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Experts in handling snakes usually take less than a minute to rescue a snake from a house while untrained rescuers play with the snake for several minutes putting it under stress.

Karnataka: A snake in your house may cost a bomb!

Snake catchers now charge Rs 3000 for catching a King Cobra.

5 April 2017 2:59 AM IST

Ramadevara Annakatte which is older than Hemavathy reservoir built across river Hemavathy in Hassan.

Facelift for Hassan waterline Ramadevara

Dam built in 1860 and named after Lord Rama will be modernised at a cost of Rs 60 crore.

1 April 2017 3:51 AM IST

While in the past the medicinal garden had catered to the needs of some ayurveda pharma companies, it lost its relevance in later years owing to official apathy. (Representational image)

Medicinal garden taking shape in Chikkamagaluru

It was in 1992-93 that forest officials planned to develop about 35 acres on the Mudigere-Chikkamagaluru road into a...

29 March 2017 5:13 AM IST

Vasantha Parameshwari Prasanna temple at Angadi village in Chikkamaguluru district.

Angadi's pre-Hoysala era temple, village to get facelift

A century ago, Vasantha Parameshwari Prasanna Temple had a thatched roof and in the 1950s wooden pillars and tiled roof...

27 March 2017 2:30 AM IST

Even though over 10,000 acres acquired for different SEZs are lying idle in Nellore district, in some cases for over a decade, the government is once again going ahead with land acquisition for the proposed Chennai-Visakhapatnam and Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridors (CBIC). (Representational image)

In Mudigere, 500 bigwigs grab land... a full 6,000 acres!

Officials estimate that around 6,000 acres of revenue land has been allegedly encroached upon in Mudigere.

20 March 2017 5:32 AM IST

Forest personnel taking away the captured tusker at Byrapur in Chikkamagaluru district on Thursday.

Karnataka: Wrong jumbo caught to please villagers?

Villagers and wildlife activists feel the captured elephant might not be the one which created problems by entering...

17 March 2017 3:47 AM IST

The eco-sensitive Sakleshpur forest

Japan agency on Shiradi ghat tunnel: Solve eco issues first

The project involves laying a six-lane road and building a 23.5 km long tunnel-cum-bridges to connect Bengaluru and...

11 March 2017 3:22 AM IST

Animal husbandry officials contend that there are no records to establish the transfer of the entire basur kaval to the forest department and it remains the legitimate owner of the land in question.

Karnataka: Black buck or cattle? Government in a fix

Forest, animal husbandry depts at loggerheads over Basur Kaval land.

6 March 2017 2:26 AM IST

The rail fencing at Omkar range of Bandipur National Park which blocks the direct route to Bolegowdanakatte for elephants to access fodder and water.

Karnataka: Fence in jumbo corridor a sure killer

Bandipur elephants may be denied access to fodder and water.

3 March 2017 3:02 AM IST

The rogue elephant, which was caught near Sakleshpur on Wednesday, was shifted to Bandipur National Parl. (Photo: DC)

New habitat: Relocated elephants struggle to adapt

Prof. Raman Sukumar says that young elephants are more likely to settle down in a new habitat than the older ones.

24 Feb 2017 3:32 AM IST

As elephants usually defecate 16 to 18 times day, 15 fresh dung piles are marked by the forest staff in each division at intervals of 20 days each.

Karnataka: Watch the dung to get the jumbo numbers

Wildlife scientists conduct study in tiger reserves before jumbo census.

21 Feb 2017 6:39 AM IST

Mekedatu will face no hurdles: CM Siddaramaiah

Speaking to reporters in Arasikere, he said the Detailed Project Report for the Rs 5,900 crore project had been...

19 Feb 2017 6:09 AM IST