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20 monkey carcasses found abandoned near Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka, probe ordered

July 03, 2025 11:51 am

The monkey deaths have come days after five tigers died of suspected poisoning at the M M Hills wildlife sanctuary in Karnataka.

reads an online petition calling for protection of the reserve. (Photo: Bandipur Tiger Reserve/ X)

Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll puts spotlight on 15-year-old night traffic ban in Karnataka's Bandipur Tiger Reserve

November 13, 2024 5:57 am

Since the inception of the night traffic ban in Bandipur in 2009, political parties in both Karnataka and Kerala have used the issue as a rallying point.

'A first sighting of its kind’: Wildlife photographer clicks leopard with different-coloured eyes at Bandipur Tiger Reserve

August 03, 2024 4:17 pm

A leopard at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, with the unique trait of different-coloured eyes, was captured in photos for the first time in India.

Ban on vehicles at night in Bandipur to remain: Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre

February 02, 2024 10:46 pm

The Kerala government had earlier requested Karnataka to permit emergency vehicles to pass through the stretch at night

Nearly half of Bandipur Tiger Reserve covered by invasive weeds: Karnataka minister Eshwar Khandre

December 04, 2023 6:06 pm

The forest minister stated in the Assembly that it would require nearly Rs 1,200 crore to remove the invasive weeds in Karnataka’s three national forests.

Poacher shot dead at Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka

November 05, 2023 12:18 pm

"We suspect there were about 10 persons who had ventured into the forest. They have also killed a Sambar deer by using the same weapon," Ramesh Kumar, director of Bandipur Tiger Reserve told The Indian Express.

Tusker Akki Raja dies of cardiac arrest at Karnataka’s Rampura elephant camp

November 02, 2023 6:24 pm

Akki Raja was captured by the Karnataka forest department in June 2023 and sent to the elephant camp in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve after it raided houses in search of rice in Yelchetty village

Forest Department directs ESZ monitoring committee to take action against illegal cottages in Bandipur Tiger Reserve

September 13, 2023 7:23 am

In a letter, the department cited cottages built by one Asha Bablani in the reserve's elephant and tiger corridors.

Bandipur Tiger Reserve gets new director

August 30, 2023 7:58 am

Vijay Mohan Raj will take the charge as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, land records replacing Ashwini Kumar Singh. Singh is now member secretary, Zoo Authority of Karnataka.

After Karnataka villagers protest, wild tusker captured in 5-day operation

June 08, 2023 5:50 pm

Villagers protested in Chamarajanagar district demanding the capture of the elephant that had caused damage to crops and property and attacked people.