It is a widely held belief that an elephant’s visit brought prosperity A herd of elephants in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve According to environmentalist Kalkuli Hegde wild elephants generally remain wary of humans It is a widely held belief that an elephant’s visit brought prosperity A herd of elephants in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve According to environmentalist…
Read on: Some of the popular translated works from Kannada on display at Blossoms Book House in Bengaluru Ashoka University’s Bhashavaad database lists just 516 Kannada titles translated into English. It is 3,298 for Bengali, 1,801 for Hindi, and 630 for Tamil. For a language that is spoken by around 65 million people, and boasts…
Elephants being driven back into the forest Hassan: The forest department is set to launch a major operation in the Malnad region of Hassan district to provide relief to residents affected by the elephant menace.As part of the operation, officials plan to capture and relocate a rogue tusker and fit radio collars on two lone…
Discharge from Narayanpur Dam Koppal/Raichur: Two of Kalyana Karnataka’s major reservoirs presented contrasting pictures on Wednesday, with Narayanpur Dam continuing massive flood releases into the Krishna River while Tungabhadra Dam focused on conserving water after a sharp rise in storage levels. Narayanpur Dam, also known as Basava Sagar Reservoir in Yadgir district, received an inflow…
A view of the Western Ghats Shivamogga: Local residents and leaders in the Malnad region have voiced intense outrage over the Union govt’s repeated attempts to declare Western Ghats areas as ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) based on Kasturirangan Committee Report.Expressing severe anger in Sagar Wednesday, senior Congress leader and activist BR Jayanth said the Union…
The Union govt’s seventh draft notification on the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) in the Western Ghats proposes identifying 20,668sqkm as an ESZ Chikkamagaluru: Environmentalists, politicians, and residents have strongly opposed the Union govt’s latest draft notification declaring ecologically sensitive areas in the Western Ghats, claiming it will threaten the livelihoods of farmers in the Malnad region.The…
Bhadra River in NR Pura overflowing Chikkamagaluru: The southwest monsoon has intensified across Chikkamagaluru and parts of Hassan district, bringing heavy rainfall to the Malnad region and triggering landslides that disrupted road connectivity in several hilly areas.Continuous rain over the past two days has led to a rise in the water levels of the Bhadra,…
Growers exporting coffee to EU countries must register through the board’s EUDR system by Dec 2026 Chikkamagaluru: Coffee growers and traders seeking to export to European Union (EU) countries can now register under the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) through the new app launched by the Coffee Board of India–India Coffee. The app allows growers to…
Tigers and leopards have been preying on cattle and dogs in the Malnad area Chikkamagaluru: Residents of the Malnad region, who have long enjoyed a peaceful life amid nature, are now being haunted by the increasing menace of wild animals.For septuagenarian KR Chandrashekar and his wife Anasuyamma of Kasana village in Sankse, evenings are filled…
Shivamogga: Public Works Department (PWD) minister Satish Jarkiholi on Wednesday announced a major infrastructure push to resolve chronic transit bottlenecks in the eco-sensitive Malnad region. The state govt is actively evaluating both a tunnel bypass and a road-widening project for the iconic Agumbe Ghat, to sustain the rapid increase in the traffic volume between coastal…
