Haveri: The Haveri district administration has submitted a proposal worth Rs 50 crore to the state govt for widening the 6-km stretch of road between JP Circle in Haveri city and the DC office located in Devagiri village. The project, which includes land acquisition, is currently awaiting govt approval.Sources say the 7-km route connecting the…
Kalaburagi: Four people died on the spot near Aurad (B) village of Kalaburagi taluk on Friday night when a tanker collided with a bike and a car. The tanker, which was plying from Humanabad to Kalaburagi, rammed the two-wheeler and the car head-on as they headed towards Humanabad. The deceased were identified as Nagendrappa, 33…
Caption: ADGP R Hitendra visited the police personnel at the private hospital on SaturdayBelagavi: Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) R Hitendra visited the 11 police personnel at a private hospital on Saturday. They were injured in stone pelting on Friday during a farmers’ protest on the national highway near Hattargi.The ADGP inquired about the…
Ballari: Agriculture minister N Cheluvarayaswamy said yesterday that the sugarcane farmers’ protest ended after a decision to secure better payments.He told reporters here on Saturday that the factories would pay Rs 3,250 per tonne and the govt would contribute Rs 50. Some minor issues remained, he added. The chief minister held continuous discussions with both…
Koppal: MP K Rajashekhar Hitnal said he is hosting a dinner party for CM Siddaramaiah between Nov 16 and 18 at his official residence in New Delhi.Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Hitnal said it’s just a courtesy as he recently got an official residence in Delhi. “We are inviting all those who are accompanying the…
Vijayapura: Large & Medium Industries and infrastructure development minister MB Patil suspected a BJP conspiracy in the sugarcane growers’ agitation.Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, Patil questioned why BJP state president BY Vijayendra slept at the farmers’ protest site. “It shows that BJP is politicising the issue and conspiring against the state govt,” he alleged.He…
Pic for representation onlyBelagavi: Ishwar Ullagaddi, additional commissioner of Belagavi division of School educationand literacy department, said that to ensure the quality of learning in govt and aided primary and secondary schools and to improve the results of important programmes of the department such as Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN), Lesson Based Assessment (LBA), and…
Haveri: Sindhu Parameshappa Parannanavar, 26, took her own life at her home on Friday after filing a complaint at the Ranebennur Rural police station. She alleged that a young man she was in love with deceived her by promising marriage and she was pregnant. Relatives have accused the young man, his family, and CPI of…
Hubballi: The Hubballi-Dharwad Urban Development Authority (Huda) has initiated a survey to identify non-NA (Akram-Sakram) properties developed without official approval. The effort aims to safeguard the ownership rights of residents who have been living on such plots for the past two to three decades.Huda officials have learned that some heirs of original landowners are now…
Dharwad: Union minister Pralhad Joshi slammed chief minister Siddaramaiah for blaming the Centre over the ongoing sugarcane growers’ protest, asserting that it is the state government’s mismanagement that has pushed farmers into distress.Addressing mediapersons in Dharwad on Saturday, Joshi questioned why such protests are taking place only in Karnataka and not in other sugarcane-producing states….
