Neighbours 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…
Carcasses of tigress, leopard found
May 29, 2019Gundlupet: Carcasses of a 6-year-old tigress and a 7-year-old leopard have been found in a highly decomposed state at Vontigudda behind Skandagiri Parvathi Hill in the taluk. A youths who had followed the pug marks of a big wild cat, that had attacked a calf, found the carcass of the leopard on the rock and…
Elephant charges at car in Bandipur
May 10, 2019Gundlupet: While a wild tusker entered human habitation and attacked a car at Kutta, in Bandipur, another tusker attacked a car inside the forest area. Here too, the occupants of the car had a providential escape. This incident occurred last evening when Vinod, a resident of Bengaluru was proceeding towards Ooty along with two of…
Frequent sighting of tiger at Gundlupet: Forest Dept. begins combing operation
May 9, 2019Gundlupet: Following the sighting of a tiger last evening and the presence of pug marks at Chowdalli village in Gundlupet taluk this morning, the Forest Department personnel have commenced combing operation to trap the tiger today. It is learnt that a few villagers saw the tiger near the village last evening. They said that the…
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