Kodagu received the much-awaited ‘blossom shower’ on Sunday, cheering the coffee planters of a bountiful coffee crop in the next season. Most parts of Kodagu, including Madikeri, Suntikopppa, Virajpet, Napoklu, Bhagamandala, Gonikoppal,...
Are planters in Kodagu being cheated by traders in the guise of ‘out-turn tests’ to deny remunerative price for coffee? The situation has turned so serious that the planters have submitted a...
Konganda Charamanna Cariappa, a 20-year-old leg-spinner from Coorg who was playing “tennis ball” cricket two seasons ago, was purchased by defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for a staggering Rs.2.4 crore at this year’s...
ARE KODAVAS A SEPERATE RACE OR A TRIBE? By Maj Gen C K Karumbaya,SM (Retd). I am grateful to Justice (Retd) P P Bopanna for his comments on my article – ‘ Kodavas...
SNOWBALLING PROTEST AGAINST HIGH TENSION POWER LINE ACROSS KODAGU Karnataka health minister U.T. Khader turned up on Wednesday at a rally of farmers in Bangalore protesting against the high tension power line across Kodagu...
SIDDU-MODI BHAI BHAI! KARNATAKA CHIEF MINISTER SIDDARAMAIAH HAD CALLED PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI A ‘MASS MURDERER’ IN THE RUN-UP TO THE LAST LOK SABHA ELECTION. THE GOVERNMENTS HEADED BY THE SWORN POLITICAL ENEMIES NOW...
The decision of the Coffee Board to charge a fee for using its logos is nothing but a harebrained idea. Instead the Board should concentrate on other pressing problems being faced by the coffee...
Did the Kasturirangan report on protection of Western Ghats prove to be the last straw that broke the camel’s back leading to the sacking of the then Union Minister Jayanthi Natarajan in 2013? ...
The war of words between the Congress and BJP leaders took a new turn with home minister K.J. George rejecting the demand made by Madikeri MLA Appachu Ranjan for withdrawing police cases against the...
The brazen youths who uploaded photographs on Facebook showing their prized catch of a hare killed in the Pushpagiri forest in Coorg are now on the run after the forest authorities identified the ‘poachers’,...
