Pic: Two days’ free workshop on green business sensitised 20 youth from agriculture & rural backgroundDharwad: As youth drift away from farming and horticulture, a new initiative in Dharwad aims to bring them back to the soil. Startup experts, agriculturalists, and entrepreneurs have joined hands to train young people to become green entrepreneurs by utilising…
Dharwad: Former Supreme Court judge and Karnataka State Border and River Protection Commission chairman Justice Shivaraj Patil said that there is no escape from the impact and influence of artificial intelligence (AI) across sectors.Delivering his address at the annual convocation of Karnataka State Law University (KSLU) here on Wednesday, he said rapid adoption of AI…
Pics: The 500-acre govt land meant for the reservoir near Babanagar in Tikota taluk of Vijayapura district; Industries and district minister MB Patil discusses with officials about the proposal to construct a reservoir under the Tubachi-Babaleshwar Irrigation Project at Babanagar of Tikota taluk in Vijayapura district Vijayapura: To make maximum use of the water allocated…
Belagavi: Sugarcane farmers protesting at Gurlapur Cross in Mudalagi taluk of Belagavi district have given the state govt a deadline until Thursday evening to announce its final decision on fixing the sugarcane price at Rs 3,500 per tonne. The ultimatum came after talks with law and parliamentary affairs minister HK Patil failed on Wednesday evening.Addressing…
Belagavi: BJP state president BY Vijayendra marked his birthday on Wednesday by joining sugarcane farmers protesting at Gurlapur Cross in Mudalagi taluk. The farmers have been staging an agitation, demanding a price of Rs 3,500 per tonne for sugarcane.Vijayendra visited the protest site on Tuesday evening and chose to spend the night alongside the agitating…
Pic: HDMC mayor Jyoti Patil conducts the phone-in programmeHubballi: Mayor Jyoti Patil criticised officials of the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) over rising complaints about water supply during the mayor’s phone-in programme and directed them to address the issues immediately.In a phone-in programme held on Wednesday, the mayor received complaints related to…
Bagalkot: Former minister H Y Meti was laid to rest with state honours at his native village Timmapur in Bagalkot district on Wednesday. Chief minister Siddaramaiah, several of his Cabinet colleagues, MLAs, and thousands of followers attended the funeral.Meti’s mortal remains were brought from Bengaluru to the district stadium here in the early hours of…
Belagavi: Activists of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (TA Narayan Gowda faction) were detained on Wednesday after they blocked the national highway in front of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, extending their support to farmers demanding a fixed price of Rs 3,500 per tonne for sugarcane.The protesters gathered at the entrance gate of the Soudha and staged a…
Kalaburagi: A road accident near Neelamnalli Tanda under Dhannur police station in Bhalki taluk in Bidar district claimed four lives on Wednesday morning. Rachappa, Naveen, and Nagaraj, all residents of Narayankhed in Telangana, died at the scene when the car they were travelling in collided head-on with a goods vehicle on the road to Humanabad…
Bagalkot: A businessman in Bagalkot lost Rs 1 crore to online fraudsters between Sept 24 and Oct 27. The CEN police said that the businessman was added to a WhatsApp fake investors’ group on Aug 12 with the offer of providing more profit. “Fraudsters lured him with more profit for small investments in the beginning….
