Chamarajanagar: Soliga youngster killed in bear attack while collecting honey in forest
Chamarajanagar: In a tragic incident reported from the Biligiri Ranganath Tiger Reserve in Chamarajanagar district, a 30-year-old Soliga tribal youngster was killed in a bear attack while collecting honey in the forest.
The deceased has been identified as Siddu, son of Rangegowda, a resident of the Podu hamlet near Seegabetta. On Monday afternoon, Siddu had ventured into the forest to collect wild honey when a wild bear attacked him. He suffered severe injuries to his face and legs and is reported to have died on the spot due to the intensity of the attack.
Following the incident, A.R. Krishnamurthy, MLA of the Kollegal constituency, visited Siddu's family to offer condolences and handed over a compensation cheque of ₹5 lakh on behalf of the state government. He informed that the remaining compensation amount would be directly transferred to the family's bank account.
Those present during the condolence visit and compensation distribution included District Guarantee Scheme Implementation Committee Chairman H.V. Chandru, Sub-Divisional Officer Mahesh, Deputy Conservator of BRT Tiger Reserve Sripati, Assistant Forest Conservator Manjunath, Range Forest Officer Vasu, District Scheduled Caste Welfare Officer H.S. Bindhya, former Zilla Panchayat Vice President J. Yogesh, and Gram Panchayat member C.D. Mahadev.
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J-K: Rahul Gandhi to sponsor education of 22 children who lost their parents in Pak shelling
Rajouri/Jammu (PTI): Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will sponsor the education of 22 children who lost either one or both parents in the Pakistani shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir during Operation Sindoor, a party leader has said.
Pradesh Congress Committee president Tariq Hameed Karra also refuted any differences with the pre-poll alliance partner National Conference (NC) but said his party is waiting for formation of coordination committee with the ruling party for the past nine months.
"A lot of civilian casualties and damage to properties took place in Poonch and Rajouri (between May 7 and 10) in Pakistani shelling. Rahul Gandhi visited Poonch in the aftermath of the devastating shelling and visited the bereaved families. He asked us to prepare a list of school-going children who lost one or both parents, especially the breadwinners, and accordingly we submitted the list to him," Karra, who reached Rajouri on a three-day tour of the region, told reporters late Monday.
He said the party has a list of 22 such children in the Poonch district alone, and more such children might be included at the end of the three-day visit.
Poonch district alone accounted for 13 civilian deaths among 28 fatalities in the Pakistani shelling and drone attacks in Jammu and Kashmir after the Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror infrastructure across the border under Operation Sindoor in May in retaliation to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 persons dead.
Karra said he is visiting Poonch on Tuesday to handover the financial aid sent by the leader of opposition for the affected children for their education.
"This is an initiative aimed at extending a helping hand to the children so that their studies are not impacted," he said.
