Davanagere: A heartfelt farewell was given to the Ganesha idol installed by the Hindu Mahaganapati Trust at the city’s high school grounds with a grand procession on Saturday. The procession, led by trust president Jolly Guru and others, was inaugurated by superintendent of police Uma Prashant with a prayer. Later, Davanagere Harihar Urban Development Authority…
Hubballi: The 50% rebate on traffic fines, ordered by the state govt from Aug 23 to Sept 12, resulted in the collection of Rs 1,70,64,375 in the Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissionerate limits. A total of 68,440 cases were settled during this period out of a backlog of 6,13,995 cases registered from 2019 to 2025, where fines…
Pic: Srinivas, the deceased patientRaichur: It is alleged that a cancer patient passed away due to the negligence of the staff at the Rajiv Gandhi Super-speciality Hospital, commonly referred to as OPEC Hospital, in Raichur city on Thursday evening.The death of 35-year-old Srinivas from Jalan Nagar is said to be linked to significant negligence on…
Gadag: Three people, including two police constables, were killed in a road crash at Harlapur on Thursday evening. The crash occurred when a Gadag-bound car crossed the divider and rammed into a Hosapete-bound Goa bus. The deceased were identified as Iranna Uppar, 38, a constable at the Koppal district police control room, Arjun Nellur, 34,…
Hubballi/ Shivamogga: BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal demanded the caste census be stopped immediately, calling it a “stupid survey” and accusing it of systematically dividing the Hindu religion.Speaking to reporters on Friday, Yatnal alleged that some Mathadhis are intentionally trying to insult Hinduism by projecting Lingayat-Veerashaiva as a separate religion. “The tradition of Lingayat and…
Kalaburagi: Mudhol police has arrested a man for allegedly murdering his wife at Yanagundi village of Sedam taluk in Kalaburagi district. Bhimashappa Dodmani, the accused, has been remanded to judicial custody for killing Renuka — the latter was opposing his alleged extramarital relationship. Recently, Renuka noticed Bhimashappa’s cellphone getting a call from a woman. After…
Kalaburagi: The body of a young woman was found eight days after she went missing, on Friday. Investigation confirmed that she was murdered.The incident occurred in a canal near Solar Garden of Ultratech Cement Factory under Malkheda police station in Sedam taluk. The deceased was identified as Bhagyashree Channaveera Soolahalli, 20, a resident of Malakheda.Manjunath…
Belagavi: The Jagatik Lingayat Mahasabha (JLM) has called on the members of the Lingayat community to specify their religion as ‘Lingayat’ under the ‘others’ category in the socio-educational survey being conducted by the govt.Speaking to media on Friday, Mahasabha district president Basavaraj Rotti emphasised the importance of correctly specifying religion and caste in the survey….
Belagavi: Army Public School, The Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre (LIRC), Belagavi, inaugurated NCC unit, 168/26 Karnataka Battalion NCC, at a grand ceremony on Friday. The event was inaugurated by Brig Joydip Mukherjee, commandant MLIRC and chairman APS, in the presence of Col Mohan Naik, group commander NCC group HQ Belagavi, Col Sunil Dagar, commanding…
Karnataka police have recovered a portion of the valuables stolen from the State Bank of India’s Chadchan branch VIJAYAPURA: Karnataka police have recovered a portion of the valuables robbed from State Bank of India’s Chadchan branch earlier this week. The recovery was made after the robbers, who had fled to Maharashtra, abandoned part of their…
