He was among others transporting water to Anti-Poaching Camp when the accident took place Gundlupet: A 53-year-old contract employee at Bandipur Tiger Reserve died at a hospital after the tractor, which was supplying drinking water to an Anti-Poaching Camp (APC), turned turtle last afternoon. The deceased is Palani, who was working at Bandipur Tiger Reserve…
Leopard hiding inside house caught
June 9, 2020Gundlupet: A leopard that had taken shelter inside a house has been caught by the Forest Department staff. The leopard, which had sneaked into a house of one Mahadeva at Baragi Tribal Colony in Bandipur Reserve Forest’s buffer zone, had stayed put in the house, scaring the residents who informed the Forest Department officials. The…
Illegal entry of foreign nationals into Bandipur
June 9, 2020Forest 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…
Operation Tiger: Two big cats captured in Mysuru and Kodagu
May 20, 2020The felines had created havoc in villages bordering Bandipur and South Kodagu coffee estates Gundlupet: Residents of villages bordering Bandipur Tiger Reserve and certain areas of coffee plantations in South Kodagu have heaved a sigh of relief today as two tigers that had created havoc by raiding human territories and killing cattle heads were captured…
Forest Minister visits villages in Kundakere Range forest border
May 11, 2020Listens to grievances of people who have lost their livestock in tiger attacks Gundlupet: Following tiger attacks on livestock at villages bordering Kundakere Range since 20 days, Forest Minister Anand Singh along with the officials of the Forest Department conducted an inspection at Kadabur village recently and listened to the grievances of farmers and villagers…
Coronavirus, Bird Flu scare: Tight vigil at border
March 13, 2020Six check-posts established; Tourists screened Gundlupet: Following Coronavirus and Bird Flu scare, tight vigil is being taken up at the district borders and the health of tourists from neighbouring Tamil Nadu and Kerala is being screened and awareness created. The Taluk Health Department, with the help of Police and Forest Departments, has established six check-posts…
Two held in Gundlupet, Gonikoppal for links with terror operatives
January 13, 2020Chamarajanagar: In a major breakthrough, the Internal Security Division (ISD), Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Chamarajanagar District Police, in a joint operation on Saturday, arrested a man in Gundlupet for his alleged links with terror operatives in Kerala. The Police team, which also held a Madrasa Moulvi on charges of giving shelter to the terror…
Women relieved of their gold chains in city
December 1, 2019Mysuru: In separate incident, a teacher and another woman, have been relieved of their gold chains in city. In the first incident, Lakshmi, a resident of Begur in Gundlupet taluk, who is working as a teacher at Hemmige village in Hunsur taluk, alighted the bus near Metropole Hotel in city on Nov.29 and was walking…
Three killed as truck rams into moped
November 21, 2019Gundlupet: Three persons were killed while another sustained injuries when a plywood-laden truck rammed into a TVS moped and turned turtle on a turning of NH-67 in Bandipur Tiger Reserve near Melukamanahalli yesterday. The deceased are Shivappa (65), his friend Kalappa (67), both residents of Shivapura village in the taluk and truck driver Eshwar (55)….
Couple killed as car crashes into bike from behind
October 15, 2019Gundlupet: A couple travelling on a bike on NH-766 was killed on the spot when a car rammed into the bike from behind near Raghavapura Gate yesterday. The deceased are Papanna (57) and his wife Puttasiddamma (48), residents of Raghavapura village in the taluk. They were proceeding towards Gundlupet on bike when a Kerala-registered car…
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