Kodagu GBA chief Maheshwar Rao has urged citizens and political party representatives to use the helpline 1950 to report errors in the Special Investigation Report (SIR), the draft voter list for gram…
The Karnataka Forest Department has banned unauthorised commercial mass trekking and tourism activities in Nelji, Peruru and surrounding areas in Kodagu district. The department issued a warning after noticing such activities being…
Heavy rain has pounded Kodagu district since Monday night, filling the Triveni Sangama at Bhagamandala to the brim. Rising river water has entered the adjacent park and paddy fields. Madikeri, Virajpet and…
Karnataka Chief Minister's Political Secretary and Virajpet MLA A.S. Ponnanna has said the Kasturirangan draft notification cannot be accepted in its present form if it restricts agricultural activities and harms livelihoods in…
A 34-year-old labourer from West Bengal, Gopal Bowri, was killed by an elephant inside a plantation near Maldare in Virajpet taluk on Monday. The Deccan Herald reports that the incident occurred while…
The Codava National Council and the Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Akademi are pressing for Kodava to be added to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, which recognises 22 official languages. The language, spoken…
A male elephant that had been camping in the Bommanjikere area of Kolakeri village near Napoklu for two days died on Monday. The elephant was reportedly unwell, and a previous attempt to…
Karnataka has issued a No Objection Certificate for the Bairakuppa Bridge over the Kabani river, connecting Perikkalloor in Kerala’s Wayanad with Bairakuppa in Kodagu. Kerala Public Works Minister P.K. Basheer said the…
Kodagu's monsoon rainfall this year is running 37% below the same period last year, Deputy Commissioner S.J. Somashekar told a review meeting in Madikeri on 5 August, with the district recording 599…
