Belagavi: More than 12,000 women from Kakati and the surrounding villages of Belagavi taluk have been reeling under harassment from microfinance institutions for over a year after falling prey to a Rs 100-crore loan scam.In Dec 2024, the state govt set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the fraud, given its seriousness. While…
Pics: Mrutyunjaya Hiremath with his auto rickshaw; Mrutyunjaya Hiremath conducted mass marriage for 5 couples to mark Vishnuvardhan‘s birth anniversary in Feb 2025Hubballi: Mrutyunjaya Hiremath, 51, an autorickshaw driver in Hubballi and a devoted fan of the late actor Vishnuvardhan, marks the actor’s birth anniversary on Sept 18 each year with community service. Activities include…
Pics: Union minister of state for railways V Somanna lays the foundation stone for a Road Under Bridge (RUB) at the 4th Railway Gate in Anagol, Belagavi on MondayBelagavi: Union minister of state for railways V Somanna announced that the railway department undertook approximately 300 road over bridge (ROB) and road under bridge (RUB) projects…
Pic: Chief minister Siddaramaiah speaks at the inauguration of Krishi Mela at UAS Dharwad: Chief minister Siddarmaiah visited Krishi Mela-2025 organised at the University of Agricultural Sciences here on Monday.The CM pointed out the biggest challenge before the country is to provide food to the hungry population. “While the population is growing, there has been…
Pic: The bridge between Jiroli and Khanapur in Aland taluk has collapsedKalaburagi: The villages of Aland taluk in Kalaburagi district were hit by floods following the overflowing of Gogamwadi lake in Maharashtra. This resulted in the destruction of thousands of acres of crops and eight small bridges. Roads were washed away, villages disconnected, and power…
Haveri: Prolonged rainfall over four months severely damaged roads across Haveri district, leaving them riddled with potholes. On the evening of Sept 11, around 7.30pm, Dhariyappa Davagi, 46, from Yattinahalli village in Shiggaon taluk, died in a road accident in Tadas police station limits while trying to avoid potholes. His nine-year-old son, Rajaveer, was injured…
Vijayapura: Members of the Raita Bharata Paksha, comprising local farmers, took out a protest rally demanding the inclusion of Vijayapura district under Article 371(J). As part of the demonstration on Monday, they tied posters of elected representatives to horse carts.Throughout the rally, slogans were raised against the Union govt, state govt, as well as against…
Belagavi: In compliance with the Supreme Court’s directive to manage the growing stray dog population, the Belagavi City Corporation (BCC) has initiated the process of identifying suitable locations to establish six designated feeding zones for stray dogs in the city.As per the Supreme Court’s order issued on Aug 11, feeding stray dogs is prohibited in…
Belagavi/ Davanagere: Engineers’ Day was celebrated with enthusiasm at Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU, Belagavi), on the birth anniversary of Sir M Visvesvaraya.Belagavi city police commissioner Bhushan Borase, who was the chief guest, said Sir MV, one of the architects of modern India, is an inspiration not only to engineering students, but to everyone, especially those…
Bagalkot: Farmers in Upper Krishna Project area whose lands will be acquired for the UKP third phase are eying the outcome of Tuesday’s special cabinet meeting to be held at Bengaluru.The meeting has been convened to discuss the price fixation for the lands to be acquired to complete the UKP third phase work, which includes…
