The anti-naxal force is conducting a major operation in Chikkamagaluru due to renewed Maoist activity, detaining two for questioning and recovering weapons.
Around 10 to 12 elephants are currently in the Marikatti village coffee fields and efforts are underway to drive them back to the forest, officials said.
The government will allocate 33 acres and 24 guntas of land in Haduoni, Balur hobli, Mudigere taluk. Each family will receive 2 acres for agricultural purposes, an additional four guntas to build homes.
The farmer allegedly died by suicide in Koppa taluk, Chikkamagaluru district, due to fear of getting evicted from the forest land he had encroached upon to grow coffee crops