BOOK TALK: MY NEXT BOOK IS ‘COORG ROLE MODELS’
By P.T. Bopanna* I have begun work on my new book ‘Coorg Role Models’. In the book, I plan to profile the winners of the ‘Coorg Person of the Year’ title. So far, 17...
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DR SANJANA KATTERA, PART OF OXFORD COVID-19 VACCINE TEAM IS ‘COORG PERSON, 2020’
Dr Sanjana Kattera, Coorg Person of the Year, 2020 Dr Sanjana Kattera (in picture), a corona warrior who was part of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial team, is ‘Coorg Person of the Year, 2020’....
REPORT CARD: COORG DC SECURES ‘PASS’ IN COVID TEST. FAILS IN ILLEGAL HOMESTAYS ‘TEST’
By P.T. Bopanna While the Kodagu (Coorg) district administration headed by deputy commissioner Annies Joy (in picture) has succeeded in bringing the Covid-19 pandemic under control, it has failed badly in cracking down on...
SALE OF JAMMA LAND IN COORG: A SCAM IN THE MAKING?
By P.T. Bopanna Kodagu DC Annies Joy (in picture) should look into reports of irregularities in the sale of Jamma lands in Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka. According to reports, revenue officials (tashildars and...
COORG DC CRITICISED FOR ‘MISHANDLING’ CAUVERY FEST
By P.T. Bopanna Amid chaotic scenes at Talacauvery in Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka during the recent annual pilgrimage, Congress leader and MLC, Veena Achaiah (in picture wearing traditional Kodava sari), has criticised the...
BAN TOURISM AT TALACAUVERY IN COORG AND DECLARE IT A PILGRIMAGE CENTRE
By P.T. Bopanna In the wake of the recent landslides at Talacauvery, the birth place of river Cauvery in Kodagu (Coorg) district, the Karnataka government should immediately declare the Bhagamandala-Talacauvery temples as pilgrimage...
SQD LDR DEVAYYA WHOSE HEROICS EMERGED FROM A BOOK GETS STATUE IN COORG
By P.T. Bopanna The statue of Squadron Leader Ajjamada Bopayya Devayya, the only Indian Air Force officer to be awarded the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) posthumously, was unveiled on September 7 at Madikeri in Kodagu (Coorg) district...
DY SP GANAPATHI SUICIDE CASE: CONGRESS HEAVYWEIGHT K.J.GEORGE IN THE DOCK AGAIN
Former Karnataka minister and senior Congress leader K.J. George (in picture) suffered a setback on Friday when a Special Court for legislators in Bengaluru rejected the ‘B’ report submitted by the CBI in Dy...
WAKE UP PMO: MODI GOVT PROJECTS SPELL DISASTER FOR COORG
By P.T. Bopanna Even before the people of Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka have recovered from three consecutive years of landslides, the Modi government has ‘fast-tracked’ a slew of projects which could cause permanent damage...
BLACKOUT IN COORG: DIST ADMIN CAUGHT NAPPING?
By P.T. Bopanna Most parts of Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka are under a power blackout mainly because the district administration was not geared to face the challenge posed by the monsoon fury, despite...
