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24-year-old dies of heart attack
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24-year-old dies of heart attack

June 28, 2024

Napoklu: A woman, who was getting ready for work, suffered a heart attack and died at her home in Nelaji village near Napoklu yesterday. The deceased is Nilika Ponnappa (24), daughter of coffee planter Manavattira Ponnappa (Ponnu) and Sita couple, who was working as a data entry operator on outsource basis at Kodagu Institute of…

Kodagu man goes missing in Tirupati
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Kodagu man goes missing in Tirupati

February 17, 2023

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.

‘Puthari’ on Dec. 7
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‘Puthari’ on Dec. 7

November 24, 2022

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…

Miscreants threaten elderly ladies; tie them, loot cash and gold
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Miscreants threaten elderly ladies; tie them, loot cash and gold

February 2, 2022

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….

Budding hockey player killed in jeep-bike collision
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Budding hockey player killed in jeep-bike collision

February 2, 2021

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…

Elderly man killed in elephant attack near Napoklu
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Elderly man killed in elephant attack near Napoklu

June 17, 2020

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…

Where devotees offer clay dog idols to deity
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Where devotees offer clay dog idols to deity

December 16, 2019

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…

Three labourers electrocuted at coffee estate near Napoklu
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Three labourers electrocuted at coffee estate near Napoklu

May 20, 2019

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…

Rain, Rain go away… say Napoklu coffee growers
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Rain, Rain go away… say Napoklu coffee growers

February 7, 2019

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…

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