Youths belonging to Shia sect participate in a Muharram procession in Dharwad on Friday Dharwad: Amid mourning and remembrance, the Muslim community observed Muharram, the ‘day of grief’, in Dharwad on Friday. Rituals began at dargahs and mosques where panjas were installed on Thursday night and concluded on Friday.Irani youths belonging to the Shia sect…
Jaipur: The Central Bureau of Investigation said Thursday it carried out coordinated searches at over 80 locations, including in Rajasthan, as part of a nationwide crackdown on organised cybercrime networks behind digital arrest scams. The raids, conducted under Operation Chakra-VI, were aimed at dismantling infrastructure allegedly used to facilitate over 200 cases of cyber fraud…
D Vedavyas Kamath, MLA, Mangaluru City South Mangaluru: Mangaluru City South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath has demanded that the Congress-led govt dissolve all guarantee implementation committees across the state.The BJP MLA alleged that the govt has cut Gruha Jyothi, Gruha Lakshmi, and social security pension benefits for lakhs of people while revising the guarantee schemes,…
Mysuru: The announcement of a free bus travel scheme for school and college students from this academic year has come as a major relief to rural students.Around 18,000 students in Mysuru district are expected to benefit from the scheme. KSRTC began distributing free bus passes from June 12 and is also reimbursing students who had…
BJP general secretary and former MLA Preetam Gowda addresses the party activists during a meeting on electoral rolls revision Thursday. Mysuru: State BJP general secretary Preetham Gowda Thursday urged party activists, workers and elected representatives to take the special intensive revision (SIR) of the voters’ list seriously.He was speaking at a meeting organised by the…
Mangaluru: Satyajith Surathkal, state president of Sri Narayana Guru Vichara Vedike, has urged chief minister DK Shivakumar and KPCC president BK Hariprasad to include at least two ministers from the Billava community for the remaining one-and-a-half-year of the govt.Expressing gratitude to the Congress for appointing a senior community leader, BK Hariprasad, as the KPCC president,…
Bengaluru Myusur National Highway Mandya: A combination of advanced technology, enforcement, and targeted road safety measures has led to a significant decline in accidents on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway that passes through Mandya district.Over the last two-and-a-half years, road accidents on this stretch have reduced by nearly 50%, according to district authorities.A major factor contributing to…
Shivamogga: Heavy rainfall in April and May triggered natural disasters in parts of the district, destroying areca nut plantations and affecting farmers, MP BY Raghavendra said Thursday, directing the DC to consult the chief secretary on a special relief package to ensure compensation.Presiding over a zilla panchayat meeting, he said officials have sought Rs 22,000…
Dharwad: Farmers in Dharwad district have completed nearly 80% of the sowing of rain-fed kharif crops such as groundnut, green gram, black gram, soybean, paddy, cotton and sugarcane. However, due to inadequate monsoon rainfall, the germinated crops are drying up, creating drought-like conditions.As a result, the expenses incurred on fertilisers, seeds and sowing are becoming…
Bengaluru: Twelve men were arrested on charges of robbing Rs 17 lakh in cash from a trader after promising him to convert it into cryptocurrency.The arrests were made based on the complaint filed by Vishwas Y, 31, resident of Kodigehalli. A techie, Vishwas wanted to open a hotel near Sira on Bengaluru-Pune Highway and for…
