Cauvery 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…
‘Bhoomi Puja’ for Stadium at Balugodu in Kodagu
November 9, 2019Virajpet: ‘Bhoomi Puja’ was performed at Balugodu Hockey Grounds in Virajpet yesterday under the aegis of Federation of Kodava Samajas for the construction of the most-desired stadium at an estimated cost of Rs. 5 crore. Launching the work, Federation President K. Vishnu Cariappa said that the previous Government had sanctioned Rs. 5 crore for the…
Actress Harshika Poonacha’s father passes away
September 17, 2019Virajpet: Uddapanda B. Poonacha (74), a resident of Kummethodu near Virajpet and father of actress Harshika Poonacha, passed away yesterday morning. He leaves behind his wife Shambhavi, daughter Harshika and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at his native village Kummethodu yesterday evening.
Search operation for bodies stopped at Thora in Virajpet
September 3, 2019Madikeri, Sept.3 (PS&DM)- With NDRF and other rescue teams making little headway in the search operation to find the bodies of four remaining persons at Thora village in Virajpet taluk, who are presumably dead, the search operation has been stopped, reportedly with the consent of the families of the missing persons. A total of 10…
Clouds open up in Kodagu
August 5, 2019Road link to Kerala severed as Highway caves-in; DC bans traffic for three days; Vehicles moving towards Kerala diverted via Gonikoppal, Manandavadi Virajpet/ Madikeri: The dark clouds have finally opened up in Kodagu after a long break and it has been raining heavily since the last three days. Rains, accompanied by landslides, have caused extensive…
Elected to Virajpet Kodava Samaja
July 26, 2019Virajpet: Vanchira Vittal Nanaiah and Kullachanda Poonacha have been elected as President and Secretary respectively of Virajpet Kodava Samaja for 2019-2022 at the election held at the Samaja premises here. The two have been elected for the second time. Other elected were Kuimanda Kiran as Vice-President, Allapanda Chinnappa as Death Fund Secretary, Kannambira Chinnappa as…
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