Virajpet: A duel between a couple ended with the man shooting his wife to death and later surrendering at Police Station along with the gun. The incident took place at Betoli village near Virajpet and the deceased is Shilpa (Seethamma), former Taluk Panchayat member. She was 36. The accused is 43-year-old Nayakanda Bopanna, a coffee…
Tusker falls into open septic tank in Kodagu; rescued
July 18, 2024Kushalnagar: A tusker in search of food wandered into the human habitat of Kolthod-Bygod village near Virajpet and fell into an incomplete open septic tank in the wee hours of today. After several hours of rescue efforts, the pachyderm was successfully freed and driven back into the nearby forest. The incident took place on the…
Coffee planter fires in the air; saves man from tusker attack
May 30, 2024Pollibetta: A farmer heroically saved a man from a wild elephant attack by firing gunshots in the air at Pollibetta in Virajpet Taluk last night. The incident occurred when Chandra, a motorist, was on his way home near the Lourdes Hill Convent School on Siddapura Road and was attacked by the elephant, resulting in serious…
First woman newspaper editor of Kodagu dies at 93
May 22, 2024Virajpet: Jayalakshmi Govindarao (93), Founder of ‘Rashtramata’ weekly newspaper and the first woman newspaper editor of Kodagu district, passed away at her residence on Jain Street on Tuesday morning. She leaves behind three sons, one daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Jayalakshmi, who started ‘Rashtramatha’ weekly in 1974, was the editor of the…
Four die after voting
April 27, 2024Virajpet: A voter in his mid-fifties died moments after exercising his franchise at B. Shettigeri village in Ponnampet taluk of Kodagu district on Friday. Manohar (55), a resident of B. Shettigeri, is the deceased. Manohar, who came out of Booth No.179 at B. Shettigeri after exercising his franchise at 11.45 am, collapsed after complaining of…
Constable on duty dies of heart attack
April 13, 2024Virajpet: 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…
MLA Ponnanna operates rice transplanter; earns accolades
August 13, 2023Ponnampet: 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…
College student ends life
August 2, 2023Virajpet: 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…
Relocated tusker travels from H.D. Kote to Kodagu
July 16, 2023Drona 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…
Heavy rains, gusty wind wreak havoc in Virajpet, surrounding places
May 31, 2023Virajpet: 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…
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