One more nabbed; Total arrests goes up to four Gundlupet: The Forest Department officials, who had earlier arrested three persons on charges of setting fire to Maddur Forest in Bandipur Project Tiger recently, have arrested one more person, thus bringing the number of arrests to four. The arrested person is 55-year-old Kongalli of Lakshmipura village….
Gundlupet: The Forest Department officials have arrested three persons on charges of setting fire to Maddur Forest in Bandipur Project Tiger recently. The arrested are 48-year-old Cheluva of Lakshmipura Colony, 38-year-old Ganesh of Kerala and a minor boy. Steps have been taken to arrest six more persons involved in the crime, said Bandipur Project Tiger…
Gundlupet: Due to COVID-19 second wave threat, the Chamarajanagar district administration has cancelled the week-long Himavad Gopalaswamy Jathra Mahotsava atop Himavad Gopalaswamy Hill in Gundlupet taluk that was scheduled to take place from today (Apr.3) till Apr.9. As part of Jathra Mahotsava, Kalyanotsava was to take place on Apr.5 and the all important Rathotsava on…
Buys bike worth Rs. 1.27 lakh; Stays at Lalitha Mahal Hotel from ill-gotten money T. Narasipur: A 22-year-old PUC dropout, who turned into a thief targeting elderly customers and villagers at ATM centres, was arrested by T. Narasipur Town Police yesterday. Police have recovered several cards from him. Interestingly, the youth scored 590 out of…
Rare birds spotted; Volunteers issued certificates Gundlupet: The three-day bird census held in Bandipur National Park concluded on Sunday. About 80 volunteers, who were divided into batches, set out to their designated zones in the 13 Zones of Bandipur National Park, recorded their findings and handed over their records to the Forest Department officials. During…
Chamarajanagar/Mysuru: Frequent sighting of leopards, has shocked the residents of Gundlupet town, while another leopard entered the quarters of the staff of Chamarajanagar Government Medical College yesterday night. In Mysuru too, a leopard that entered the premises of Advaith JCB Company at Hebbal on October last, has taken away a sleeping dog. All the above…
Gundlupet: It is definitely an occasion to celebrate. The ambitious ‘Project Tiger’ launched in 1973 to protect the dwindling tiger population in Karnataka forests, has completed 47 years. On November 17, 1973, the then Chief Minister D. Devaraja Urs declared Bandipur Park as ‘Tiger Reserve’ heralding a new era of tiger protection in the country….
Gundlupet: Tourists, who were returning from Gopalaswamy Hill, were a happy lot as a tiger came in front of the KSRTC bus and sat on the roadside giving pose to them yesterday evening. As entry of private vehicles is banned to hilltop, tourists and others visiting the Temple atop the Hill have to take KSRTC…
Gundlupet: A 56-year-old tourist guide, who was said to be depressed in life, committed suicide at a resort near Bandipur, where he stayed, late on Thursday night. Kuttappa (56) of Masinagudi in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu, bordering Karnataka, is the deceased. Kuttappa, who was also a naturalist, worked as a tourist guide for over…
Served notice to appear for enquiry Gundlupet: Forest Department has served a notice on Kannada actor Dhanveer Gowda for allegedly putting a video clipping of a night safari in Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Thursday. He has been asked to appear before an enquiry today failing which a First Information Report (FIR) will be filed for…
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