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Karnataka: A 36-year-old IT professional woman trekker got lost in a forest and was rescued on Monday after four days in the Thadiyandamol hills of Karnataka's Kodagu district. The lost trekker, GS Sharanya, a native of Nadapuram in Kozhikode district of Kerala, was trekking with a 10 member group to the Thadiyandamol, the highest peak in Kodagu, Karnataka when she deviated from the trek and got lost in the dense forest with only a 500ml water bottle, no mobile network and no food. She was reported to have reached the Thadiyandamol trekking base around 7 am that day. Later, she failed to return, which lead to a search operation soon after. She was rescued after her friends alerted the authorities about her disappearance. Speaking about her ordeal, she said that after reaching the homestay at a nearby village, she began trekking at 8am and reached the peak by 10.40am. Saranya along with the group started to descend. However, she got separated from the group as she was in a hurry and when she tried to search for them she got lost in the dense forest. As she failed to return the homestay, the owner caller her to inquiry about it. At that time, she sought her help and said "I told him I had lost my way and asked him to inform the authorities." She tried to contact her friends by sending a message but her phone died before she could hit the send button. At 2.45 pm. As the phone got switched off, she tried shouting to ask for help but no one answered her. walked out to the rescuers with a smile, recounting how she survived alone in the dense forest with limited resources and fading hope of contact. Saranya then sat on a big rock near a stream and waited for rescue. "I didn't carry food since it was considered an easy trek. I survived on three litres of water every day." She also added that she wasn't very scared during that time even though she was stranded in a forest all alone. She was eventually spotted by a group of locals in a remote patch of the forest "where nobody usually goes", according to members of the rescue team.
Kozhikode: G S Sharanya (36), an IT professional from Eyyankode in Nadapuram, who had gone missing during a trekking trip in the forests of Madikeri, Coorg, was safely traced on Sunday evening following a coordinated search operation. Sharanya was located around 5 pm deep inside the forest by a special search team comprising police and forest officials. The rescue brought relief to her family and authorities after hours of uncertainty. She had entered the forest on April 2 as part of a trek to Tadiandamol, the highest peak in Coorg. When she failed to maintain contact with her family, a larg ...Read More >
MYSURU: For four days, there was no signal, no contact, and no clear path out.Somewhere inside the dense forests of Kodagu -- a terrain known for wild elephants, steep descents and sudden weather shifts -- 36-year-old GS Sharanya kept moving, stopping, waiting, and calling out, hoping someone would hear her.She had set out on April 2 for what was meant to be a routine one-day trek to Tadiandamol, the highest peak in the district. Travelling from Kozhikode, the IT professional had checked into a homestay near Kakkabe and joined a group of trekkers. But while descending the peak that evening, sh ...Read More >
Kerala techie lost in Coorg for 4 days -- no food, dead phone. She survived on stream water alone, after getting separated from her 12-member trekking group. A Kerala techie went missing for four days in a dense Karnataka forest -- and came back smiling. Now, BJP has filed a complaint calling her survival story fake. Here's everything you need to know about the GS Sharanya case. Who Is GS Sharanya, Kerala Techie Who Went Missing In Kodagu? GS Sharanya is a 36-year-old IT professional from Nadapuram in Kerala's Kozhikode district, working at an IT firm in Kochi. She's an avid trekker -- and ...Read More >
A young woman named Oleti Pushpa (22) was killed by her live-in partner Sheikh Shamma (22) in the Ambedkar Konaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, reported India Today. She was living with Sheikh for the past 6 months after she separated from her spouse. The incident took place in Siddhartha Nagar, B Savaram village of Rajolu mandal on 16th July. Shamma reportedly accused Pushpa of having affairs with other men. He forced her to engage in prostitution and frequently instigated fights with her when intoxicated. As per police, Shamma was addicted to ganja. On the fateful night, he against pressuri ...Read More >
G.S. Sharanya was located around 5 pm deep within the Pattighat Reserve Forest, near Tadiyandamol, the highest peak in the district. Rescuers spotted her near a rock by a stream, where she had taken shelter to stay visible and maintain access to water. The search had been concentrated around the reserve forest, a dense, trackless stretch of woodland on the far side of the Tadiyandamol peak, which borders Kerala. The terrain is a sharp contrast to the more frequented trekking routes on the other ...Read More >
KOZHIKODE: Kerala-based IT professional G S Sharanya, who survived four days alone in the dense forests near Tadiandamol in Karnataka's Kodagu district after losing her way, says the experience has not shaken her passion for trekking -- if anything, it has strengthened it.Speaking from her home in Nadapuram, the 36-year-old recalled the ordeal as one marked not by fear, but by moments of stillness and natural beauty. Despite being stranded with no food, limited water and no phone connectivity, she says she never felt panic and is already planning her next trek to Tawang, subject to leave.Shara ...Read More >
Leh, April 8: In a bid to strengthen Ladakh's tourism sector and promote its rich cultural heritage, the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh, Vinai Kumar Saxena, today launched the official Ladakh Tourism portal (https://tourism.ladakh.gov.in/) at the Lieutenant Governor's Secretariat in the presence of venerable rinpoches, monks and senior government officials. On the occasion, the Lieutenant Governor also launched the official portal for the Sacred Exposition of the Holy Relics of Lord Buddha (https://tathagata.co.in/), marking a significant step towards enhancing Ladakh's ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Apr 4 (UNI) A 36-year-old woman techie has gone missing during a solo trekking trip in Karnataka's Kodagu district, triggering an intensive search operation, officials said on Saturday. The missing woman, identified as Sharanya GS, an IT professional from Kerala, had checked into a homestay in Yavakapadi village near Napoklu before setting out on April 2 to trek Tadiandamol, the highest peak in the district. According to police, she completed entry formalities at the forest department checkpost and was advised to join a group of trekkers due to reported wild elephant movement in t ...Read More >
Leh, Apr 8 (PTI) To strengthen Ladakh's tourism sector and promote its rich cultural heritage, Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Wednesday launched the official portals for Ladakh Tourism and sacred exposition of the holy relics of Lord Buddha, an official said. The portals -- https://tourism.ladakh.gov.in/ and https://tathagata.co.in/ -- were launched at the Lt Governor's Secretariat in the presence of venerable rinpoches, monks and senior government officials, a Lok Bhavan spokesperson said. He said the launch marked a significant step towards enhancing Ladakh's global spiritual an ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): The credit-to-deposit ratio in Indian banks has stayed below 80 per cent as credit offtake in the country continues to lag, according to a report by CareEdge Ratings. The report highlighted that while both credit offtake and deposit growth have increased sequentially, they remain significantly lower than the levels seen last year. Deposits continued to outpace credit offtake in the current fortnight, leading to a narrowing of the credit-deposit gap. It stated Credit to Deposit Ratio Remains Below 80 per cent as Credit Offtake Lags. The report data pointed ...Read More >