By P.T. Bopanna The notorious timber mafia in Karnataka’s Kodagu (Coorg) district has not taken kindly to deputy commissioner Annies K. Joy’s (in picture) order banning felling of trees and transportation of timber and...
By P.T. Bopanna I first came to Mumbai 40 years ago as a jobless youth. It was at the instance of my cousin Satish Ganapathy I left my native Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka and...
Has the Coffee Board overstepped its limits by filing a police complaint against Thamoo Poovaiah (in picture), who markets the expensive civet coffee under the brand name Ainmane? Thamoo Poovaiah, managing partner of Coorg...
By P.T. Bopanna While welcoming the order of Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (in picture) to stop felling of over 800 trees in a landslide-prone area near Madikeri, the government should probe the ‘criminal...
By P.T. Bopanna There is something seriously wrong with the Kodagu (Coorg) district administration which is axing trees to make way for an amusement park at Raja’s Seat in Madikeri city in Karnataka. Raja’s...
By P.T. Bopanna Dr. Sowmya Dechamma , Associate Professor at the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad has been awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship for the year 2019-2020. She will be hosted by the...
By P.T. Bopanna In a diabolical exercise, the lame duck JD (S)-Congress government headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy in Karnataka has approved a Rs 91-crore plan for cloud seeding which could have a devastating effect...
By P.T. Bopanna The Modi government which initially tried to block the appointment of Justice A.S. Bopanna (in picture), has finally cleared his name for appointment as judge of the Supreme Court after the...
By P.T. Bopanna Unlike many, who managed to pocket huge compensation from the government, Pandikuthira Chitra Subbaiah (81), a widow who lost her house (in picture) and 10 acres of land in last year’s...
By P.T. Bopanna In a major scam, thousands of affluent planters in Kodagu (Coorg) district have pocketed huge compensation from Karnataka government allegedly by making false declaration of crop losses in last year’s floods,...
