Mysuru/Madikeri: The harvest festival of Kodavas ‘Huthari’ was celebrated on a grand scale at the premises of Cauvery Educational Institutions in Kuvempunagar here last evening and the function was organised by Mysuru Kodava Samaja. The festival rituals were performed under the guidance of Anjanda Kaverappa, a senior member of Kodava Samaja. Prayers were offered to…
Belagavi: The renovated General K.S. Thimayya Memorial in Madikeri will be dedicated to the nation in three months, said Kannada and Culture Minister Umashree. She was replying to a question raised by MLC Veena Achaiah at the Winter Session of the Assembly in Belagavi yesterday. The Minister said that General Thimayya’s house “Sunny Side” at…
Madikeri: In a new revelation in Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy suicide case, the CBI, which is probing the case as per a Supreme Court directive, has reportedly found anomalies in the post-mortem report of the deceased Police Officer, according to a TV news channel. A team of CBI Officers, who recently visited Madikeri, had recorded the…
Mystery deepens: The mystery of this “suicide” has further deepened as there is no investigation report of the 3 shots fired out of a service pistol of 9 mm calibre which is a very powerful and loud weapon when fired. It is surprising that nobody heard the gun shot and reacted. Madikeri: Officers of the Special…
Madikeri: A Police Head Constable in Kodagu is in soup after a complaint was lodged against him with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The Head Constable had accepted Rs. 20,000 bribe from a planter after threatening to file a false complaint against him. The incident occurred at Virajpet Rural Police Station and the Head Constable…
Kasaragod: The Union Ministry of Surface Transport has given in principle approval to turn the 105-km Kanhangad-Madikeri State Highway into a National Highway (NH). With approval coming to develop the road into 25-mts-wide two-lane road, it will provide direct connectivity to Bengaluru from North Kerala and will pass through Kodagu district. It will link key…
Kushalnagar: Residents and activists of Kushalnagar, the fastest growing town in Madikeri district, are angry at the State Government after the town failed to make it to the list of newly-created Taluks once again. This means that Kushalnagar is stuck in Somwarpet Taluk for the foreseeable future. The demand for a separate Cauvery Taluk with…
Madikeri: Kodagu District Police arrested three persons yesterday in connection with the murder of a youth during Vijayadashami procession in Madikeri recently. Police have identified the suspects as Abdul Roshan Rehman alias Roshan, 32, M.Z. Mohammad Rashid alias Rashid, 34 and Nazir alias Najju, 28. The main accused Roshan allegedly stabbed Chandrashekar, the victim, and…
Madikeri: Depressed over her son’s bad behaviour, a mother shot herself dead at her house in Madikeri yesterday morning. The deceased woman identified as Vani Shenoy (46), shot herself with a revolver. It is learnt that Vani’s son who was studying in 9th standard was not attending classes regularly and was addicted to social networking…
Madikeri: In a tragic incident, a 44-year-old woman allegedly shot herself dead at her residence here this morning. The deceased has been identified as Vani Shenoy, wife of Ganesh Shenoy, an employee at an estate in Baghamandala and a resident of Subramanyanagar in the town. Vani, fatally shot herself on the head with a revolver…
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