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South Western Railway begins Vande Bharat safety trials in critical Western Ghat Section

South Western Railway began field trials of a Vande Bharat Express rake. The train is being tested on the challenging Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road Ghat section. These trials assess the feasibility of operating the semi-high-speed train on this route. The automatic emergency braking system is also being evaluated during these tests. Successful…

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Beyond Coorg: A Slow Travel Through Karnataka's Coffee Hills and Plantation Estates

The Road That Doesn't Rush YouThe first thing Chikmagalur takes from you is your itinerary. You arrive with a list, Mullayanagiri, Baba Budangiri, the coffee museum, and within a day the list is somewhere in your bag, unread. The hills do this. They are not dramatic in the way that…

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Mysuru division conducts drill at Sakleshpur railway station

Mysuru Railway conducts disaster drill at Sakleshpur station, testing response of NDRF, Fire Services, and State agencies.

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Forest officials capture one more tusker in Hassan

The Forest Department officials captured one more tusker after sedating it with tranquilizer dart at Nidigere forest near Hettur in Sakleshpur taluk of Hassan on Sunday.

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Agriculture worker narrowly escapes elephant attack in Sakleshpur

An agriculture labourer had a narrow escape in an elephant attack at Kesaguli village in Sakleshpur taluk on Monday.

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Woman files case against man for outraging modesty; accused files counter-case

A person allegedly attempted to rape a woman, who had migrated from a distant place, following an argument over a property dispute in Sakleshpur taluk.

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Man dies as bus veers off the road

A passenger died and many others suffered injuries when a KSRTC veered off the road, hit a house and a school compound wall at Bage, near Sakleshpur, on Sunday.

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Assistant loco pilot arrested for stealing valuables from passengers

Pudi Swaraj works as an assistant loco pilot at Sakleshpur railway station in Hassan district of Karnataka. He is suspected of stealing the laptop bag of a passenger, who was travelling from Udupi to Bengaluru.

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Sakleshpur police arrest 5 persons for unauthorised handover of newborn

Girija gave birth to a baby in the government hospital at Hettur in Sakleshpur on November 15, 2023. This was her third child. She has a 15-year-old son and a 12-year-old daughter. On November 16, with the help of an anganwadi worker, she handed over the baby to a woman,…

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Wild elephants damage Arjuna’s burial ground in Sakleshpur taluk

A group of wild elephants entered the Dabbalikatte forest area in the Yeslur range of forests in Sakleshpur on Thursday night and damaged the burial ground of Arjuna, the Dasara elephant who had died in a fight with a wild tusker. They also rummaged through coffee estates nearby.

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Yettinahole trial run leaves human habitats flooded in Sakleshpur

Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water Project trial run caused flooding in Sakleshpur taluk, damaging houses, coffee beans, and a road. Locals blamed officers for the damage and raised doubts over quality of work. Project officers and MLA visited spots, assured repair work, and stopped trial run. To ensure efficiency, experts will…

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Operation to fix radio-collars on wild elephants begins in Hassan

The Forest Department officials began an operation to install radio collars on nine wild elephants roaming in parts of Belur, Alur and Sakleshpur taluks on Friday.

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Villagers of Sakleshpur taluk allege harassment by Forest Dept. officials

Alleging harassment by the Forest Department in the name of clearing encroachments, residents of Hanbal hobli in Sakleshpur taluk of Hassan district have demanded the State government conduct a joint survey by the Forest and Revenue Departments and end the disputes over land ownership.

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Probe into death of couple in Hassan leads to arrest of son

Nanjundappa and Uma lived with their son Manjunath at Akkalavadi. Their other son, Jairaj, stays at Ballupete in Sakleshpur taluk. After having food at their residence on August 15, the three fell sick. They were taken to a hospital in Hassan.

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Forest Dept. returns sealed structures and portion of forest land to owners of private resort in Sakleshpur

Forest Department officials have returned the cleared portion of a private resort and the sealed structures at Murukannu Gudda forest area in Sakleshpur, citing a Karnataka High Court order that has stayed the eviction process.

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D.K. Shivakumar terms protests over Cauvery water politically motivated

Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has termed the protests over the Cauvery water issue politically motivated. “Can we stop the politically-motivated protests? They have to prove their existence,” he said in an interaction with journalists during his visit to Sakleshpur on Tuesday.

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Heavy rain continues in Malnad region

Heavy rains in Malnad region disrupt normal life; two houses damaged in Sakleshpur; rivers in spate; warnings issued to stay away from waterbodies; Tunga reservoir outflow increased to 60,000 cusecs; average rainfall of 90mm in 24 hrs; Orange alert for Shivamogga & Chikkamgaluru, Yellow alert for Hassan.

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Forest Dept. officials seize Stone Valley resort built on forest land in Sakleshpur

The Forest Department officials seized a popular resort in Sakleshpur taluk on Tuesday and recovered the forest land that the resort owners allegedly encroached upon. The Stone Valley resort was allegedly built encroaching upon 14 acres and 36 guntas of Moorukannu Gudda forest at Achchanahalli in Sakleshpur taluk.

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15 persons from Bengaluru booked for off-roading in forest in Sakleshpur Karnataka, 10 vehicles seized

S.L. Shilpa, RFO of Sakleshpur, told mediapersons that the tourists drove their vehicles up to the peak of Murkannu Gudda, trespassing a forest.

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Rainfall: Houses damaged in Sakleshpur

Many parts of Hassan district received moderate rains on Thursday. A couple of houses were damaged in Sakleshpur and a few trees were uprooted.

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Forest Dept. officials close cottages of resort in deemed forest of Sakleshpur

The Forest Department officials of Hassan have sealed the cottages of a resort built on deemed forest land at Mankanahalli in Yeslur range of Sakleshpur taluk.

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Female elephant found dead near Sakleshpur

A female elephant, which was leading one of the herds roaming in parts of Sakleshpur, was found dead at Mattasagara village in the taluk on Saturday. The elephant named Kanthi, aged around 40, was recently radio-collared to track the movement of the herd it was leading.

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Shola forests in Sakleshpur, a biodiversity hotspot, face threat as Government departments bicker over its status

The 7,938-acre shola forest that is part of the Western Ghats, recognised as one of the biological hotspots in the world and notified as an ecologically sensitive area by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, has now become a bone of contention between the Forest Department and the Revenue Department.

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Indian Army soldiers fall ill after having dinner at driving training camp near Sakleshpur

As many as 35 soldiers at an Indian Army driving training camp near Sakleshpur fell ill after having dinner on Tuesday. They were all admitted to the government hospital at Sakaleshpur.

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Protest by Dalits demanding arrest of Bajrang Dal activist for cow vigilantism in Sakleshpur

The protesters wanted the police to arrest the accused immediately and warn Bajrang Dal activists against cow vigilantism in Sakleshpur taluk of Hassan district in Karnataka

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