Forest officials, Police take them and bikes into custody Gundlupet: Three foreign nationals, who had entered Bandipur Tiger Reserve Forest illegally on bikes on Sunday and allegedly created nuisance with the Forest staff, have been taken into custody along with their bikes. The three foreign nationals are Ricardo, Miguel Garrido, and Thomas Pinho, all from…
Lockdown wind blows out fires in Bandipur and Nagarahole
June 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With literally no vehicles or a few vehicles on the roads that pass through the Bandipur and Nagarahole Tiger Reserves, lockdown has brought many benefits to the forests. So much so that this year, not a single major fire has been reported from both the National Parks. The lockdown measures have resulted in drastic…
Mysuru Zoo, Bandipur & Nagarahole Safaris to open from June 8
June 6, 2020KSTDC’s sight-seeing in Mysuru, Nature Splendour (Bengaluru-Madikeri-Nagarahole-Bengaluru) from June 10 Bengaluru: With the Karnataka Government deciding to open the doors of the hospitality sector from June 8, tourist places, Zoos, Bandipur and Nagarahole Tiger Reserve safaris, Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR) properties will open up to guests. Following the order, tourist spots in Mysuru including…
Entry into National Parks banned
March 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The authorities have banned entry into Nagarahole and Bandipur National Parks till Mar. 23 as precautionary measure to prevent spread of Coronavirus. Authorities have also banned Safari in these two Parks. The decision was taken to safeguard the interests of the visiting public as well as the animals, according to a press release. However,…
Ex-Army men will join forest crusaders at Bandipur
March 14, 202025 soldiers to act as front line conservationists in protecting the Tiger Reserve By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: “A soldier is the very basis, the silent and barely visible cornerstone, of our fame, culture, physical well-being and prosperity; in short, of the entire nation-building activity.” Selfless, versatile, resourceful and incredibly dedicated, the Indian Army is…
40 ATI medico trainees participate in wildlife conservation workshop
March 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Mysuru, in association with Bandipur Project Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Conservation Foundation, had organised a workshop in Bandipur campus yesterday. Over 40 doctors who are being trained at ATI, along with two staff members of ATI, participated in the one-day workshop. Problems faced by villagers living in and around forest…
Captive breeding: T-80 to be paired with Durgi
February 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a significant boost to captive tiger breeding, Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popular as Mysuru Zoo, has planned to utilise the male tiger that was captured from the fringes of Bandipur for breeding. The tiger, named T-80 will be paired with Durgi. T-80 was captured in October 2019. It is a healthy male aged…
Bear Grylls shares Rajini’s first look from his wild show
February 20, 2020Bengaluru: Keeping the excitement alive among ‘Thalaiva’ fans, popular TV show host Bear Grylls shared a sneak peek to Rajinikanth’s television debut. Sharing a motion poster which features Rajini and Bear dressed in their wildlife gear, Grylls wrote, “Preparing for @Rajinikanth’s blockbuster TV debut with an ‘Into The Wild with Bear Grylls’ motion poster! I…
Man who cooked tubers inside forest baffles Bandipur officials
February 7, 2020Gundlupet: A man from Odisha spotted inside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve is giving sleepless nights to the Forest officials who are busy in creating fire lines to prevent forest fire during summer. The man in question has been arrested and has been handed over to Anti-Naxal Force that is operating in the Tiger Reserve to…
Akshay Kumar wraps up shoot at Bandipur; returns to Mumbai
January 31, 2020Discovery Channel pays Rs. 10 lakh to Forest Department to shoot Man Vs Wild Mysore/Mysuru: Bollywood star, Akshay Kumar, who was in Bandipur with Bear Grylls to shoot an episode of Discovery Channel TV series Man Vs Wild, returned to Mumbai last evening via Chennai. He took the evening flight from Mysore Airport to reach…
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