Hubballi: Members of the Karnataka State Anganwadi Employees’ Association and the Karnataka State Akshara Dasoha Employees’ Association, under the leadership of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), staged an indefinite protest in front of Union minister Pralhad Joshi’s office on Chitaguppi Hospital premises in Hubballi on Monday. They demanded job security and other benefits,…
Belagavi: Three months after Belagavi deputy commissioner Mohammad Roshan announced that land acquisition for the Belagavi–Dharwad railway line via Kittur was nearly complete and that land will soon be handed over to the Railways, the project remains stuck. The reason is that the state govt is yet to release compensation to landowners, halting further progress.A…
Raichur: A road accident occurred near Yaramaras Bypass on the outskirts of Raichur on Monday, killing two people on the spot. The rural station police said that a speeding truck, negotiating a turn on the bypass, ran over Nagappa Uppara, 65, and his son Ramesh Uppara, 38, a mason from Yaramaras village on the outskirts…
Kalaburagi: Samvidhana Rakshana Samithi members held the “Bheemanade” march past on Monday in Chittapur town to counter an RSS march past that was held on Nov 16. The event began at 2.40pm instead of the scheduled 11.30am. Father of the Constitution Dr BR Ambedkar was praised, and slogans were raised in his honour. Men wearing…
Belagavi: Kadasiddheshwar Swamiji of Kanneri Mutt, located on the Maharashtra border in Kolhapur district, has triggered a fresh controversy by comparing Lingayat seers who follow Basava philosophy to “Talibanis.” Speaking at a Hanuma Mala Deeksha programme organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad in Raibag town on Sunday, the seer said, “Those who wear Hanuma Mala…
Belagavi: A disturbing incident has come to light in Belagavi, wherein a PhD scholar attempted suicide for allegedly not being awarded doctoral degree during the recently held Convocation ceremony of Rani Channamma University (RCU).The student, Sujata Pol, 34, a resident of Chikodi town, reportedly consumed 19 sleeping tablets in a desperate state. Immediately, she was…
Bidar: The Bidar zilla panchayat on Monday launched Akka Café, an initiative aimed at helping women from self-help groups (SHG) become economically independent.The Akka Café model is designed to empower SHG women across Karnataka. The state govt, through various zilla panchayats, has already opened such cafés in several districts, with a few in North Karnataka…
Pic: Police, as a preventive measure arrest the job aspirants who had gathered near Srinagar Circle in Dharwad on Monday to take out a rally to urge the govt to fill up the vacancies in the govt departments and provide employmentDharwad: Growing unrest among the job aspirant youths over the govt’s indifference towards their demand…
Hubballi: It is essential to instil concern and love for the environment in children’s minds, said Justice Krishna Dixit, a judge of the high court of Orissa.Inaugurating the valedictory of the Air Pollution Control Awareness Month, organised in collaboration with the Transport Department and Karnataka State Law University at the university’s auditorium in Navanagar, he…
Belagavi: A guest lecturer at a private college in the city, identified as Nageshwar Deminakoppa of Basavan Kudachi village, was arrested by the Camp Police on charges of sexually assaulting a girl student. According to police, the accused was sexually assaulting the student for the past two years and threatened her with dire consequences if…
