Koppal: The District Consumer Redressal Commission has ruled in favour of a couple who lodged a complaint against photographers for failing to provide promised wedding services. The commission has ordered the photographers to pay compensation and costs for the deficient service. According to consumer complaint No. 72/2024, Lekhana and Arpan from Koppal, hired Roshan Christopher…
Kalaburagi: The Karnataka State United ASHA Workers’ association staged a protest in front of the Kalaburagi DC office on Wednesday, demanding an honorarium of Rs 10,000 per month, in addition to the honorarium announced by the chief minister and the central incentive. On the second day of the three-day state-wide Ahoratri Dharna Satyagraha, ASHA activists…
Dharwad: The walls of the Dharwad DC’s office compound are attracting passersby with portraits of great personalities who brought fame to the district. For the past two days young artists from Government School of Fine Arts are decorating the compound walls with paintings.Notably, portraits of Kannada Jnanpith awardees DR Bendre, VK Gokak, and Girish Karnad,…
Gadag: Kappatagudda wildlife sanctuary is slowly attracting tourists and becoming one of the favourite destinations for tourists to spend quality time with their friends and family members during holidays and other days. The forest dept is now all set to introduce a jungle safari in Kappatagudda from Friday.The proposed safari will offer big opportunities for…
Koppal: Dr Basavaraj Kyavatar, BJP state executive committee member, said the party will not accept any unfounded accusations against the Dharmasthala temple.In a statement released on Wednesday, he said: “It has been 13 days since an anonymous individual (complainant-witness) claimed that bodies were buried in Dharmasthala, yet not a single body is found to date.“Dr…
Belagavi: Devotees of Dharmasthala staged a massive protest in Belagavi, demanding disciplinary action against those allegedly attempting to tarnish the reputation of Dharmasthala, one of Karnataka’s prominent religious centres.Protesters formed a human chain at Rani Chennamma Circle, expressing anger against individuals making statements against the religious institution. They marched to the DC’s office to submit…
Hubballi: A massive protest march will be held on Aug 17 at Chennamma Circle in Hubballi to condemn the slanderous propaganda being spread against Dharmasthala and its Dharmadhikari.Speaking at the press conference on Wednesday, the president of Hubballi-Dharwad Bunts Sangha, Vijayanand Shetty said that an investigation is already underway regarding the case of buried bodies….
Belagavi: The SP of Belagavi has refuted whistleblower claims of a fake jobs racket operating in the district. The police official, Bhimashankar Guled, said the allegations made by Jayant Tinaikar against the police department are far from the truth.Tinaikar had played a pivotal role in exposing the multi-crore rupees Telgi stamp paper scam in 1996….
Dharwad: The state govt has launched ‘Matsya Sanjeevini’, a programme to boost fisheries sector in all districts. Fisheries were being taken up in big tanks and lakes that are under the minor irrigation department but the new scheme envisages fish farming in small tanks under gram panchayats.The speciality of the scheme is that the women’s…
Hubballi: Suhas Dharwad, 23, a visually impaired student from Hubballi pursuing a Masters in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), at University of Trento, was selected for an exchange programme at University of Twente, Netherlands — the first visually challenged student there. He told TOI that his course includes multi-agent systems, basics of impact, innovation and entrepreneurship, speech…
