The discovery prompted school authorities to dispose of the old stock and arrange for fresh rice Yadgir: Panic gripped Gundlur village in Wadagera taluk of Yadgir district on Thursday after dead rats, worms and debris were found in rice meant for the midday meals. The discovery prompted school authorities to dispose of the old stock…
Belagavi: Public works minister Satish Jarkiholi said on Tuesday Maharashtra is unlikely to release the 2 tmcft of water Karnataka has sought for the Krishna basin, citing water scarcity in the neighbouring state.Jarkiholi said Maharashtra officials have already conveyed their inability to accept Karnataka’s demand.Speaking to reporters at the deputy commissioner’s office here after a…
Authorities have apprehended a 20-year-old man on suspicion of terror links with a Pakistan-based organization DAVANGERE: A 20-year-old man suspected of terror links with a Pakistan-based terror organisation was arrested in Karnataka’s Davangere district on Tuesday.Police said he had recently arrived in Harihar taluk and was working as a painter. He was arrested on Tuesday…
Enforcement: Officials seize a KKRTC bus in Gangavathi, Koppal district, Tuesday after court order Gangavathi: A KKRTC bus was seized Tuesday and produced before a court after the transport corporation allegedly failed to pay the balance compensation awarded to the family of a man killed in a road accident nearly eight years ago.Mahantesh, 35, a…
Post-cleanup: Garbage hotspot near Haliyal toll naka in Dharwad cleared and fenced Dharwad: The Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) has cleared more than 30 garbage black spots in Dharwad in the past week as part of a drive to eliminate such locations, officials said. The sites have been fenced to prevent fresh dumping, and officials said…
Kalaburagi: A special Pocso court in Kalaburagi convicted Anjaneya Bhimashankar Odeyar, 25, of abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl and sentenced him to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) and a fine of Rs 55,000.Odeyar, a resident of Konchur village under Wadi police station in Chittapur taluk, was convicted on the basis of evidence collected by…
Kallayyajja, pontiff of Veereshwar Punyashrama speaking to the media in Gadag Wednesday Gadag: Kallayyajja, pontiff of Veereshwar Punyashrama, Wednesday alleged that he is facing a threat to his life from six office-bearers of the ashrama and said he will file a police complaint soon.Speaking to reporters, he made the allegation amid the controversy surrounding the…
According to survey records prepared by HDMC officials in 2019 and cited by the organisation, 1,265 trees were deconcreted out of 2,852 identified for the exercise Hubballi: Parisarakkage Naavu, an organisation campaigning for the deconcreting of trees since 2019, has decided to take up the issue with elected representatives of the HDMC and urge civic…
Gadag: The DYES runs a wrestling training facility and hostel for young wrestlers in Gadag, which has produced athletes who represented the country at the national and Asian championships. Students from classes 5 to 10 were eligible to join the programme. However, the department has not appointed a trainer for nearly a year and it…
Belagavi: Tension gripped Hindalco Industries’ plant on the outskirts of the city Wednesday after a 31-year-old worker allegedly died by suicide inside the premises, triggering unrest and vandalism by employees.The deceased, Shankar Talavar, a resident of Mutyanatti village, had been working at the plant for the past six years.Following the death, hundreds of agitated workers…
