Napoklu: A 19-year-old youth who was on his way to visit his ailing mother was killed in a road accident on Friday while the woman breathed her last at a hospital yesterday. While deceased youth is Appaji, his mother, who died at the hospital, is Kamala (50), wife of late Raju and a resident of…
Napoklu: A 71-year-old man has gone missing at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh on Feb. 12. The missing man is Baarike R. Madappa of Marandoda village of Kunjila, Kakkabe Gram Panchayat in Madikeri taluk, Those having any information about the missing elderly person may contact Mob: 90085-84767, 81054-91545 or 97312-95363.
Napoklu: ‘Puthari,’ the harvest festival of Kodagu, will be celebrated on Dec. 7 as per the date decided at the Paadi Iguthappa Temple in Kakkabe. Timings and date were decided based on calendars and astrology by the representatives of 13 families and the office-bearers of the Temple. ‘Nere kattuva’ ritual will be held at Paadi…
Consume liquor, watch TV before looting house Napoklu (Kodagu): A gang of miscreants, who reportedly barged into a house after breaking open the front door, tied up elderly ladies at the house, locked them up in a room, watched TV and consumed liquor before decamping with lakhs of rupees and gold ornaments from the house….
Napoklu (Kodagu): A budding hockey player was killed in a head-on collision between his bike and a jeep on Kakkabe-Nelaji junction last evening. The deceased is Dilan (24), son of Sweeta Pemmaiah and Kakkabe Gram Panchayat former President Pramila Pemmaiah. Yesterday evening, Dilan was proceeding on his bike (KA-12-U-2172) from Nelaji towards Kakkabe, when a…
Napoklu (Kodagu): A 70-year-old man was killed in an elephant attack at Yavakapadi village in Kakkabe-Kunjila Gram Panchayat limits near Napoklu. The deceased is Kudiyara Chinnappa, a resident of Yavakapadi village. He leaves behind his wife, two daughters and one son. It is suspected that the incident may have taken place on June 15 night…
Napoklu: Have you heard of a Temple where figurines of dogs are offered as a vow (harake) to appease Gods? There is a unique Temple at the remote village of Bethu near Napoklu in Kodagu District where visitors are greeted with thousands of dog idols that look like they are howling. The historical Makki Shasthavu…
Workers were pruning branches when aluminium ladder came in contact with live power line Madikeri: Three labourers including a woman died while another woman labourer suffered serious injuries when the aluminium ladder they were using to prune tree branches came in contact with a live power line at a coffee estate in Dodda Pulikotu village…
Madikeri: At a time when Kodagu’s coffee growers are busy picking coffee from their estates hoping for a good harvest, rain has played a spoilsport. Yesterday it rained in Napoklu, the coffee belt, hampering cherry picking and drying activities. Those growers who had put their coffee to dry in yards were shocked to see rain…
Napoklu: The Annual Kodava Hockey Festival has already entered the Limca Book of Records and this year, Kulletira Cup Hockey Tournament featuring Kodava families will commence from April 15 at General K.S. Thimayya Stadium in Napoklu. The finals of the Hockey Festival will be held on May 13. Members of Kulletira family are working day…
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