National leaders are in touch with Eshwarappa, says Bommai

March 17, 2024 09:47 pm | Updated 09:47 pm IST - Belagavi National leaders are talking to the former Deputy Chief Minister K.S. Eshwarappa to persuade him to withdraw from the race against the official BJP candidate and join the campaign instead, the former Chief Minister and BJP candidate from …...Read More

Lapses in crowd management cause inconvenience at Praja Galam meeting

March 17, 2024 09:46 pm | Updated 09:46 pm IST - Chilakaluripeta The Praja Galam, the first joint public meeting of the TDP, JSP and BJP in Andhra Pradesh after the regional parties joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) held at Boppudi village near Chilakaluripeta in Palnadu district on March …...Read More

Belagavi getting ready for Lok Sabha polls

March 17, 2024 09:45 pm | Updated 09:46 pm IST - Belagavi The Belagavi administration has made all preparations to conduct free and fair elections in the district, Deputy Commissioner and District Electoral Officer Nitish Patil said on Saturday. He told reporters that the Model Code of Conduct became effective …...Read More

International Paragliding Festival concludes; Malayali competitor secures 3rd position

March 17, 2024 09:45 pm | Updated 09:46 pm IST - IDUKKI The four-day International Paragliding Festival at Wagamon in Idukki concluded on March 17 (Sunday). According to officials, Sushanth Thakor from Himachal Pradesh won first, Aman Thapa from Nepal won second, and Jobin Sebastian from Enthayar in Kerala won …...Read More

Modi visiting Shivamogga today; Eshwarappa sticks to his guns and chooses to skip event

March 17, 2024 09:44 pm | Updated 09:45 pm IST - Shivamogga Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Shivamogga to address a poll convention of the BJP on Monday has attracted political attention as party leader K.S. Eshwarappa, who has raised a banner of revolt against party veteran B. S. …...Read More

Average price of tobacco grown in Karnataka has more than doubled in last 9 years

March 17, 2024 09:42 pm | Updated 09:42 pm IST - MYSURU The Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco auctions in Karnataka for the crop season 2023-24 concluded on Saturday with the marketing of 88.86 million kg at an average price of ₹257.46 per kg. The average prices during the year …...Read More

S. Rajendran attends CPI(M) meeting after two years

March 17, 2024 09:37 pm | Updated 09:37 pm IST - IDUKKI Amid reports of differences with the party, former Devikulam MLA S. Rajendran attended a meeting of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] after a gap of two years. Mr. Rajendran attended the Devikulam Assembly constituency election convention …...Read More

Senior rly. official inspects development works

March 17, 2024 09:34 pm | Updated 09:34 pm IST - Belagavi Additional General Manager of South Western Railway K.S. Jain inspected the various parameters of development works at Bengaluru Cantonment and Yesvantpur railway stations on Saturday. On the South Western Railway network, Bengaluru Cantonment and Yesvantpur railway stations are …...Read More

Telangana government appoints chairpersons to 37 corporations

March 17, 2024 09:32 pm | Updated 09:32 pm IST - Hyderabad The State government has appointed chairpersons for 37 State-run corporations and the orders were issued on March 14, according to Government sources. The list contains senior leaders who were denied party tickets in the Assembly elections for various …...Read More

CID launches probe into case against BSY: medical test of victim completed, statement soon

March 17, 2024 09:30 pm | Updated 09:30 pm IST - Bengaluru The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched their probe into the case against the former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. On a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old girl that Mr. Yediyurappa allegedly molested the girl when they …...Read More