Anekal: Bear attack leaves 3 injured
Anekal: In an incident that occurred on Tuesday morning, villagers near Shettahalli were attacked by a bear in Anekal Taluk.
Residents of Shettahalli village, Shrinivas Reddy, Ramakka, Manju, and Venkataswami were attacked and wounded by the bear, it is learned. The injured are reportedly receiving treatment at a private Hospital in Anekal Town. Forest Department’s officials arrived at the site and are conducting an inquiry regarding the attack.
Recently, a bear had escaped from the Bannerghatta Animal Centre. The Bannerghatta doctors suspect that the bear which attacked the villagers could be the same animal that escaped. The locals informed that before the attack, the bear was spotted near the Chandapur KEB region.
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Senior Congress MLA, former Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passes away
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday due to age-related ailments, official sources said.
He was 95 and represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time.
Shivashankarappa is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, Karnataka Minister for Mines and Geology and Horticulture, and four daughters.
His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A former minister, Shivashankarappa, served as treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for several decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
He was also a noted educationist who established several educational institutions and was an industrialist.
