MANEPANDA GANAPATHY, IPS, APPOINTED DGP UTTARAKHAND
M. A. Ganapathy, IPS, will take over as the new DGP of Uttarakhand from May 1. Manepanda Appaiah Ganapathy, an officer of the 1986 batch, was earlier on the personal staff of Union Home...
Author: Coorg News
COORG’S FIRST NEWS & TOURISM PORTAL GETS A BRAND NEW LOOK
Coorg’s first news and tourism portal has a brand new look. www.CoorgTourismInfo.Com has been redesigned to make it user-friendly and tourist-centric in keeping with the fact that Coorg has emerged as the top tourist...
YOGA GURU YAMINI MUTHANNA TO CONDUCT YOGA CLASSES ON TATASKY
By P.T. Bopanna One of India’s leading exponents and teacher of Bharathanatyam and Hatha yoga, Yamini Muthanna, has been roped in by Tatasky TV channel to conduct daily yoga lessons. Yamini said she has...
THE UNIQUE CULTURE OF THE KODAVAS
By Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa (in picture) Kodagu and Kodavas Kodagu (Coorg, as the British called it), the smallest district in Karnataka, is perched on the Western Ghats at a height...
GREEN SIGNAL FOR ‘DATY EXPRESS’ BETWEEN MYSURU & KUSHALANAGAR
By P.T. Bopanna The ‘Daty Express’ between Mysuru and Kushalanagar is going to be a reality as the project has been earmarked Rs 677 core in the railway budget announced on Thursday. This is...
‘THE ROMANCE OF INDIAN COFFEE’ SHORTLISTED FOR GOURMAND FINALS
Indian author P.T. Bopanna’s book ‘The Romance of Indian Coffee’ has been shortlisted for the finals of the ‘Best in the World’ Gourmand International Award. According to an e-mail received recently by the...
ATHLETE M.R.POOVAMMA IS ‘COORG PERSON OF THE YEAR, 2015’
Kodagu-born M.R. Poovamma, winner of the 2015 Arjuna award for her contributions in the field of athletics, is the ‘Coorg Person of the Year, 2015”. Machettira Raju Poovamma, aged 25, won the gold medal...
AUTHOR P.T.BOPANNA SELECTED FOR GOURMAND INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Indian writer P.T. Bopanna (in picture) has been selected for the Gourmand International Award for his book ‘The Romance of Indian Coffee’. An e-mail received by the author from the President of the Gourmand...
TIPU ANNIVERSARY CLASHES IN COORG: SIDDARAMAIAH PARTLY TO BLAME
Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah is partly to be blamed for the incidents which erupted in the tranquil town of Madikeri in Kodagu (Coorg) district on Tuesday over the Congress government’s decision to celebrate for...
NOV 1: BLACK DAY FOR COORG AND THE ‘MISSING’ MP PRATHAP SIMHA
By P.T. Bopanna Why November 1 is a black day for Coorg? Prior to November 1, 1956, when the erstwhile Coorg State merged with Karnataka, Coorg (Kodagu) had its own Lok Sabha seat. Subsequent...
