Virajpet: A Police constable attached to Virajpet DySP office, died of heart attack while on duty yesterday. Anand Dollin (35), a native of Sangolli village in Gokak taluk of Belgavi district is the deceased cop. Dollin complained of chest pain while on duty at DySP office at about 6.30 am on Friday, following which he…
Ponnampet: While others of his ilk engage in political activities, attend ceremonies and boast about the achievements of the Congress Government, A.S. Ponnanna, the Congress Legislator representing Virajpet in Kodagu district, is fostering a connection with his Constituency by involving himself in paddy cultivation. Just yesterday, he arrived at a field in Nallur village near…
Virajpet: A 22-year-old girl student, reportedly committed suicide by hanging self with a veil at the Police Quarters in Virajpet town yesterday. The deceased is H.K. Madhumita, daughter of D-Group employee at Police Department H.P. Kumar and Tejawathi couple. Deceased Madhumita was studying second year B.Sc course at Maharani’s College in Mysuru and was staying…
Drona covers 100 kms from Antharasanthe in 20 days to return to its familiar territory near Virajpet Madikeri: A wild tusker, which was captured and relocated from Virajpet Taluk in Kodagu District to H.D. Kote jungles, has defied expectations by making an astonishing journey back to its original capture site, covering approximately 100 kilometres in…
Virajpet: Heavy rains, accompanied by gusty wind, thunder and lightning, which lashed Virajpet and surrounding places yesterday morning has brought down a huge branch of a tree on Virajpet-Siddapura Road near Sunkadakatte on hi-tension power lines, snapping the wires and bringing down a couple of electric poles in the process. This resulted in traffic coming…
Three persons rain bullets on him for objecting illegal tree-felling Virajpet: An industrialist, who objected illegal cutting of a tree by three persons, was shot dead by the trio at Padachi Kaadi in Thora village of Vijarpet taluk on Saturday midnight. The industrialist, who was shot dead, has been identified as B.S. Madhu (44), a…
Madikeri: A woman, who had sustained head injuries after she accidentally slipped and fell in her mother’s house, has succumbed to injuries at a private hospital in Mysuru. The incident took place at Kadangada Mururu village in Virajpet taluk and the deceased is Dr. Capt. Balyanda Beena (Sannuvanda-Devanageri), an NCC Officer at Cauvery College in…
Virajpet: When Karnataka is on the cusp of Assembly polls, Social Welfare Department and Backward Classes Minister Kota Srinivasa Poojari has stated that Rs. 5 crore will be released for the development of ‘Ain Mane’ (ancestral houses) in Kodagu and also, Rs.25 lakh will be released for the genealogical study of 18 Kodava language natives….
Madikeri: An ancient Shiva Temple, said to be about 700 years old, has been discovered at Bollumadu village in Virajpet taluk. The temple, found at a spot behind the Post Office on Kadanga Paraane is in a highly dilapidated state and is on the verge of total collapse. The temple, said to be built using…
Madikeri: A Forest Watcher on duty has gone missing under mysterious circumstances from Makuta Forest limits in Virajpet taluk. The missing Forest Watcher is 23-year-old Pavan, a native of Balele and it is suspected that he may have slipped and fell into the river. A search operation is on to trace the body. Details: Pavan…
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