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Students celebrate Raksha Bandhan with SPAugust 27th, 2010 by Coffeeland News A student from BVBKV school ties rakhi to SP Manjunath at his office. In a novel gesture during this raksha bandhan students from BKBKV visited Superintendent of Police Manjunath K Annigeri and tied rakhi to him. The SP blessed the children and encouraged them to study well and become good law abiding citizens of the country. Tags: BKBKV School, Manjunath K Annigeri, Raksha bandhan Editors Bottomline: Terror, Garbage and the coffee boardAugust 27th, 2010 by Coffeeland NewsBy: I K Anil The Coffeelands News investigative report on the terror links in Kodagu, in, the year 2007, was overlooked by the District administration. The serial blasts in Bengalaru which was allegedly master minded by T. Nazir camping at a house in Hossagadhe in Madapur. The disastrous consequences there after is common knowledge. We always react after the event, as such,any amount of Investigative Journalism, is of little help to the powers that be, as in their world, the reaction time is well after the deed is done. I do hope, that under the present pro-active S.P. the loopholes in the system will be plugged. The announcement of a fresh date for release of the Special coffee package is welcome.. The coffee grower, will only benefit if the settlement date of the Package, is immediately after the harvesting period, as funds would be available to take advantage of the scheme.I do hope the members of the Coffee Board will consider the deadline that I have mentioned. The District Administration has done well to ban Plastics in and around our towns but they seem to be turning a blind eye to the wanton dumping of waste from across the border . We have enough waste being left over by uncaring tourists, as such I implore the powers that be to nip this hazard in the bud. Tags: Abdul Madani, Bangalore Blast Case, Border Issues, Coffee Board Bangalore Blast Case: Madani brought to CoorgAugust 27th, 2010 by Coffeeland News Abdul Madani one of the key accused in Bangalore Blast case, in the police jeep at Hosathotta. Abdul Naseer Madani PDP leader and accused number thirty one in the Bengaluru Blast case of 2008, was brought to Kodagu by the Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the case. Madani was taken to ‘Luckery Estate’ in Madapur and a house in ‘Hosathotta’ in Sunticoppa where he is alleged to have conspired with the main accused T. Nazir to blow up places in Bangalore.  The rented house where T Nasir met Madani & the alleged conspiracy was hatched Coffeeland News was the first to break the News that anti social elements were using Kodagu to conduct training camps for their cardres, with the arrest of Madani and the alleged confession of the prime accused T Nazir that the sacred land of the Cauvery is being used for anti- national activities, it is obvious that the warnings of Coffeeland News went unheeded. The SIT is on the look out for Constable Shahjahan of the Kerala Police who was Madani”s personal security official to corroborate Madani’s statement regarding his visits to Kodagu. Tags: Abdul Madani, Bangalore Blast Case, Madapur, T.Nasir CMC chief refutes opposition chargesAugust 27th, 2010 by Coffeeland News CMC President P D Ponappa (Center) with the Vice President(seated Left) and the Commissioner. Ponappa said that no secret deal with City Pearl was arrived at while awarding the contract. Refuting the charges of opposition leader in the CMC T.M. Aiyyappa on the private bus stand and various other issues, CMC President P.D. Ponappa said that the opposition members were unnecessarily raising imaginary issues. He clarified that the proposal to hand over development of the new bus stand to Bangalore based City Pearl Group of Companies was yet to get the final nod from the government and that the infrastructure department is going through the agreement and only after the department clears the proposals will the land be handed over. The CMC president told reporters here that a resolution in this regard had been passed at a full board meeting of the CMC on April 23rd and the proposal was cleared at the second meeting held on June 29, 2010. which was attended by Muneer Ahamad, T.M. Aiyyappa and other councillors. Ponappa further clarified that no secret deal was arrived at in awarding the contract and the decision of the CMC will have to be ratified by the government. Tags: City Pearl, CMC, madikeri bus stand, P D Ponappa Kodagu Chamber of commerce on a membership driveAugust 27th, 2010 by Coffeeland NewsG. Chidvilas, President