Author: Coorg News

By P.T. Bopanna Had Coorg State not merged with Karnataka on November 1, 1956, Kodagu (Coorg)  would have been in a better position to take up the rehabilitation of people affected by the August...

By Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa* (in picture) The areas that were most affected by the devastation caused by the recent unprecedented floods and landslides also happen to be the places where Kodava culture has...

By P.T. Bopanna The rehabilitation of people affected by the major landslides in Kodagu (Coorg) has failed to take off because of the ‘band-aid’ approach of the district administration led by the deputy commissioner...

By P.T. Bopanna Coorg-born Pete Poovanna, a climate change analyst based in Canada, has been awarded a Ph.D by Canada’s prestigious Simon Fraser University. The cutting-edge technology developed by Poovanna has the potential to...

By P.T. Bopanna Is Coorg a safe holiday destination after the major landslides that rocked the post-card perfect hill station in south India this August? Going by the developments, Coorg is no more a...

By P.T. Bopanna Even though major highways linking Kodagu are yet to be opened for heavy vehicles after they were damaged by landslides, Kodagu deputy commissioner P.I. Sreevidya (in picture) has been inviting tourists...

By P.T. Bopanna Kodagu deputy commissioner P.I. Sreevidya (in picture) should immediately withdraw her controversial order to allow transport of silver oak trees in the district amid reports that the timber mafia was indulging...

By P.T. Bopanna Did the Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka resort to a cock and bull story in the report submitted to prime minister Modi (in picture) on the landslides in Kodagu (Coorg)? In its...

By P.T. Bopanna Giving a new lease of life, the president of the Harihara Mukkatira Family Association, Mukkatira Uthaiah, has said his family was ready to host the 2019 edition of the Kodava Hockey...

By P.T. Bopanna While the Coorg (Kodagu) district administration has responded positively to the death and devastation triggered by the floods, the political leadership, including Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, has not covered itself...