BANGALORE: Dandeli is a town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka in the Western Ghats region. It is an ideal vacation getaway for those who love nature and adventure. To say that the place is breathtakingly beautiful would be an understatement.

Her anger is not only directed at the men who assaulted the ACF when he was merely doing his duty as a forester, but also at the Dandeli police who allegedly tried to strike a deal with him for five long hours while he bled internally from the injuries ...

By M Raghuram | Place: Karwar | Agency: DNA The murder of a forest official at a private resort in Dandeli has dealt a severe blow to the reputation of homestays and resorts here. Locals now increasingly look at tourists with suspicion.

One could easily sight bisons, deer, stags, wild boars, leopards, tigers, rabbits, wild dogs and other animals, besides a number of birds in the Dandeli wildlife sanctuary (spread over an area of 470 sq km) not long ago. But such sightings are becoming ...

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has collected vital clues relating to the alleged murder of Madan Nayak, Assistant Conservator of Forests, in Dandeli. The post-mortem report states that the death of the ACF occurred due to a head injury ...

Three government staffers, including an assistant executive engineer (AEE) of Hescom, have been suspended over the killing of Dandeli ACF Madan Naik. The suspended are Anandroopsingh Naik, AEE of the Ramadurga sub-division (Belgaum district) of Hescom, ...

The killing of Madan Naik, Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF), by inebriated revellers at the Dandeli wildlife sanctuary last week has brought the private resorts and homestays under the scanner of the Haliyal taluk administration.

The director general of police has also been asked to conduct an inquiry into the murder and the alleged involvement of a police official from Dandeli in hushing up the role of a policemen in the murder. “I met the family and promised to help them,” ...