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CID searches BJP MLA’s sugar mill over unpaid loan

CID raids BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi's sugar factory in Gokak over non-payment of bank loan. Documents seized for further investigation.

India News

Updated on Feb 08, 2024 08:22 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Will submit evidence supporting remark: PWD minister on 2022 case

Karnataka PWD minister Satish Jarkiholi said he will face a legal battle in the criminal case against him

Bengaluru

Updated on Feb 06, 2024 08:01 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel

Karnataka: Uttara Kannada on alert after 25 infected with monkey fever

Uttara Kannada district health officer said all the 25 infected individuals are out of danger despite not receiving the vaccine

According to Siddapur taluk government hospital officials, the vaccine crucial for preventing the monkey fever infection from reaching a fatal stage is not available in Uttara Kannada district and must be obtained from Mysuru. (HT Archives)

Bengaluru

Updated on Feb 05, 2024 09:12 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel

BJP MP, Laxman Savadi go for lunch; deny speculation of return to party

BJP leaders in Belagavi have been tasked with bringing back defectors, including Athani Congress legislator Laxman Savadi, before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Bengaluru

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 08:01 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel

Border dispute: Karnataka, Maharashtra get notice over failure to hold meetings

The central government has issued notices to Karnataka and Maharashtra for failing to convene meetings of the coordination committee to address border disputes.

In 2022, Amit Shah organised a meeting of the then chief ministers of Karnataka and Maharashtra in New Delhi (PTI)

Bengaluru

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 07:58 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Karnataka: Four heading home killed as their car hits tractor

At least four people were killed after the car they were travelling in rammed into a sugarcane-laden truck at Sunaga cross

The incident took place in Badami taluk on the Hubballi-Solapur state highway. (Representational Image)

Bengaluru

Updated on Jan 27, 2024 06:10 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel

Panchayat president injured during R-Day celebratory firing in Karnataka

Shobha Hosamani, the president of Hirerogi Gram Panchayat in Indi taluk of Vijayapur district, sustained bullet injuries when a Kannada activitst fired into the air from his revolver during the Republic Day celebrations in the village

The incident took place when a Kannada activist fired into the air from his revolver during the Republic Day celebration in the village. (Representational Use)

Bengaluru

Updated on Jan 27, 2024 05:54 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Charge sheet in Belagavi assault case within a week: CID officials

The assault on the woman had triggered outrage across the country and the government was pressured to speed up the investigation to ensure stringent punishment to all the accused

Belagavi Police Commissioner SN Siddaramappa had earlier said that the young woman, unwilling to marry another person, fled with the man she loved to avoid her engagement (Getty Images)

India News

Updated on Jan 26, 2024 07:22 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel

Two killed, 8 hospitalised after gas leak at factory in Karnataka district

Bidar Deputy Commissioner Govind Reddy sought to reassure the public that the chemical gas had not spread to nearby areas

Bidar district SP Channabasavanna SLsaid Humanabad police have registered an FIR against the owner of the factory on the charge of death due to negligence. (HT Archives)

Bengaluru

Updated on Jan 23, 2024 08:03 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

SC issues notices over disproportionate asset cases against BJP MLA

A Supreme Court bench issued the notices to Karnataka assembly speaker UT Khader, MLA Abhay Patil, and Bengaluru Lokayukta, asking them to respond within four weeks

The Belagavi-based Brasthachar Nirmulan Pariwar, an anti-corruption committee, has taken the disproportionate assets case against Abhay Patil, BJP MLA from Belgaum South constituency, to the Supreme Court. (@iamabhaypatil/ X)

India News

Updated on Jan 22, 2024 08:30 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel

Forest dept puts in curbs after bear attacks man in Karnataka

The incident took place when the farmer, identified as Vithal Dulaji Gavade, had taken his cattle to graze inside the Khanapur forest zone in Belagavi district

A 54-year-old man was attacked by a bear in Belagavi district. (Representational image)

Bengaluru

Updated on Jan 20, 2024 09:26 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

MES takes to human rights panel against insurance scheme

The development came after Kannada organisations opposed the Maharashtra government implementing the medical insurance scheme in Karnataka

Bengaluru

Updated on Jan 19, 2024 07:16 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Residents instructed to install CCTV cameras in Belagavi

Residents of Ramthirth Nagar in the Malmaruti police station area also said that they were given a ten-day ultimatum to install cameras

The advisory comes as a step to curb burglary in Belagavi district. (HT Photo)

Bengaluru

Updated on Jan 19, 2024 07:08 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Kannada-dominated Maha villages allege neglect in water supply

A Maharashtra official says the government treats everyone equally and does not discriminate on linguistic or religious grounds

Kannada-dominated villages in Maharashtra bordering Karnataka complain of neglect. (ANI)

India News

Updated on Jan 16, 2024 08:56 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

State records over 28k underage pregnancies, Bengaluru tops list: Panel

Belagavi and Vijayapur districts stand in the second and third positions on the list, with 2,754 and 2,004 underage pregnant women recorded from January to November 2023

India News

Updated on Jan 15, 2024 07:56 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Karnataka: 23 students hospitalised after drinking lizard-infested milk

The education department, responsible for supplying milk to government schools under the ‘Skeerabhagya’ scheme, has initiated an inquiry into the incident.

