Four doctors of a Private Hospital in Madikeri test COVID-19 positive; total 26 cases 12 areas in Madikeri, Virajpet and Somwarpet Taluks sealed down for 28 days Madikeri: In view of the rising COVID-19 positive cases in Kodagu, all Hotels, Lodges and Home Stays will be closed for 21 days in the district from today….
Man dies after falling from stairs of his under-construction house
June 17, 2020Virajpet: A 42-year-old man, who had gone to inspect his house under construction, died after falling from the steps of the stairs of the house on the outskirts of Virajpet. The deceased is Chandapanda Anil Appanna, son of C.M. Poovaiah, residing in Arji Panchayat limits in Virajpet taluk. Anil, who was constructing a house at…
Lt. Gen. Codanda Somanna passes away
June 14, 2020Madikeri: Lieutenant General (retd) Codanda Somanna passed away at his residence at Panjaraparte in Virajpet last evening. He was 94. He was down by age related ailments. He is survived by his wife Renu Somanna, son and daughter. His son Nived Nanjappa is serving as a doctor in the US. Somanna led the ‘blue star’…
Two arrested for poaching deer
April 28, 2020Virajpet: The Virajpet Forest Division officials have arrested two persons, who had hunted a deer illegally at Karadigodu village in Virajpet taluk and had stored the meat in their house. The arrested are 48-year-old P.K. Harish and 56-year-old Mani of Karadigodu. Acting on a tip off, the Forest officials led by Assistant Conservator of Forests…
Five persons arrested while attempting to sell Sand Boa
February 14, 2020Madikeri: The Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested five persons, who were trying to sell a Sand Boa snake at Thithimathi in Virajpet taluk on Feb. 12 and have rescued the snake from them. The accused are 57-year-old Mulla Mehaboob Vali, 45-year-old Sheik Mulla Chand Pasha, 27-year-old S. Fayaz, 45-year-old Boya Rangaswamy and 29-year-old Sheik…
Invitational South Zone Inter-Collegiate Men’s Hockey Tournament at Virajpet
February 12, 2020Cauvery PU and Degree College, Virajpet, in association with HSR Layout Kodava Samaja, Bengaluru and Karthura Muddappa Family, has organised Karthura Muddappa and Gowri Muddappa Memorial Invitational South Zone Inter-Collegiate 7 Aside Men’s Hockey Tournament at College premises on Feb.15 and 16. The Tournament will be inaugurated at 11 am on Feb.15 with Prof. Ittira…
Elephant tramples man to death
February 8, 2020Virajpet: In a reported incident, a man has been found apparently trampled to death by a wild elephant in Hanchitittu village near Maldare of Virajpet taluk yesterday morning. The deceased has been identified as Pemmaiah (68) of Avaregunda village in Virajpet taluk. Pemmaiah was reportedly missing since Tuesday. Following a search operation conducted by villagers,…
Labourer from Assam kills wife, daughter in Kodagu
January 24, 2020Flees after dumping bodies into school well Virajpet: A labourer, working at a coffee estate at Kolatodu Bygodu village near Virajpet in Kodagu, has allegedly killed his wife and daughter and has fled from the place after dumping the bodies into a well at a school nearby. The accused, claiming to be from Assam had…
I-T sleuths raid Rashmika’s bungalow in Virajpet
January 16, 2020Virajpet: The Income Tax (I-T) officials are conducting a search-and-seizure operation at the residence of multi-lingual actor Rashmika Mandanna in Virajpet, Kodagu. Her palatial house is located at Kukkloor village near Kadanoor on the Virajpet-Madikeri Road. Three teams comprising more than 10 I-T officials from Bengaluru landed up at the house at around 7.30 am…
Former Kodagu ZP Vice-President murder case: Three of the four convicted sentenced to life
November 9, 2019Virajpet: The Second Additional District and Sessions Court here has sentenced three persons to life imprisonment, while another convict was awarded a three year jail term, for the sensational murder of former Kodagu ZP Vice-President and Congress leader Iqbal Hasan in Virajpet town in 2014. U. Anish, 29, A. Moosa, 46 and M. Nazir of…
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