‘I was holding his hand’: 10-year-old Bengaluru boy killed by leopard during family pilgrimage to MM Hills

A 10-year-old boy from Bengaluru was killed in a leopard attack while walking with his family to the Male Mahadeshwara Hills Temple in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district Sunday, triggering renewed ...

Karnataka suspends trekking across wildlife-sensitive forest areas after leopard kills 10-year-old boy at MM hills

Following the leopard attack death of 10-year-old Harishith from Bengaluru at the Nagamale hill shrine in MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary — the second such fatality at the same spot since January 2026 — ...

10-year-old boy from Bengaluru killed in leopard attack at Male Mahadeshwara Hills

MYSURU: A 10-year-old boy from Bengaluru was attacked and killed by a leopard at Nagamale near Male Mahadeshwara Hills in Hanur taluk in the early hours of Sund ...
Indiatimes

Residents demand speedy completion of upgraded health centre near MM Hills

Mysuru: Residents around MM Hills in Hanur taluk, Chamarajanagar district, have demanded a speedy completion of the proposed 30-bed community health centre (CHC). Despite the MM Hills temple being a ...
Bangalore Mirror

Leopard attack forces major MM Hills restrictions

Following a fatal leopard attack, Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar B Khandre has restricted pedestrian access to Mahadeshwara Betta to only Shivaratri and Ugadi festivals. Devotees will now use jeep ...
bangaloremirror.indiatimes

Let the plastic roll off the hill

Forest Dept expects at least 350 volunteers from B’luru to help clean up MM Hills The Forest Department officials of the Chamarajanagar circle are expecting at least 350 volunteers from Bengaluru and ...
Indiatimes

5-day festivities at MM Hills near sanctuary from today

Mysuru: The Chamarajanagar district administration is set to host a five-day ‘Green Deepavali' at MM Hills, adjacent to MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, from Saturday.The event will feature rituals such ...

After leopard kills boy, Karnataka restricts pilgrimage to MM Hills in Chamarajanagar

Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre instructed officials to restrict the 14-km Nagamale padayatra to the temple atop Male Mahadeshwara Hills to 3 km.
The New Indian Express

Government won’t notify MM Hills as tiger reserve: Somanna

MYSURU: In the wake of protests from villagers and the farming community against the proposed plans to declare MM Hills forest as a tiger reserve, Housing Minister V Somanna on Tuesday announced that ...
Hindustan Times

Tigress, four cubs found dead in MM Hills sanctuary; forest dept suspects poisoning

A tigress and her four cubs were found dead under suspicious circumstances in the core area of Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary (MM Hills) in the Chamarajaranagar district on Thursday, a forest ...
The Hindu

After the hit ‘Elumale’, another Kannada film set around the Male Mahadeshwara Hills in the making

After the success of the recent thriller Elumale, another Kannada film set against the backdrop of the Male Mahadeshwara Hills is in the making. The yet-to-be-titled movie is being planned by a young ...