Madikeri: Kodagu Deputy Commissioner (DC) Annies Kanmani Joy, who chaired the White Water River Rafting review meeting at her office on Nov.1, has decided to issue licences to 60 raft operators in the district next season. The meeting also decided to continue those who were issued licences this year based on the recommendations of a…
Madikeri: About 10 passengers, travelling in a KSRTC bus, had a miraculous escape, when the bus veered into a 50 ft. gorge at a coffee estate after hitting a Chevrolet Tavera vehicle following brake failure. The incident took place at Sandalkad in the outskirts of Madikeri. If the driver of the bus had not used…
CBI has submitted a B report, claims Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah Madikeri: The Judicial Magistrate First Class Court (JMFC) in Madikeri has transferred the suicide case of Dy.SP Madappanda K. Ganapathy to Special Court for People’s Representatives (Public Representatives’ Court) in Bengaluru. The move comes after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted its investigation…
Madikeri: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has submitted its investigation report into the suicide of Dy.SP Madappanda K. Ganapathy who was found hanging at a lodge in Madikeri in 2016. The CBI probe was ordered by the Supreme Court. The sealed report, running into 262 pages, was submitted before Judicial Magistrate First Class Court…
Madikeri: An accused in a honey trap case opened fire at the Police when they came to arrest him at Yemmemadu village near Napoklu in Kodagu. Fortunately, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) and four Constables escaped unhurt. This was disclosed by Kodagu Superintendent of Police Dr. Suman D. Pennekar at a press conference held at her…
Madikeri: Housing Minister V. Somanna, who is also the Kodagu District in-charge Minister, has said that the houses built for the flood victims at Madenadu, Karnangeri and Jamboor villages will be handed over by the end of December. Addressing a press meet at the DC office here on Monday, Somanna said that 635 houses including…
Madikeri: Former sportsperson and one of the best-known hockey umpires Machimanda Kumar Appachu passed away yesterday. He was 70. Kumar, a resident of Ammathi, was the President of Kodagu Cricket and Hockey Association. He breathed his last at a private hospital in Mysuru. He leaves behind his wife Seetha, son Koushik, a host of relatives…
Works remain incomplete even after eight years Madikeri: The ‘Kodava Heritage Centre,’ Madikeri, envisaged by the Government in 2009-10 for introducing the unique Ainmane tradition of Kodavas with a Museum, is now in a limbo. When the project was envisaged in 2009-10, the cost of the project was estimated at Rs. 1.45 crore, but now…
Landslide at Talacauvery caused due to multiple contour trenches and cutting of slopes Madikeri: The Geological Survey of India (GSI), a Government of India body, has concluded that slope modification without proper precautions is the main reason for recent landslides in parts of Kodagu. The scientists, who have conducted extensive field study and research, have…
Madikeri: The proposal to impose a night traffic ban on Thithimathi-Hunsur highway is a ploy by pseudo-environmentalists and some Forest Officers, alleged Virajpet MLA and former Assembly Speaker K.G. Bopaiah. He said that the move will not be considered at any cost. The Kallahalla Range of Nagarahole National Park has been handed over by the…
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