ERA OF ‘TEEN DEVIYAN’ ENDS ABRUPTLY IN COORG
By P.T. Bopanna The era of ‘Teen Deviyan’ has come to an abrupt end in Kodagu (Coorg). Of course, this has nothing to do with Dev Anand’s 1965 film where he romances three heroines....
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THREAT TO FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: FACEBOOK BLOCKS NEWS PORTAL
By P.T. Bopanna* The new digital media rules framed by the Modi government have come in handy for vested interests to prevent me from sharing news from my portal on Facebook. It is more...
GENERAL CARIAPPA, AND THE ANDAMAN CONNECTION
By P. T. Bopanna* Sometime during the late 1970s, General Cariappa (he was conferred the rank of Field Marshal in 1986) visited our home in Athur village, near Gonikoppal, Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka. Prior to...
THE RISE OF A.S. PONNANNA IN COORG POLITICS IS BAD NEWS FOR BJP
By P.T. Bopanna Finally, Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka has a credible leader from the Kodava community who has emerged as the ‘tallest’ leader of the Congress in the hill district. Former additional...
A WORLD ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL IN COORG AT THE COST OF ENVIRONMENT?
By P.T. Bopanna Residents of Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka have not taken kindly to a proposal by the Dabur group to convert a coffee estate into a school campus in an ecologically sensitive...
VACCINE SHORTAGE: COORG DIST ADMIN HAS FALTERED IN TACKLING THE COVID SECOND WAVE
By P.T. Bopanna The Kodagu (Coorg) district administration has faltered in tackling the Covid second wave sweeping the hill district in Karnataka, one of south India’s popular tourist destinations. Though Kodagu is under lockdown...
SHOCKING: ELDERLY COVID PATIENT DUMPED MIDWAY BY AMBULANCE DRIVER IN COORG
By P.T. Bopanna Incidents involving Covid patients in Karnataka’s Kodagu (Coorg) district have become scandalous and shows the district administration in poor light. Even as death toll mounts in the hill district mainly due...
GOVT APATHY: COVID DEATHS MOUNT IN COORG DUE TO STAFF CRUNCH
By P.T. Bopanna Is the Karnataka government to be blamed for the massive increase in the deaths of Covid patients in Kodagu (Coorg) district? The hill district of Kodagu, South India’s popular tourist destination,...
PREVIOUS COORG DC ANNIES JOY WAS A TRAILBLAZER IN COVID CONTROL
By P.T. Bopanna People of Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka should be grateful to the previous DC Annies Joy (in picture) for putting in place the infrastructure for treating Covid-19 patients. Having been one of...
COORG DIST ADMIN CAUGHT NAPPING AS SECOND COVID WAVE EXPLODES
By P.T. Bopanna The Kodagu (Coorg) district administration in Karnataka has been caught napping as the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has exploded with a single day spike of 548 cases on Saturday....
