Chamarajnagar

In a suspected suicide pact, a man allegedly shot dead his pregnant wife, son and parents before shooting himself at Gundlupet in Chamarajnagar district in the early hours of Friday, police said.

A 45-year-old man undergoing treatment after eating poison-laced 'prasad' at a temple in Karnataka died Friday, taking the number of deaths to 16 in the incident allegedly perpetrated by a seer over a turf war, an official said.

One more woman died at a hospital in Mysuru today, taking the number of dead in the case of poisoned devotional offering or prasad at a temple in Chamarajnagar in southern Karnataka to 15.

The Karnataka government today said that the prasad in the food poisoning incident at a temple in Chamarajnagar district contained substances dangerous for human consumption. The death toll in the incident today reached 14.

The number of dead in the food poisoning incident at a temple in Chamarajnagar district rose to 13 with two more deaths on Sunday, Health Department officials said.

Outside the emergency ward of KR hospital in Mysuru, families are fighting back tears and worrying for their loved ones. Those who fell sick after consuming poisonous temple prasad that claimed 11 lives in Chamarajnagar district of Karnataka were brought here, some in critical condition. They are being treated for vomiting, diarrhoea and respirator...

At least 11 people died and 82 were hospitalised today after consuming religious food offering at a temple in Karnataka's Chamarajnagar district, police said.

The Bandipur National Park in Karnataka's Chamarajnagar district - like much of the state - is dealing with drought. Bandipur is tiger territory, home to an estimated 140 tigers. It is a vitally important area for tiger conservation and is part of an area of forest that houses the largest number of wild tigers in the world. They flourish with a str...

The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of two death row convicts who were scheduled to hang tomorrow. The duo had moved the top court seeking commutation of their sentence citing a six-year-delay in the rejection of their mercy petition by the President. Their plea for mercy was turned down on the 13th of this month.

In a suspected suicide pact, a man allegedly shot dead his pregnant wife, son and parents before shooting himself at Gundlupet in Chamarajnagar district in the early hours of Friday, police said.

A 45-year-old man undergoing treatment after eating poison-laced 'prasad' at a temple in Karnataka died Friday, taking the number of deaths to 16 in the incident allegedly perpetrated by a seer over a turf war, an official said.

One more woman died at a hospital in Mysuru today, taking the number of dead in the case of poisoned devotional offering or prasad at a temple in Chamarajnagar in southern Karnataka to 15.

The Karnataka government today said that the prasad in the food poisoning incident at a temple in Chamarajnagar district contained substances dangerous for human consumption. The death toll in the incident today reached 14.

The number of dead in the food poisoning incident at a temple in Chamarajnagar district rose to 13 with two more deaths on Sunday, Health Department officials said.

Outside the emergency ward of KR hospital in Mysuru, families are fighting back tears and worrying for their loved ones. Those who fell sick after consuming poisonous temple prasad that claimed 11 lives in Chamarajnagar district of Karnataka were brought here, some in critical condition. They are being treated for vomiting, diarrhoea and respirator...

At least 11 people died and 82 were hospitalised today after consuming religious food offering at a temple in Karnataka's Chamarajnagar district, police said.

The Bandipur National Park in Karnataka's Chamarajnagar district - like much of the state - is dealing with drought. Bandipur is tiger territory, home to an estimated 140 tigers. It is a vitally important area for tiger conservation and is part of an area of forest that houses the largest number of wild tigers in the world. They flourish with a str...

The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of two death row convicts who were scheduled to hang tomorrow. The duo had moved the top court seeking commutation of their sentence citing a six-year-delay in the rejection of their mercy petition by the President. Their plea for mercy was turned down on the 13th of this month.