Category: Coorg News

From Napoklu to Spain, it has been a long journey for Palanganda Poonacha, aged 51 years, presently working for United India Insurance company in Bangalore. Poonacha recently secured the second place in the ‘consolation...

It is a matter of pride that, of late, Kodava women have been elected to important public offices in Kodagu. The latest Kodava woman to hit the headline is Kechamada Sarita Poonacha who has...

Mukkatiras of the world unite, is the latest buzzword in Kodagu. Nineteen Mukkatira clans living across Kodagu have decided to form an association to promote the interests of the members of its clan. Apparently,...

New York-based Puttichanda Sarita Mandanna’s novel ‘Tiger Hills’, set in Kodagu in Karnataka, is understood to have received the largest advance Penguin India has ever paid for a debut novel so far. Sarita, daughter...

The 13th edition of the Kodava Hockey Festival began at Ammathi town in Kodagu on Monday. More than 200 Kodava clans will participate in the festival being organized by the Mandepanda family this year....

After a gap of over 400 years, the re-consecration (punarprathisthapana) of the four renovated temples at Bhagmandala in Kodagu district was performed on April 9. Rituals to mark the re-consecration of the four renovated...

Is the ‘family hockey’ concept losing ground in Kodagu? It seems so, if one goes by the fact that only around 150 teams have registered this year for the 2009 ‘Mandepanda Cup’ to be...

Taking a pro-active role, the Supreme Court of India has admitted a public interest litigation filed by Air Marshal (Retd) K.C. Cariappa, to restrain the Kodagu district administration and elected representatives from forming a...

It is a matter of pride that a Kodava girl Preeth Ganapathy has secured the first rank in computer science and engineering examination conducted by the Vishveshvaraya Technological University (VTU) in Karnataka. This is...

It is not even summer, but alternate day water supply has become the order of the day in Madikeri, the headquarters of the Kodagu district. This sorry state of affairs has been going for...