
Woman killed in elephant attack
The Hindu
A 57-year-old woman was killed in an elephant attack in Sathyamangalam here. Over 100 tribal families were residing near the forest area at Ramapailoor Thotti village in Chikkarasampalayam panchayat.
A 57-year-old woman was killed in an elephant attack in Sathyamangalam here.
Over 100 tribal families were residing near the forest area at Ramapailoor Thotti village in Chikkarasampalayam panchayat. They were involved in grazing cattle and collecting minor forest produce. On Thursday afternoon, four women from the village, Masani, Bommi, Rajathi and Marakkal, went to the forest to collect turkey berries.
A wild elephant chased them and attacked Masani in which she suffered injuries and died on the spot. Others escaped and reached the village and narrated the incident. Villagers alerted Sathyamangalam Forest Department and they were admitted to the Sathyamangalam Government Hospital. Later, the body was retrieved and sent to the hospital. Postmortem was conducted on Friday and the body was handed over to the relatives.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












