Abhimanyu, the famous elephant who carries the Ambari at Mysuru Dasara, has chipped his tusk. The incident happened recently ...

MYSURU, India (AP) — The spectators were getting restless after hours of waiting when a drizzle began. But an announcer over scratchy loudspeakers urged them in Kannada, the language of India's ...

Mysuru: In response to widespread public concern and appeals from animal lovers, the forest department has relocated Dasara elephant Gajendra from Budipadaga Elephant Camp in Chamarajanagar district ...

Acting on Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre’s directive for the relocation of 63-year-old elephant Gajendra from the Budipadaga elephant camp in Chamarajanagar district to the Mattigodu camp in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An elephant lifts its trunk to greet the crowd as it rains during a procession on the last day of the Dussehra festivities, in ...

As elephant Abhimanyu headed back to Mathigodu camp from Mysuru on Sunday after the completion of his ceremonial role as the howdah-carrying jumbo during Dasara, memories of his predecessors who had ...

Hassan: Dasara elephant Sugreeva attacked its handler at a temporary camp in Bikkodu village in Hassan's Belur taluk Thursday, leaving him with serious abdominal injuries.The injured Raju, the ...

Animal activists have long objected to ceremonial uses of elephants, citing distress in the animals caused by crowds and noise. MYSURU, India — The spectators were getting restless after hours of ...

Abhimanyu, a 58-year-old elephant, carries on its back an idol of Chamundeshwari, the Hindu goddess also known as Durga, in a golden howdah, during a procession on the last day of Hindu festival ...

Abhimanyu, a 58-year-old elephant, carries on its back an idol of Chamundeshwari, the Hindu goddess also known as Durga, in a golden howdah, during a procession on the last day of Hindu festival ...