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Kalaburagi: Many villages on the banks of the Bhima River in Afazalpur taluk have been severely affected by heavy rains this year, making life difficult for farmers.The taluk normally receives an average rainfall of 707.4mm. However, during July-Aug,189.5mm of rain fell, setting a new record. The Bhima River and its tributaries, the Bori and Amarja…

Haveri: A man attempted to murder his wife with a knife at the city family court during her divorce hearing on Saturday. Praveen Kumar stabbed his wife, Padmavati, 30, a resident of Davangere.Tired of ongoing disputes and arguments, Padmavati filed for divorce at the family court. Following the court’s instructions, she appeared for mediation at…

Hubballi: Vachananda Swami of Harihar Panchamasali Peeth demanded that a socio-educational survey should be conducted scientifically.On Saturday, swami questioned what the govt is trying to achieve by hastily conducting the socio-educational survey. “The Kantaraju Commission report was rejected for being unscientific,” he said.Swami stated that advertisements should be given in newspapers and public objections should…

Belagavi: Public works department minister Satish Jarkiholi has bought another chopper. It is his second chopper. During the last assembly elections, he roamed across the state for campaigning using his chopper.The minister, who inspected the new chopper at Jakkur Aerodrome near Bengaluru on Friday, shared information on his Facebook account that this helicopter will be…

Hosapete (Vijayanagara): The arrest of two more doctors and a first division assistant (FDA) in Vijayanagara has uncovered a deeper layer of a growing scandal involving fraudulent attempts to secure govt medical seats under the disability quota using suspicious medical documents.Earlier, H Prasanna, executive director of the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), flagged 21 instances where…

Haveri: Patients at the Haveri District Hospital have been left in distress as the facility struggles without specialist doctors, particularly for deliveries and emergency care. The crisis began when the department of health and family welfare withdrew the services of officials, doctors, and staff assigned to autonomous medical colleges and hospitals under the department of…

Ballari: In Toranagallu, a mother was apprehended by police on Saturday on charges of murdering her two-month-old baby girl.According to police, Priyanka from Bihar threw her daughter, Ansika, into the Tungabhadra High Level canal in the early morning. She later returned home and told her husband that the baby had been kidnapped. She also called…

Haveri: DC Vijayamahantesh Danammanavar directed local urban and rural authorities, along with veterinary officers from the animal husbandry department, to work together on controlling the street dog population in the district.Presiding over the district-level animal population control and supervision committee meeting and the mobile veterinary unit progress review meeting, he emphasised the immediate implementation of…

Hubballi: Sir Siddappa Kambali, who gave a professor post to BR Ambedkar, was a minister in the Bombay Legislative Council. Apart from fighting against the British, he worked for the upliftment of the downtrodden and even played a crucial role in the establishment of Karnatak University, Dharwad. Now, many education enthusiasts, elected representatives, and legal…