By Raghu Hebbale Kaveri Nisargadhama, a beautiful 64-acre island near Kushalnagar on the Mysuru-Madikeri Highway, has been renovated and beautified by the Forest Department. The nature park, surrounded by River Cauvery, is an ideal weekend getaway for those who yearn to be amidst nature, far from the madding crowd. This Weekend Star Supplement presents an…
Jumbo tramples woman to death in Suntikoppa
April 10, 2017Suntikoppa – A homemaker was killed by a wild elephant at 7th Hoskote village near Suntikoppa yesterday. The deceased has been identified as 45-year-old Saroja, wife of late Mani. The incident happened at 6.15 am when she went to the backyard of her house to dump kitchen waste and fetch some drinking water from a…
Court allows Dy.SP Ganapathy’s family to file objections to CID report
April 4, 2017Principal Civil Court (Junior Division) in Madikeri has granted permission to four family members of Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy to file objections to the ‘B’ report submitted by the CID, which probed the suicide of the Police officer. Ganapathy’s father Kushalappa, mother Ponnamma, brother Machaiah and sister Sabitha had filed an application in the court on…
Army Recruitment Rally in Madikeri during May
March 16, 2017An army recruitment rally will be held from May 27 to June 4 at Madikeri Sports Stadium by Headquarters Recruiting Zone, Bengaluru. Interested youth may fill the applications online from Mar. 30 to May 14 by logging on to: www.joinindianarmy.nic.in The recruitment will be for the posts of Soldier (writer), Warehouse-Keeper (Technical), Soldier (General Duty),…
Kodagu coffee growers delegation meets H.D. Deve Gowda
March 11, 2017Members of Kodagu District Coffee Growers Federation led by Kodagu District JD(S) President Meriyanda Sanketh Poovaiah met former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda at the latter’s residence in Bengaluru and apprised him of the problems being faced by coffee growers over a long period. Giving a patient hearing to the grievances of the coffee growers,…
Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy suicide case – Plaint by parents: Order reserved for April 3
March 8, 2017The Principal Civil Judge (Junior Division) and JMFC Court here will deliver its order on the petition filed by late Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy’s parents, brother and sister seeking the Court to consider them too as complainants in the case pertaining to the death of Mangaluru Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy, who was found death at a lodge…
Koleyanda Nanjamma
February 23, 2017Koleyanda Nanjamma (92), wife of late Koleyanda Appaji and a resident of Madikeri, passed away yesterday evening at her residence in Kodagu. She leaves behind four sons, three daughters, sons-in-law including Mandetira N. Subramani, President of VeKare Ex-Servicemen Trust, Mysuru and daughters-in-law. Last rites were performed at Vaishnavi Estate in Madikeri today afternoon.
Woman missing from Bannur found at Madikeri
February 23, 2017Bannur Police, assisted by Madikeri Police, have taken a woman, who was reported missing from Bannur in Mysuru District, into their custody along with her lover from a lodge in Madikeri. It is said that the woman, a native of Pandavapura in Mandya district and mother of three children, had left her three children at…
Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy suicide case: Court to hear the case on Mar.6
February 22, 2017City’s Principal JMFC Court Judge Ramesh Babu yesterday posted the hearing of a petition filed by the family members of Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy, who committed suicide at a lodge in Madikeri on July 7, 2016 to consider them as co-complainants, to March 6. Ganapathy’s father M.K. Kushalappa, mother Poovamma, brother M.K. Machaiah and sister Sabitha…
Kannur International Airport to be operational from September
February 13, 2017Airport just 32.4km from Virajpet Likely to boost tourism in State The Kannur International Airport coming up near Mattanur in the bordering State of Kerala and likely to be ready by May end is just 90km from Madikeri and is expected to become a boon for people of Kodagu. The flights are expected to commence…
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