Feline gives the slip to search team; feasts on new-born elephant calf at Maguvinahalli Soliga tribals, who are adept at hunting on foot, will be roped in to track the big cat Gundlupet: Forest officials, who were hoping to tranquillise and capture the tigress that had reportedly killed two villagers on the fringes of Bandipur…
Wayanad bandh: Vehicles stranded at check post
September 27, 2019Gundlupet: Traders and public in Wayanad District of Kerala observed a bandh yesterday against the night ban on vehicular traffic on the National Highway passing through the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Hundreds of vehicles were stranded near the Maddur check post in Gundlupet taluk as the Forest Department did not allow vehicles to cross the border. …
Elephant Rohit damages tourist’s car
August 23, 2019Gundlupet: Elephant Rohit, who has been selected to participate in Dasara festivities, has damaged a tourist’s car near the Bandipur Safari ticket counter at Melukamanahalli in Bandipur National Park yesterday afternoon. Three elephants — Jayaprakash, Rohit and Lakshmi of Rampura Elephant Camp in Bandipur — which were selected for this year’s Dasara, were readied by…
Familicide: City entrepreneur kills four of family in Gundlupet, shoots self
August 16, 2019Neighbours in posh locality at Dattagalli shocked Mysuru: A tech guy from city, who also dabbled in real estate business and suffered severe losses, allegedly shot dead four of his family members and later shot himself to death on the outskirts of Gundlupet last midnight. The family resided in House Number 18 (Anantha Padmanabha Nilaya),…
Tigress run over by speeding vehicle, confirms post-mortem
July 28, 2019Gundlupet: The sub adult tigress which was found dead yesterday morning at Maguvinahalli village inside Bandipur Tiger Reserve was run over by a goods vehicle. It was earlier suspected that the feline died after a fierce battle with a wild boar. Even the partially eaten body of the boar was found nearby giving credence to…
Tiger, wild boar die after fierce battle
July 27, 2019Gundlupet: A tiger was killed in a fierce battle with a wild boar at Maguvinahalli village inside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. The village comes under Himavad Gopalaswamy Range of the National Park. The incident occurred last night or early this morning and the feline’s carcass was found by Forest Watchers who were on their usual…
Tiger-Leopard menace at villages bordering Bandipur Forest
July 5, 2019Gundlupet: Villagers of Hundipura, Triyambhakapura, Kaggala and surrounding villages bordering Bandipur Tiger Reserve are living in a sense of fear and have also lost a few of their livestock to tigers and leopards. A tiger has killed a cow belonging to Kariaiah of Hundipura village which was tied in the cow shed. Though the Forest…
RFO injured in tiger attack near Gundlupet
July 2, 2019Gundlupet: A Range Forest Officer (RFO), who had gone for an inspection after a tiger was sighted at an agricultural field, was injured when the tiger attacked him at the field in Kallipura village here yesterday. The injured is Raghavendra Agase, RFO of Gopalaswamy Hill coming under Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Details: Farmers, who had sighted…
Carcasses of tigers found at Bandipur, Muddanahalli Forest
June 20, 2019Gundlupet/ Periyapatna: In separate incidents, the Forest Department staff have found carcasses of two tigers at Bandipur National Park, Gundlupet and at Muddanahalli Forest in Periyapatna taluk. In the first incident, the Forest staff have found the carcass of a seven-year-old tiger at Chikkanahalla area of Moolehole Range in Bandipur National Park. It is said…
Attack on Dalit in Gundlupet: Police asked to book suspended cops under SC/ST Act
June 18, 2019Mysuru: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes Vice-Chairman I. Murugan on Monday asked the Chamarajanagar District Police to register a case under Section 4 of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the two Policemen who have been suspended in connection with the case of atrocity against a dalit youth in Gundlupet taluk recently. The…
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