Chamarajanagar: A shepherdess was killed in a tiger attack in Deshipura Colony, part of the Omkar Forest Zone of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Chamarajanagar district on Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as Hadiya Puttamma (36), a resident of Deshipura Colony in Gundlupet taluk.

The incident reportedly occurred around 3 PM when a tiger pounced on Puttamma while she was grazing sheep. The tiger attacked her, targeting her neck and chest, and then dragged her body into the nearby forest. Her remains were discovered a short distance away after villagers searched her upon noticing her absence.

Forest officials from the Omkar Zone have visited the spot and are conducting an investigation into the incident.

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Jaipur (PTI): A pickup van crashed into a parked truck in Rajasthan's Dausa district in the early hours of Wednesday, killing 11 people, including seven children, and injuring eight others, police said.

The passengers of the pickup vehicle were returning to their village in Uttar Pradesh's Etah after visiting Khatu Shyam and Salasar Balaji temple when the accident occurred on Manoharpur highway around 4-5 am, Dausa Superintendent of Police Sagar told PTI.

Those killed include seven children and four women, he said.

Twenty people were on board the pickup vehicle when it rammed into a stationary truck in the service lane of the highway, the SP said, adding that one of the eight injured is in critical condition.