Madikeri: Codava National Council (CNC), which is aspiring for Codavaland Geo-Political Autonomy and ST tag for Kodava tribalism, celebrated its 26th Annual Codava (Kodava) New Year Day Edmyar-1 as per Kodava tribal almanac by ritualistic ploughing of paddy fields. CNC President N. U. Nachappa offered prayers to Guru-Karonas at Koopadira clan and reverential prayers to…
Rain, hailstorms bring respite from sweltering heat
April 6, 2020Mysuru/Madikeri: Rain brought some relief from sweltering heat and several parts of State including Mysuru and Kodagu received light to moderate rainfall coupled with thunderstorms and hailstorms last midnight. It began raining at around 12.20 am and the intermittent showers lasted for over an hour. Police, Home Guards and other enforcement forces that were on…
Pepper harvest, coffee processing badly hit in Kodagu
April 6, 2020Madikeri: Following the Novel Coronavirus and imposition of lockdown in the country and departure of the migrant labour force to their hometowns, the harvest of pepper and post-harvest process of coffee have taken a hit in Kodagu. In the coffee land of Kodagu, most of the workers at these estates are primarily from north Karnataka…
Man from Kodagu tests positive
March 19, 2020Kodagu DC asks hotels, home stays, resorts, dormitories to shut till Mar. 31 Madikeri, Bengaluru: One person tested positive for COVID-19 in Kodagu this morning, taking the tally of confirmed cases in the State to 15. Health Minister B. Sriramulu, in a post on Twitter said, the State’s 15th patient is from Kodagu district and…
Crops grown in 86,000 hectares washed away in Kodagu floods
March 18, 2020Madikeri: The Kodagu district which was devastated by last year’s floods, lost crops grown in over 86,000 hectares due to the floods. Replying to a question by Madikeri MLA Appachhu Ranjan in the Legislative assembly recently, Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil said that agriculture crops grown in 2,460 hectares, horticulture crops grown in 10,331 hectares and…
Kodagu man issued notice for violating home quarantine orders
March 18, 2020Madikeri: The Kodagu District Administration has served a notice to a person in Siddapura village for allegedly violating the home quarantine orders. A statement issued by Annies Kanmani Joy, Deputy Commissioner of Kodagu district, stated that the Administration had identified a total of 131 residents of the district, who had returned from foreign visits and…
Number of Coronavirus suspect cases touch six in Kodagu
March 16, 2020Madikeri: Even as the District administration and the Health Department are taking all measures to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19, the number of suspected cases in the district touched six on Sunday. A person, who complained of fever and throat pain after his return from abroad, was shifted to the isolation ward at…
Kodagu-based man, who returned from Dubai being treated for suspected Coronavirus
March 13, 2020Madikeri: A man from Kodagu, who had returned from a trip to Dubai, is being treated for suspected coronavirus at Madikeri General Hospital. The 30-year-old man, who was suffering from throat infection, cold, cough and fever, got himself admitted at the hospital and is being treated for the suspected virus. Blood and throat swab samples…
In Neglect the Warriors Rest
March 10, 2020Sad saga of forsaken tombs of British Officers, Soldiers in Madikeri By Prasad Sampigekatte Madikeri: Centuries ago, the battlefields of Coorg (Kodagu) thundered with their war cry as they took on marauding armies of the invaders. The British had their own army in Kodagu with thousands of soldiers and officers assisting the Empire to rule…
Complete Madikeri Fort renovation by April 18: High Court tells Archaeology Department
March 9, 2020Bengaluru/Madikeri: The Karnataka High Court has directed the Archaeology Department (Archaeological Survey of India) to complete Madikeri Fort Palace renovation works by April 18. A two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Ashok passed the order while hearing a PIL filed by J.S. Virupakshaiah, a retired IAS officer from Kodagu. Archaeology Department…
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