A view of Mercara. Photo by: Bommanda Savera Chengappa Mercara...you and I have both aged. On every visit of mine, I recharge myself by just looking at the hills and soaking up on the sheer essence of you. As a little girl growing up in Mercara, I had a sense of ownership of you. I felt you were mine. In fact I still do. I remember early mornings the hills looked like little islands and the clouds surrounding it looked like the sea and it never failed to amaze me. Raja seat w

B. Diya Bheemaiah, an NHPC Sports Scholar from Kodagu, after winning the Yonex Sunrise Junior All India Ranking Badminton Tournament held at the Karnataka Badminton Association in Bengaluru.Photo courtesy: X.com/NHPC Limited Bengaluru: Kodagu’s young badminton player B. Diya Bheemaiah has brought laurels to the district by winning the Yonex Sunrise Junior All India Ranking Badminton Tournament held at the Karnataka Badminton Association in Bengaluru from May 3 to 10, 2026. I

The damaged estate belongs to Kuppanamada Gautham, who had nurtured the four-acre plantation over several years. Photo Courtesy: SOM Ponnampet: A major act of vandalism was reported from a coffee plantation at Kalakooru village near Birunani in Ponnampet taluk of Kodagu district, where unidentified persons allegedly destroyed more than 2,000 coffee plants and 250 pepper vines, causing losses estimated to be worth several lakhs of rupees. The damaged estate belongs to Kuppanam