The education department has initiated an inquiry after a lizard was found in milk served to students at a government primary school in Belagavi. (Getty Images (Photo for representation))

Bengaluru

Updated on Jan 12, 2024 02:06 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel

Two Belagavi hospitals to get notice over Maharashtra insurance

The deputy commissioner said notices will also be sent to the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) which started four centres in Belagavi for enrolment.

Kannada organisations have opposed Maharashtra’s implementation of the medical insurance scheme for Marathis in Karnataka. (ANI)

Bengaluru

Updated on Jan 12, 2024 08:36 AM IST

Deutsche Welle | ByHirekop Rajan Samuel

Maha rolls out health scheme for Marathis in Karnataka

The insurance will cover serious accidents, dialysis, brain haemorrhage, treatment for newborns, heart ailments, and other major diseases

Maharashtra claims rights over 864 locations in Karnataka, and had filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court in 2004 in this regard. (ANI)

Bengaluru

Updated on Jan 10, 2024 08:11 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Opposition, Kannada bodies slam Karnataka minister for Belagavi remark

Calling minister Hebbalkar’s remarks as an insult to Kannadigas, BJP legislator SR Vishwanath said her statement is against the interest of the state

Karnatak women and child development minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar clarified that she intended to encourage Kannadigas from border areas. (ANI)

Bengaluru

Updated on Jan 09, 2024 07:35 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel

Maharashtra to submit revised petition in Supreme Court for border dispute: Shiv Sena MP

The Maharashtra government plans to file a revised plea in the Supreme Court regarding the border dispute with Karnataka, due to identified mistakes in its earlier petition. The new petition will provide solid proof supporting Maharashtra's claim to the disputed places in Karnataka.

Satish Jarkiholi said fresh petition would not impact Karnataka’s case, which is being presented promptly with substantial proof. (file)

India News

Updated on Jan 08, 2024 07:54 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel

Karnataka man cuts teacher’s nose after children pluck few flowers

The anganwadi centre, operated by the women and child development department for the past 20 years, is situated in a rented block owned by the accused

According to police, the incident occurred on Tuesday at Basurte village in Belagavi district.

India News

Updated on Jan 04, 2024 07:24 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel

Minister assures action after attack on Belagavi village

The DCP said that the attackers pelted stones at four houses, damaged six cars, and a few two-wheelers

Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar visited the affected village soon after the incident (Arunkumar Rao)

India News

Updated on Jan 03, 2024 07:44 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Assault on Dalit woman rocked Karnataka , led to widespread outrage

The high court held the villagers responsible for not assisting the victim and suggested imposing a tax on them as a form of accountability

A fact-finding team of the BJP at the incident site in Belagavi where a tribal woman was assaulted and paraded naked. (Arun Kumar Rao)

Bengaluru

Updated on Dec 31, 2023 12:46 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Karnataka: 26 students, driver injured in school bus accident in Haveri

The incident took place at around 4.15am on Tuesday when the bus carrying 53 students and six teachers from a government high school from Raichur district students was going for a school trip to the rock garden in Haveri district

The bus was carrying at least 56 students and six teachers of a government high school from Raichur district. (Representational Image)

Bengaluru

Updated on Dec 27, 2023 08:26 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

2-yr-old dies in Hubballi, family blames hospital

The deceased’s family expressed uncertainty about the substances given to the child, stating that his health started to deteriorate soon after receiving them.

Dhruva, a student of an Anganwadi school in Sainagar, is a resident of Unakal in Hubballi. (Representational use)

Bengaluru

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 08:46 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Lok Sabha Breach: Manoranjan’s ‘friend’ picked from Bagalkote

Saikrishna Jagali, a techie and son of a retired deputy superintendent of police, was picked up from his house in the district headquarters town of Bagalkote.

Manoranjan and Sagar Sharma jumped from the visitor's gallery of the Lok Sabha and released coloured smoke from canisters, causing chaos in the House during the winter session. (ANI)

India News

Updated on Dec 22, 2023 08:25 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Bagalkote

Belagavi assault case: SP directed to submit report within two weeks

The petitioner, a Dalit woman from Ghataprabha town in Gokak taluk, alleged that “she was publicly humiliated by members of her community on October 15”

Gokak deputy superintendent of police DH Mulla said that the police collected and listed all material evidence, including photos and videotapes of the incident (Representative photo)

Bengaluru

Updated on Dec 21, 2023 10:00 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Contractors’ union asks Karnataka govt to clear bills pending since 2021

Contractors in Belagavi district protest outside the government building, demanding the clearance of pending bills totalling ₹22,000 crore.

