Pic: Minister Eshwar Khandre inaugurates the free hostel for Veerashaiva Lingayat girl students at Subhash Nagar, Belagavi on Thursday. Ministers MB Patil, Sharanprakash Patil, Laxmi Hebbalkar, Prabhakar Kore are seenBelagavi: The Veerashaiva Lingayat community, one of the largest communities in Karnataka, is at a critical crossroads and must come together with unity and purpose, said…
Davanagere: Over the past three years in Davanagere, a total of 1,586 women and 191 girls were reported as missing. Of these, 1,525 women and 179 girls were found, leaving 61 cases untraced and arousing suspicions of human trafficking networks, according to Uma Prashanth, district superintendent of police.In 2023, 13 women remained missing; in 2024,…
Pic: File photo of Dharwad Mango being exported to Singapore in April 2025Dharwad: Majority of mango growers in Dharwad district have shifted to organic cultivation and are receiving a positive response from consumers abroad. Some consignments faced rejection due to technical issues, prompting farmers to study the reasons and adopt packing and storing technology. After…
Dharwad: Under the National Pulse Polio Campaign, the district has set a target of vaccinating about 2,07,837 children under the age of 5 from 8am to 5pm on Dec 21. Necessary preparations have been made, said deputy commissioner Divya Prabhu, urging the assigned doctors, health department staff, anganwadi and ASHA workers to perform the tasks…
Pic: A view of Tarihal industrial area which is one among four industrial areas that got SIR statusHubballi: The Karnataka govt has officially approved and declared the industrial areas of Gamanagatti, Itigatti, Tarihal, and Gokul in Dharwad district as the Gamanagatti–Itigatti Special Investment Region (SIR).A gazette notification dated Dec 6, 2025, confirms that these four…
Pic: Sugar minister Shivananand Patil visited the farmers, heard their grievances and accepted a memoradumBelagavi: Seven organisations staged a protest near Suvarna Vidhana Soudha (SVS) on Thursday. The farmers, under the leadership of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) president Chunappa Pujari, staged a massive protest urging the govt to fulfil various demands, including the central…
Davanagere: Davangere police recovered gold jewellery worth Rs 51 lakh from members of the Band Baaja gang after they allegedly stole gold worth Rs 67 lakh from a private resort here during a wedding reception. The gang originates from the Madhya Pradesh districts of Hulikhad, Kedia, and Jhansi, and uses minors to carry out thefts…
Belagavi: Kannada organisations urged chief minister Siddaramaiah to include border-area Kannada groups in discussions on the proposal of trifurcating Belagavi district. They opposed the idea of holding consultations only with the district’s 18 MLAs, stressing that linguistic and cultural sensitivities must be prioritised before any decision is taken. In a meeting of the leaders of…
Yadgir: An incident occurred on Wednesday night when more than 30 girl students who ate food in the girls’ hostel of the backward classes welfare department in Gurumatkal town fell ill. Girls complained of vomiting, dysentery, and dizziness within a few hours after consuming chicken and chapati for dinner. They were immediately admitted to Gurmatkal…
Belagavi: Speaker UT Khader on Thursday joined children and public representatives in playing traditional rural games at an event organised by Belagavi South MLA Abhay Patil at Lele Ground. Khader inaugurated the programme and later participated in several traditional games such as fables, tyre rolling, chinni-dandu, and others. Terdal MLA Siddu Savadi, Belagavi mayor Mangesh…
