Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy team along with members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture in Mangaluru. Photo: The Kodagu Express Mangaluru: A high-level meeting on the preservation and promotion of Kodava indigenous heritage and intangible cultural traditions of the Western Ghats brought national attention to the concerns of the Kodava community, as representatives of the Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy made a detailed presentation b

Image used for representation purpose only. Madikeri: Two weeks after a homestay owner in Kutta, Kodagu, was booked in connection with the alleged rape of a US tourist, the II Additional District and Sessions Court in Kodagu granted him bail on Saturday. The owner had been charged with attempting to suppress the incident. He was arrested on April 18 along with a cook employed at the homestay, who has been accused of rape. Both were initially remanded in judicial custody. Acco

File photo of a stone quarry at Kadanga village in Virajpet taluk of Kodagu district. Photo: The Kodagu Express. Madikeri/Virajpet: Residents of two clusters of villages in Kodagu have intensified their protest against proposed and ongoing stone quarrying, warning that mining activities could endanger homes, farmland, forests, and water sources. In Somwarpet taluk, villagers of Yalakanur (Halemadalapura) under Nerugale gram panchayat have opposed a proposal to grant a no-obje