Dharwad: The bandh call given by the BJP to demand farm loan waiver from the coalition government ended up having its impact on Dharwad. On Sunday evening, the BJP had made a public announcement asking people to support the bandh call. Party waorkers had also gone around the city requesting business establishments and government offices […]
Mangaluru: He is no stranger to poll exigencies. Early in his career as superintendent of police in Mysuru, Vipul Kumar, a 2001 batch IPS officer, who on Wednesday took over as the eighth city police chief, had just 10-days to get his battle plans ready ahead of the general and assembly polls held simultaneously in […]
Hubballi: The leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Jagadish Shettar said in Hubballi on Wednesday, that National BJP President Amit Shah would embark on another poll tour of Karnataka from April 12. Karnataka goes to Assembly polls on May 12. Poll results will be announced on May 15. Shettar said that Shah would […]
Udupi: Niranjan Bhat, who is the accused in business man Bhaskar Shetty murder has been reportedly arrested in Dharwad. As per the sources information, Niranjan Bhat (26) has been arrested by the police on Sunday late night, but the police haven’t confirmed the news yet. When the driver of Bhat’s car is questioned about the […]
Dharwad: Seven students died and over a 100 were injured when the truck in which they were travelling overturned in Kalaghatgi taluk of Dharwad district on Thursday night. The accident occurred at Junjanabailu near Anchatageri, when the students of Anchatageri Arabic Madrasa were returning after a visit to Hazrat Sathon Shaheed Dargah. Most of the […]
Dharwad: Tension prevailed for some time, following a clash between two groups and stone-throwing at Kamalapur area of the city on Tuesday afternoon. Four persons, including two policemen, were injured in the incident. Police had to resort to mild caning to disperse the groups. The situation was brought under control after additional police force was […]
Bangalore : The Congress, still basking in the glory of the two Lok Sabha byelection victories on Saturday, had another reason to rejoice on Monday: the party won two of the three Legislative Council seats for bypolls were held. Congress won the Council seats from the local authorities’ constituencies of Dharwad (Nagaraj Chabbi) and Mysore-Chamarajanagar […]
Dharwad: Three persons of Karkala lost their lives when the Indica car in which they were travelling collided against a goods tempo near Narendra Cross here on August 28, Tuesday. The deceased are Santosh Shetty (38), Rathi Shetty (60) and Nandu Shetty (45). The car driver Kishore of Nasik is learnt to have sustained serious […]
Hubli: Around 50 human skulls were found in one place, while desalting a storm water drain in Annigeri, along with some skeletons spread on 3 acres there. The skulls were sent to BARC for “Carbo-dating” to know their age, said Dharwad D.C. Jain. Dr. V.S. Acharya suggested that there was a cemetery in the area […]
