Yana Caves trip from Delhi can cost under Rs 20,000
A budget trip from Delhi to the Yana Caves in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district can cost between Rs 10,000 and Rs 20,000 per person for a 3-4 day trip, according to an…
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Karnataka, Assam, Tamil Nadu hold 60% of India’s 22,466 elephants
Karnataka, Assam, and Tamil Nadu together hold 59.29% of India's estimated 22,466 elephants, according to a Wildlife Institute of India (WII) report released on Tuesday. Karnataka leads with 6,013 elephants, followed by…
Karnataka children risk tiger and leopard encounters on school route
Children from Marathi Camp in Karnataka’s Chikkamagaluru district walk about 3 km through forest and farmland to reach their school in Byrapura. In July, three Class 7 students encountered a leopard, while…
Saputara offers quiet slow travel escape in Sahyadri hills
Saputara, a hill station in the Sahyadri hills of the Western Ghats, is drawing attention for its slow travel appeal, with the Radisson Hatgad Saputara property designed around the existing terrain and…
Shrinking Nilgiri grasslands disrupt endemic birds’ movements, study finds
A study across the Nilgiri and Palani-Anamalai shola sky islands found that shrinking grasslands and human activity are disrupting bird movements. Between 1973 and 2017, the region lost 516 sq km of…
Centre gives Hubballi-Ankola railway project special status
The union government has notified the 163-km Hubballi-Ankola broad-gauge double railway line as a special railway project under the Railways Act, 1989. The Deccan Herald reports that the status allows South Western…
Karnataka minister warns strict action against off-roading
Karnataka's Rural Development Minister Eshwar Khandre has warned organisers of an off-road event in Kudremukh on August 15 and 16 that any damage to village roads or pollution of water sources will…
Scientists slam railway doubling EIA for Western Ghats route
A peer-reviewed study by 20 scientists from Karnataka and Goa has rejected the Wildlife Institute of India's environmental impact assessment for the Tinaighat-Kulem railway doubling, calling it scientifically inadequate. The project, part…
Vande Bharat trial runs begin on Western Ghat section
South Western Railway has started trial runs of the Vande Bharat Express on the tough Sakleshpur, Subrahmanya Road ghat section, officials said. The 55-km stretch through the Western Ghats has 57 tunnels,…
Wayanad landslides study links climate, geology to disaster
A new study published in the journal Landslides reveals that the July 2024 Wayanad disaster was not caused by extreme rainfall alone. Nearly 573 mm of rain in 48 hours triggered a…
