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Mangaluru: A 60-year-old man was killed after being attacked by a wild elephant near Sauthadka Gundi, located in Kokkada village of Dharmasthala police limits, about 70 km from Mangaluru. The victim, Balakrishna, a resident of Sautadka, was reportedly attacked between 11 am and 12 noon on Thursday. The elephant attack proved fatal, leading to his death. His body was later shifted to the Belthangady Government Hospital for post-mortem. Upon receiving information, Dharmasthala police, forest officials, and representatives from the local gram panchayat rushed to the scene to assess the situation. Dharmasthala Police have registered a case and initiated further legal proceedings.
Six people, including four members of a family, were killed after a herd of elephants stormed into Ango Gondwar village under Churchu block of Hazaribagh district in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, officials said. "The incident occurred around 2am in the Ango Gondwar Bhuiyan Toli village. The victims included two minor children, aged one-and-a-half and four years. One child died while undergoing treatment at the Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital," a district administrati ...Read More >
Kozhikode: The Kerala government's draft notification allowing the shooting of violent wild animals has brought great relief for residents of Chakkittapara gram panchayat. Residents of 10 wards of the panchayat have suffered the most in man-animal conflicts. Panchayat president K Sunil said the government's draft notification is a reflection of the bold resolution passed by the gram panchayat. Chakkittapara's Struggle For the last one-and-a-half decades, people from the highland regions have been struggling with frequent wild animal attacks. Unable to address the issue, Chakkittapara pancha ...Read More >
Panamaram/ Wayanad: A day-long operation to drive three wild elephants back into the forest concluded by evening on Friday, after the animals strayed into human settlements in Panamaram, Wayanad. The operation, led by the Rapid Response Team (RRT) of the South Wayanad Forest Division, lasted nearly 12 hours. Typically, wild elephants that venture out at night return to the forest by morning. But on Friday, the trio, believed to have entered the area the previous night, failed to retreat by dawn. Alarmed by their prolonged presence, residents alerted forest officials, prompting the swift inter ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Congress accused the CBI on Friday of going soft in its probe against Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) Chairman Montu Patel in an alleged multi-crore-rupee scam. Addressing a press conference at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters here, Rajya Sabha MP and party spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil alleged that the CBI did not present all the facts before the court that led to Patel getting interim protection from arrest. He said it took the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) two years to lodge an FIR, despite incriminating evidence against Patel. He al ...Read More >
Madikeri: Virajpet MLA AS Ponnanna instructed forest department officials to take immediate action to control the wild elephant problem in Kodagu. He assured that the forest minister would be invited to the district to address this issue.Following concerns raised by B Shettigeri gram panchayat president Kollira Bopanna about the increased elephant problem near the panchayat in South Kodagu, Ponnanna conducted an urgent meeting with senior forest officials to discuss solutions. The govt has allocated Rs 21 crore for managing human-elephant conflict in the region, with Rs 3.5 crore designated fo ...Read More >