India News

Updated on Dec 15, 2023 08:36 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Belagavi couple whose elopement led to attack on man’s mother surrender

Karnataka Home Minister had instructed cops to locate the couple early, recognising the potential for disaster if they were left unattended.

Belagavi Police Commissioner SN Siddaramappa said that the department had deployed teams to locate the couple promptly, preventing them from taking any drastic steps. (HT Archives)

India News

Updated on Dec 14, 2023 09:20 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Panel begins probe into fund ‘misappropriation’ by Karnataka BJP MLA

A committee headed by judge BS Vastradmath has began an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of funds at Laila Sugars in Belagavi district.

Judge Vastradmath said that the committee would submit its investigation report to the government within 30 days.

India News

Updated on Dec 13, 2023 08:31 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

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CID raids BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi's sugar factory in Gokak over non-payment of bank loan. Documents seized for further investigation.

Karnataka PWD minister Satish Jarkiholi said he will face a legal battle in the criminal case against him

Uttara Kannada district health officer said all the 25 infected individuals are out of danger despite not receiving the vaccine

BJP leaders in Belagavi have been tasked with bringing back defectors, including Athani Congress legislator Laxman Savadi, before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The central government has issued notices to Karnataka and Maharashtra for failing to convene meetings of the coordination committee to address border disputes.

At least four people were killed after the car they were travelling in rammed into a sugarcane-laden truck at Sunaga cross

Shobha Hosamani, the president of Hirerogi Gram Panchayat in Indi taluk of Vijayapur district, sustained bullet injuries when a Kannada activitst fired into the air from his revolver during the Republic Day celebrations in the village

The assault on the woman had triggered outrage across the country and the government was pressured to speed up the investigation to ensure stringent punishment to all the accused

Bidar Deputy Commissioner Govind Reddy sought to reassure the public that the chemical gas had not spread to nearby areas

A Supreme Court bench issued the notices to Karnataka assembly speaker UT Khader, MLA Abhay Patil, and Bengaluru Lokayukta, asking them to respond within four weeks

The incident took place when the farmer, identified as Vithal Dulaji Gavade, had taken his cattle to graze inside the Khanapur forest zone in Belagavi district

The development came after Kannada organisations opposed the Maharashtra government implementing the medical insurance scheme in Karnataka

Residents of Ramthirth Nagar in the Malmaruti police station area also said that they were given a ten-day ultimatum to install cameras

A Maharashtra official says the government treats everyone equally and does not discriminate on linguistic or religious grounds

Belagavi and Vijayapur districts stand in the second and third positions on the list, with 2,754 and 2,004 underage pregnant women recorded from January to November 2023

The education department, responsible for supplying milk to government schools under the ‘Skeerabhagya’ scheme, has initiated an inquiry into the incident.

The deputy commissioner said notices will also be sent to the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) which started four centres in Belagavi for enrolment.

The insurance will cover serious accidents, dialysis, brain haemorrhage, treatment for newborns, heart ailments, and other major diseases

Calling minister Hebbalkar’s remarks as an insult to Kannadigas, BJP legislator SR Vishwanath said her statement is against the interest of the state

The Maharashtra government plans to file a revised plea in the Supreme Court regarding the border dispute with Karnataka, due to identified mistakes in its earlier petition. The new petition will provide solid proof supporting Maharashtra's claim to the disputed places in Karnataka.

The anganwadi centre, operated by the women and child development department for the past 20 years, is situated in a rented block owned by the accused

The DCP said that the attackers pelted stones at four houses, damaged six cars, and a few two-wheelers

The high court held the villagers responsible for not assisting the victim and suggested imposing a tax on them as a form of accountability

The incident took place at around 4.15am on Tuesday when the bus carrying 53 students and six teachers from a government high school from Raichur district students was going for a school trip to the rock garden in Haveri district

The deceased’s family expressed uncertainty about the substances given to the child, stating that his health started to deteriorate soon after receiving them.

Saikrishna Jagali, a techie and son of a retired deputy superintendent of police, was picked up from his house in the district headquarters town of Bagalkote.

The petitioner, a Dalit woman from Ghataprabha town in Gokak taluk, alleged that “she was publicly humiliated by members of her community on October 15”

Contractors in Belagavi district protest outside the government building, demanding the clearance of pending bills totalling ₹22,000 crore.

Karnataka Home Minister had instructed cops to locate the couple early, recognising the potential for disaster if they were left unattended.

A committee headed by judge BS Vastradmath has began an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of funds at Laila Sugars in Belagavi district.

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