By P.T. Bopanna Charulata Somal (in picture), IAS, the first IAS officer to have gone on an expedition to Antarctica, on Saturday took over as the new deputy commissioner of Kodagu (Coorg) district. Interestingly, two previous DCs...
By P.T. Bopanna Even as Kodagu district is facing a plethora of problems following three years of back-to-back landslides, the district is without a full-time deputy commissioner. After the previous DC Annies Joy went...
By P.T. Bopanna Kodagu deputy commissioner Annies Joy (in picture) who served the district in one of the critical moments is taking a leave of absence to join her husband who has been recently...
By P.T. Bopanna I had the rare privilege of crossing the paths of two outstanding individuals, that too a father and son, in my journalistic career. When I was covering the crime beat in...
By P.T. Bopanna* Contrary to the narrative being sought to be created by Kodava activists and the Sangh Parivar, there is no evidence of any massacre of Kodavas (Coorgs) in 1785 by the ruler...
By P.T. Bopanna* I have begun work on my new book ‘Coorg Role Models’. In the book, I plan to profile the winners of the ‘Coorg Person of the Year’ title. So far, 17...
Dr Sanjana Kattera, Coorg Person of the Year, 2020 Dr Sanjana Kattera (in picture), a corona warrior who was part of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial team, is ‘Coorg Person of the Year, 2020’....
By P.T. Bopanna While the Kodagu (Coorg) district administration headed by deputy commissioner Annies Joy (in picture) has succeeded in bringing the Covid-19 pandemic under control, it has failed badly in cracking down on...
By P.T. Bopanna Kodagu DC Annies Joy (in picture) should look into reports of irregularities in the sale of Jamma lands in Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka. According to reports, revenue officials (tashildars and...
By P.T. Bopanna Amid chaotic scenes at Talacauvery in Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka during the recent annual pilgrimage, Congress leader and MLC, Veena Achaiah (in picture wearing traditional Kodava sari), has criticised the...
