Nearly 30 persons sustained bleeding injuries as thousands of people from Kurava and Boya communities of 10 villages engaged in the traditional stick fight during the Banni festival at Devaragattu in ...

Tirupati: The Kurnool district police will deploy drone cameras for the first time during the Devaragattu Banni stick festival this year to prevent any untoward incident. The Kurnool district police ...

<p>As the procession surged forward from Rakshapadi, the two groups of villagers armed with flaming torches, long sticks, metal ringed clubs, etc., clashed with one another in a fierce battle in a bid ...

Seventy people suffered injuries during the Banni festival at Devaragattu organised as part of the Mala Mallanna Swamy Kalyanotsavam in the early hours of Thursday. Thousands of devotees braved heavy ...

Two people were killed and 90 others suffered injuries during a traditional stick fight held as part of the Devaragattu Banni festival in the Kurnool district, an official confirmed on Friday. The ...

Kurnool: District superintendent of police Vikrant Patil said that all necessary security arrangements were in place to ensure the peaceful conduct of the prestigious Devaragattu Banni Utsavam, to be ...

Kurnool: In a tragic turn, three persons died and many devotees received injuries during the traditional Banni festival linked to a temple at Devaragattu in Holagunda mandal late on Tuesday. This ...

Two dead, 90 injured during Devaragattu Banni festival in Andhra Pradesh ...

Two persons died and 90 others sustained injuries during a stick fight organised as part of Devaragattu Banni festival in Kurnool district, said an official on Friday. The Banni festival, celebrated ...