By P.T. Bopanna As suspected from the beginning, it has now come to light that Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka had allegedly tampered with evidence to shield the role of minister K.J. George (in...
By P.T. Bopanna The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka which backed the Kerala timber lobby to loot timber in the fragile Western Ghats, on Monday began artificial cloud seeding operation to induce rain. It...
Vehicular traffic between Karnataka and Kerala through Kodagu was paralyzed after a portion of the highway caved in near Virajpet on Thursday in view of the heavy downpour battering Kodagu for the last few...
By P.T. Bopanna Will Machimada Ravindra succeed in replacing K.G. Bopaiah, sitting Virajpet MLA, as the BJP’s candidate in the next Karnataka Assembly elections? The supporters of Ravindra, former Kodagu BJP unit president, have...
By P.T. Bopanna Will the renewed demand for Gorkhaland in West Bengal have its echo in Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka? Though the demand for a separate Coorg State is unlikely to pick up...
By P.T. Bopanna The Congress-led Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka which had rejected the Kasturirangan report apparently to mobilise funds from the timber lobby for Assembly polls, has been cornered by the Modi government at...
By P.T. Bopanna Probably for the first time, gentlemen planters and their lovely ladies, participated in a protest march in Kodagu (Coorg). Normally, the hurly-burly of protest politics is not their cup of tea,...
By P.T. Bopanna Apparently bowing to pressure from the Kerala timber lobby, the Congress government in Karnataka headed by chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday decided to reject the Kasturirangan report on preserving the Western...
By P.T. Bopanna The ongoing agitation by tribals at Diddalli in Kodagu (Coorg) took a new turn on Friday with Gujarat-based social activist Jignesh Mevani (in picture) joining the agitation. Mevani, who has led...
By P.T. Bopanna It looks like Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has played a joke on the people of Kodagu (Coorg) by announcing in his budget to develop an airstrip at Madikeri. In the first...
