GIRLS FROM COORG MAKE INROADS IN SHOWBIZ
Girls from Coorg have always been known for their beauty. Little wonder, then, that filmmakers across industries are seeking them out to act in their films. Be it Sindhu Loknath, who is awaiting the...
Author: Coorg News
KASTURIRANGAN REPORT: SETBACK FOR POLITICIANS AND TIMBER LOBBY
In a setback for the Kodagu politicians who had started a disinformation campaign against the Kasturirangan committee report on conserving the Western Ghats, a state-level expert committee which visited Kodagu recently to gather opinion...
BUMPER CROP IN KODAGU: FROM ‘LIFE TIME HIGH’ PEPPER PRICE NOSEDIVES
Pepper prices which had reached a ‘life time high’ in the recent past, have started falling drastically amid reports of a bumper harvest this year in Kodagu. The price of pepper which was...
COORG-BORN TRISHUL CHINNAPPA IS NATIONAL GOLF CHAMPION
“It feels great to win my maiden All-India title”, said Trishul Chinnappa after winning the Tata Steel 114th Amateur Golf Championship of India at the KGA course in Bangalore on Sunday. “I’m out...
LEGEND: CRICKETER P.K.BELLIAPPA RULED THE ROOST IN 1960s
Legendary cricketer P.K. Belliappa ruled the roost in the 1960s, much before Robin Uthappa wrote history in the annals of Coorg. Belliappa, wicketkeeper and right-hand batsman, captained the Tamil Nadu team. This stylish cricketer...
ATTACK ON KODAGU IFS OFFICER SIVASANKAR RUFFLES FEATHERS
Even as the Kodagu superintendent of police Vartika Katiar threatened to include the names of top Kodagu BJP leaders in the rowdy list for the attack on IFS officer S. Sivasankar, the Indian Forest...
TOP KODAGU BJP LEADERS IN ROWDY LIST?
As a fall-out of the recent illegal Kodagu bandh to oppose the Kasturirangan committee report, the Kodagu police are contemplating to include the names of four BJP leaders in the ‘rowdy list’. Kodagu...
Record of sorts: Membership of FB group Coorg/Kodagu books crosses 5,000
In a record of sorts, the membership of the Facebook group Coorg/Kodagu books, a virtual encyclopaedia on Coorg, has crossed 5,000. Started in May, 2012, by journalist P.T. Bopanna, the group page has...
Illegal Kodagu bandh by and large peaceful, but inconveniences people
Though the illegal ‘Kodagu bandh’ call given by various organisations on Tuesday was by and large peaceful, it inconvenienced a lot of people as they were stranded across the district. The all-party Kodagu...
The President confers Rajiv Gandhi Award on Kakamada Ganga Changappa
The President of India Pranab Mukherjee has conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award on Kakamada Ganga Changappa for her outstanding contribution towards child welfare. The Award was presented to her recently in Delhi. ...