of the Kodagu District Chamber of Commerce and Industries, said the committee will focus on membership drive in the district in a speedy manner. Speaking to the press he mentioned that the new membership fee is increased to Rs. 1,000 for an individual and Rs. 10,000 for institutions. Tags: Kodagu Chamber of Commerce Illegal Taxi’s plying in Coorg allege Taxi Owners AssociationAugust 27th, 2010 by Coffeeland NewsThe menace is costing the genuine tourist taxi drivers their livelihood. White board vehicles have been operating illegally as tourists vehicle in the district, alleged G.J. Soans, President of the Madikeri Tourist Taxi Owners and Drivers’ Association. He told reporters that according to the norms laid down by the Transport department, vehicles that do not have yellow boards, should not be considered as tourists vehicles, he further added that the Association has given a fortnights ultimatum to the district administration to set things in order. In Madikeri, there are 150 members with 100 vehicles with yellow boards as tourist vehicles, he added. Tags: G J Soans, Madikeri Taxi Drivers Association Rosewood seizedAugust 27th, 2010 by Coffeeland NewsShanivarsanthe RFO S.M. Jaya Prakash and staff intercepted a mini lorry and seized rosewood logs worth 4 lakhs. The logs were being illegally transported from Ooruguthi to Hassan. Tags: illegal logging, timber mafia Lax Authorities turn Coorg into Dumping Yard for Kerala’s WasteAugust 27th, 2010 by Coffeeland NewsThe rich rain forests of Kodagu have been turned into a dumping yard by the civic authorities of Kerala. Loads of solid waste can be spotted in the rain forest of Makutta Range that is situated on Virajpet-Makutta stretch of  A monkey from the forest doing away with the garbage. State Highway-91. It is suspected that these bags of garbage are being dumped on the roadside by unscruplous garbage disposal contractors from across the border.On the left side of the State highway is the Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary and to the right is the Makutta Range of forests. The density of wildlife is quite high in these forests and animals have been observed foraging on these garbage mounds. During rainy season, the wastes flow into the numerous streams in the region and joins Barapole in S. Kodagu. The wildlife drink this water, with unimagineable consequences The water from Barapole further joins Kootupole and this water is used by the people of Kerala While it is mandatory for officials of the three departments,Forest, Police & the Commercial Tax to check every goods entering the State, the heaps of garbage stand testimony to the gross negligence& corruption of the authorities on the Karnataka side of the border. Tags: Brahmagiri wildlife sanctuary CNC submits memorandum to the GovernorAugust 27th, 2010 by Coffeeland NewsThe members of the Codava National Council under the leadership of their convenor N.U. Nachappa Codava met the Governor of Karnataka on the occasion of ‘World Indigenous People’s Day’ and presented a memorandum to him, regarding the formation of Codava Land. Pandemonium reigns at Somwarpet TP meetAugust 27th, 2010 by Coffeeland NewsThe election to the post of President and Vice-President in Somwarpet Town panchyat has been postponed indefinitely owing to a clash among the members at the Panchayat Hall on Tuesday. The Govt. notified rotational second term elections for the post of President and vice Presidents witnessed unprecedented ugly scenes.
 Down, but not out. An TP employee who got injured in the melee. The Returning officer and Tashlidar of somwarpet Devaraj was in his chambers ready to receive the nomination papers  TP official in his office with the torn documents when two BJP members Geeta Raju and Dakashyani Shivanand entered the chambers with the nomination papers of Fayaz Khan, hearing of this the assembled BJP workers barged into the Returning officers chambers, man handled the staff, tore up the nomination papers and the book of minutes and damaged the furniture.The MLA Appachu Ranjan was witness to this mayhem and to cool tempers he whisked away both Geeta Raju and Dakashyani Shivanand to an undisclosed location. The Tashlidar after consulting with the Deputy Commissioner postponed the election’s indefinitely. The Congress in a statement condemned the hooliganism of the BJP and requested the Returning officer to notify a date for election as soon as possible. A police case has been registered against the miscreants. Tags: Appachu Ranjan, Taluk Panchayat
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