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Operation Gaja shines spotlight on Chittoor’s kumkis

Forest officials and villagers credit kumkis (trained jumbos) for their role in subduing a rampaging lone elephant that caused the death of a couple, injured three others, and killed cattle at 190-Ramapuram village in Gudipala mandal of Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district

The Hindu · Sep 2, 2023

₹60 lakh ex gratia demanded for the kin of the couple killed in jumbo attack

Communist Party of India (CPI) district secretary Y. Nagarju and AP Rythu Sangham district president T. Janardhan on Friday demanded ₹30 lakh ex gratia each for Venkatesh and Selvi, the farmer couple who were killed in the recent elephant attack at 109 Ramapuram village in Gudipala mandal. Speaking to the…

The Hindu · Sep 1, 2023

Over 2 lakh devotees from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka take part in Adi Krithika festival in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh

Around two lakh devotees from several parts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu thronged the hill shrine of Lord Muruga at Gudivanka in Gudipala mandal of tri-State Kuppam junction on August 9 (Wednesday) to take part in the ‘Adi Krithika’ celebrations. The annual festival is considered a significant fusion of the…

The Hindu · Aug 9, 2023