team in the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup Basketball Tournament, scheduled to commence in Amman, Jordan, on Sept. 27. The Indian team is placed in ‘Group A’ alongside Japan, Korea and New Zealand and the Indian squad will be led by…
By Prasad Sampigekatte Madikeri: Pollution and disappearing green cover have driven away nearly 40 percent of the visiting bee populations and the last decade has seen little activity from the regular bee keepers due to sustainability factors and due to gross neglect by the Government and officers who had taken up the responsibility of producing…
Madikeri: Kodagu has the honour of having enriched our armed forces since ages. Now, eight soldiers from the district have been selected for the United Nation Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon. Soldiers who are currently serving in various regiments in the Army will join the camp soon. Pemmanda S. Ravindra from Ponnampet, Karotira Lokesh from Pollibetta,…
KPCC Legal Cell President A.S. Ponnanna demands permanent project Madikeri: Repeated incidents of man-animal conflicts are on the rise again in Kodagu and people are being killed as they are coming in the way of wild animals, especially elephants. Rapid decline in forest cover has reduced the inhabitable area and resources for elephants and as…
Madikeri: Kushalnagar Police have arrested a thief, who has stolen two double barrel gun and two bikes and have recovered both the stolen items from him. The accused has been identified as K.C. Ashok, a resident of Kakkabe village. He had stolen two bikes at Kannangala village in Virajpet taluk and the two double barrel…
Madikeri: The once-in-12-years blooming Neelakurinji or Strobilanthes kunthiana has become a sensation in Kodagu and tourists from all over are making a beeline to Mandalapatti, Kotebetta and also Kumara Parvatha to witness the rare spectacle of hills bathed in flowers of purplish-blue hue. The tourists are arriving in hordes at a time when COVID-19 cases…
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