Forest officials and family members with the two-year-old girl after she was rescued from the coffee estate in South Kodagu. Virajpet : In a remarkable rescue that has drawn widespread praise in Kodagu, a pet dog named ‘Oreo’ played a crucial role in locating a two-year-old girl who had gone missing from a coffee estate situated along the forest boundary. The child, identified as Sunanya, was found after an extensive joint search operation involving forest personnel, local re

Map used for representation only; not to scale Madikeri: Karnataka, India’s leading pepper-producing State, is heading into a second consecutive year of severe crop loss, with growers warning that the forthcoming 2026 harvest may register an even sharper decline than the previous season. Pepper farmers according to The Hindu report that the State witnessed a dramatic 44.3% drop in yield during the 2024-25 crop year, and early indications suggest a similarly grim scenario for

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah being welcomed by women members of the Arebhashe community at Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bengaluru on Sunday. Photo: The Kodagu Express Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that if Kannada forms the foundation of Karnataka’s identity, regional languages such as Arebhashe have played a crucial role in enriching it. He was speaking after inaugurating the 2024 Arebhashe Academy Honorary Awards ceremony at Ravindra Kalakshetra i