Author: Coorg News

Justice A.S. Bopanna, first judge from Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka to be elevated to the Supreme Court of India, is the ‘Coorg Person of the Year, 2019’. Ajjikuttira Somaiah Bopanna (in picture), aged 60,...

By P.T. Bopanna The plans of the Modi government to set up a mini airport near Kushalanagar in Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka is a half-baked idea as the land identified for the airstrip...

By Koopadira Deepthi Aiyanna There are many signs of being a Kodava. One of them is feeling immense joy at the drop of the word “Puthari”. Just try it. Close your eyes, bring a...

Is Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa (in picture) guided by Kodagu legislators in opposing the draft notification on the eco-sensitive area (ESA) of Western Ghats as recommended by the Kasturirangan committee? Virajpet MLA K.G....

By P.T. Bopanna In a move that will compromise the safety of Raja Seat, one of the most scenic spots in south India, the Kodagu deputy commissioner Annies K. Joy (in picture) has gone...

By P.T. Bopanna Coorg, South India’s most popular tourist destination, is bouncing back to normalcy after two consecutive years of floods and landslides. But the worrying fact is that the tourist infrastructure which was...

By P.T. Bopanna The recent ‘selfie’ of Kodagu’s (Coorg) top women officers in Karnataka was a great social media story, but the fact remains that Kodagu’s official machinery is a disgrace as most of...

By P.T. Bopanna By continuing the exemption given to Kodavas (Coorgs) in Karnataka to own guns without licence, the BJP government at the Centre has recognised the centrality of arms worship in the religious...

By P.T. Bopanna While welcoming BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s letter to Karnataka government to consider grant of  an autonomous development council for Kodagu (Coorg) district, any such council should not be confined exclusively to...