Tiger kills man in village of Mysuru district
Mysuru (PTI): Panic has gripped some villages in Mysuru district after a tiger killed another man on Sunday, officials said.
The incident happened near Mullur village in Saraguru taluk, they added.
According to forest officials, 58-year-old Rajashekar Murthy, a cattle herder from Mullur, was attacked by a man-eating tiger while grazing his cattle in an open field in the afternoon.
This is the second fatal tiger attack in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's home district Mysuru within a month. Earlier, a man was killed in Badagalpura village.
Forest Department officials in Hediyala, their staff, and Saraguru police rushed to the scene and camped in the area following the incident.
Angry villagers from Mullur and neighbouring villages staged protests, accusing the Forest Department of negligence and failing to capture the man-eating tiger despite repeated attacks.
Villagers pointed out that there is no forest area near Mullur, yet tigers have been frequently sighted in the vicinity. The department's attempts to trace and trap the animal have so far proved unsuccessful.
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Indigo crisis: Shivakumar urges Centre to act immediately, bring situation under control
Bengaluru (PTI): With large scale flight cancellations by Indigo airlines leaving passengers stranded, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday urged the Centre to act immediately and bring the situation under control.
He called the IndiGo fiasco a the direct result of the govt's monopoly model.
Taking to social media platform 'X', Shivakumar said India is witnessing the worst aviation meltdown in its history. "Thousands of flights cancelled - leaving our people stranded everywhere".
"The IndiGo fiasco is the direct result of the govt's monopoly model. And as always, it is ordinary Indians who are paying the price," he said.
Shivakumar said that the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, which is India's 3rd busiest airport with nearly 40 million travellers a year, is in complete chaos.
"This is hurting families, businesses and our national reputation. I urge the Union Government to act immediately and bring this situation under control. Our people deserve better," he added.
Domestic carrier IndiGo cancelled over 800 flights on Saturday, the fifth day of the ongoing crisis, even as the government imposed a cap on airfares and directed the airline to process all refunds by Sunday evening.
