ECO DISASTER: RAIL LINE FROM KERALA TO SLICE THROUGH COORG FORESTS
By P.T. Bopanna Close on the heels of cutting down 50,000 trees in Coorg to make way for the high-tension power transmission line to supply power to Kerala, a new project has been...
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COORG-BORN DAYANA ERAPPA MAKES IT TO KINGFISHER CALENDAR 2017
Coorg-born international model Dayana Erappa has made it to the coveted cover of the Kingfisher Calendar 2017. In an interview to www.www.coorgnews.in, Dayana said: “I did the calendar shoot directly without any audition or...
MODI’S DEMONETISATION: REAL ESTATE DOWN.PLANTERS WORRIED IN COORG
By P.T. Bopanna The Modi government’s demonetization has come as a blessing in disguise for Kodagu, though it has caused a lot of distress to the people. The only silver lining is the...
TIPU JAYANTI AT GUN-POINT? PROHIBITORY ORDERS IN KODAGU
By P.T. Bopanna The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka has clamped prohibitory orders in Kodagu district for celebrating at gun point the birth anniversary of 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan on November...
TIPU JAYANTI: ARE CITIZENS BEING TAKEN FOR A RIDE BY CRAFTY POLITICIANS?
By Roona Ballachanda Writer Roona (in picture) studied at Southern Illinois University, United States. Roona writes: I have been following some of the arguments for and against Tipu Sultan and the celebration of his...
CONTRARIAN VIEW: TO PAINT TIPU AS HINDU-HATER IS NOT CORRECT
By Dr Sowmya Dechamma As responsible elders in Kodava Society, I feel all of you can make a difference, although I don’t exactly know how. For me, Tipu Sultan has become more of an...
RISE AND FALL OF MAVERICK KODAGU POLITICIAN A.K.SUBBAIAH
By P.T. Bopanna Ajjikuttira Kariappa Subbaiah started off his political career as a firebrand politician, but now he has become a political untouchable whom no party wants to touch with a barge pole. In...
TIPU JAYANTHI: SIDDARAMAIAH’S VOTE BANK POLITICS AT TAX-PAYERS EXPENSE
By Maj. Gen. Retd. C K Karumbaya, SM (in picture) The Karnataka government headed by chief minister Siddaramaiah should not squander tax payers’ money to celebrate Tipu Sultan’s birth anniversary, completely ignoring the sentiments...
SIDDARAMAIAH GOVT TO HOLD TIPU JAYANTHI IN KODAGU ON NOV 10
To appease the Muslims, the Congress government in Karnataka led by chief minister Siddaramaiah has decided to make the controversial Tipu Sultan Jayanthi an annual affair and celebrate the event across the state,...
DY SP GANAPATHI SUICIDE: HIDDEN HAND TO DILUTE THE CASE?
By P.T. Bopanna Is there a hidden hand working behind-the-scenes to dilute the case involving the alleged suicide by Dy SP M.K. Ganapathi? The people of Coorg who came on to the streets to...
