Gundlupet: 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…
Gundlupet: 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…
Gundlupet: 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…
Gundlupet/ Nanjangud: In separate incidents, three persons, who had gone for swimming and for a bath at lakes in Gundlupet of Chamarajanagar and Nanjangud of Mysuru on Sunday, have been drowned. Gundlupet: Two persons, who had been to a lake at Hatooru Lake near Terakanambi in the taluk yesterday afternoon, have been drowned. The deceased…
Two waste-carrying trucks from Kerala stopped at Gundlupet Mysuru: Kerala that is facing a huge crisis in solid waste management has found a convenient way of getting of waste: Dump them in Karnataka. Even as the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is seeking public cooperation in a bid to reclaim the Cleanest City tag in India,…
Two goods-laden trucks collided head-on in the wee hours of today near Gundlupet. So severe was the accident that the front portion of one of the vehicles was mangled while the other truck turned turtle. Fortunately, no lives were lost. The accident occurred near Chikkahundi village in Gundlupet Taluk on National Highway 766 — Bengaluru-Nilgiri…
Gundlupet: A female elephant, which was crossing the road with her calf near Molehole in Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Sunday, chased the Calicut-bound KSRTC bus for a distance to allow her calf to cross the road. A video of the incident which went viral on the social media yesterday shows the mother and her calf…
Mysuru: A youth, who reportedly suffered losses in online chain link business, committed suicide by hanging self at his house in city on Tuesday. The deceased youth has been identified as Shashidhar (21), son of Puttaswamy, a teacher at a private school and a resident of Gundlupet. Shashidhar, was staying at Anandnagar in city and…
Chamarajanagar: At last, ‘Lotus’ has bloomed in Gundlupet Assembly Constituency with BJP candidate C.S. Niranjan Kumar (94,151 votes) defeating Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad (77,467 votes). Since the first General Election in 1952, Gundlupet Constituency has seen 15 elections including a by-election. However only five people had represented the Constituency and now Niranjan Kumar will be the…
Gundlupet: There was welcome showers in Bandipur and other places bordering the forest yesterday, thus bringing slight relief to the people and animals. It has rained in several places including Bandipur, Gopalaswamy Betta, Devarahalli, Kadligowdanahalli and Gopalapura villages. As it has rained in Bandipur, the forest staff have heaved a sigh of relief because the…
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