Ballari: Following several complaints lodged against Inayat Baghban, the divisional controller of KKRTC in Ballari, the district minister Zameer Ahmed Khan instructed officials to immediately suspend him for failing to respond to public issues and representatives. The directive was issued during the district-level KDP progress review meeting held at the city’s ZP Nazir Hall. Bagban,…
Kudalasangama (Bagalkot): Panchamasali BJP MLAs and other leaders met Kudalasangama Panchamasali Peetha seer Basava Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swami at Yatri Nivas here on Monday and extended their moral support to him.The seer is in the eye of a controversy following his ‘expulsion’ by the Panchamasali Peetha Trust which manages the Panchamasali Mutt recently. The Trust headed…
Pic: Supporters of Katti family celebrate after winning the pollBelagavi: In a major setback to the Jarkiholi brothers, the Swabhimani Panel, led by former MP Ramesh Katti, scored a clean sweep in the Hukkeri Rural Electric Cooperative Society (HRECS) elections, winning all 15 director seats.The results, declared late on Sunday, reinforced the Katti family’s dominance…
Pic: A teacher struggles to upload data during the socio-economic survey in HaveriHaveri: The social and educational survey in Haveri district encountered delays due to incomplete Aadhaar E-KYC and the presence of multiple ration cards in rural households. Surveyors were instructed to use a separate app for Aadhaar E-KYC; however, the process was impeded by…
Hubballi: Theatreperson Yashavant Sardeshpande, 60, passed away in Bengaluru on Monday morning due to a heart attack. He is survived by wife Malati and daughter Dosti alias Kalpashri.Sardeshpande presented his comedy plays as also certain movies in north Karnataka lingo, especially the Dharwad dialect. He was born to parents Sridhar and Kalpana on June 13,…
Pic: Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar celebrates victory along with supportersBelagavi: In a decisive victory, the Punashchetan panel, led by women and child welfare minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, swept the election of the Malaprabha Cooperative Sugar Factory at MK Hubli in Kittur taluk, winning all 15 director posts with a huge margin. The panel also had the backing…
Belagavi: There are 23 support price centres that have been started in Belagavi district for the purchase of urad, green gram, and sunflower under the central govt’s support price scheme. These centres were started following instructions from agriculture marketing Minister Shivanand Patil to the district task force committees to start support price centres.According to officials…
Kalaburagi: Water release from Maharashtra into Bhima River has led to flooding in 85 villages of Kalaburagi district. As many as 53 care centres have been opened, and a total of 6,664 victims were rescued and relocated to care centres.As many houses were filled with rainwater, the inmates were evacuated using boats. National Disaster Response…
Vijayapura/Bagalkot: The Vijayapura-Solapur national highway was closed after the Seena River overflowed on Monday. Thousands of vehicles came to a standstill in both directions on the highway, forcing many to take a 40-km detour via Mangalavede.As the Krishna River was also in spate, 1.20 lakh cusecs of water was released from Almatti Dam in the…
Pic: Ballari district minister BZ Zameer Ahmed inspected the four locations surrounding Ballari city for the 88th Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana on MondayBallari: Ballari district minister BZ Zameer Ahmed inspected four locations surrounding the city for the 88th Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana on Monday, which is tentatively scheduled for Dec.The mega literary meet…
