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Hubballi: Police arrested 10 accused in the kidnapping of contractor Mohan Chavan over a financial issue. A group of more than 15 people, including Basappa Dalwai, allegedly attacked Chavan while showing weapons and kidnapped him in a car.Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said that in this regard, Mohan’s brother,…

A government foundation stone-laying ceremony in Hubballi has ignited controversy after the recitation of the Quran on stage HUBBALLI: The recitation of the Quran at a government programme organised in Hubballi recently sparked controversy. The programme, held on Sunday in Ward No. 34 at Vishal Nagar, Devaragudihal Road, Old Hubballi, was intended to lay the…

A local functionary of the BJP’s youth wing was murdered by a gang in a suspected case of enmity on Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, in front of Lilavati Hospital on Koppal Road, Gangavati city, when Venkatesh Kurubar, a 31-year-old Gangavathi BJP Yuva Morcha president, was returning on…

Kalaburagi: Another youth was arrested by police in connection with a viral edited picture on social media sites, involving Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, and the saffron flag at the Kaaba.The arrested youth is Yallappa Saibanna Talwar,24, a resident of Kusanur on the outskirts of Kalaburagi, police said. A case was…

Vijayapura: Bijapur MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce and release compensation to the victims of floods in north Karnataka.In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Yatnal said the people in north Karnataka have been distressed following heavy loss to the crop and properties due to floods and the…

Gadag: Deputy chairman of the State Policy and Planning Committee BR Patil who is also a Congress MLA from Aland blamed the present administrative and political system for the delayed or non-implementation of the programmes and policies of the govt in the state.Chairing a meeting of deputy commissioners and zilla panchayat chief executive officers of…

Vijayapura: Narayana Health City, synonymous with comprehensive and world-class medical care, has set new standards through remarkable progress achieved in paediatric stem cell transplantation — a curative option for children suffering from serious blood and immunity disorders.Dr Shobha Badiger, consultant, paediatric oncology, haemato-oncology and BMT, at Narayana Health City, Bengaluru, conducted several successful life-saving transplants…

Dharwad: Many high schools in rural areas do not have English medium schools and those who cannot afford to go to urban areas for studies have no other option but to continue to study in Kannada medium high schools in their respective areas.For such students, however bright they are, pursuing science becomes difficult and many…

Vijayapura: Congress MLA Yashwantrayagouda Patil of Indi constituency, extended his support to the agitation seeking the establishment of a govt medical college in Vijayapura. Members of various organisations launched a sit-in agitation against the state govt’s move to establish the medical college on PPP model and they have demanded that the college be solely run…