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Several BJP leaders are in touch with me, says Jagadish Shettar

Jagadish Shettar (Congress) claims several BJP leaders are planning to join Congress due to mismanagement of State unit leadership. Govind Karjol (BJP) accuses CM Siddaramaiah of neglecting Badami, Bagalkot & Vijayapura districts & not releasing funds for Upper Krishna project. Lingayat leaders not in Congress frontline since Indira Gandhi's time.

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Six arrested for assault on Bagalkot activist, says Minister

Police arrest 6 in connection to attack on activist Yallappa Hegde. Minister R.B. Thimmapur met Hegde in hospital & said police are investigating if allegations against former Minister Murugesh Nirani are true. Thimmapur dismissed BJP's book on Congress govt's failures as false propaganda.

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Farmer’s leader Yallappa Hegde assaulted in Bagalkot district

Unidentified miscreants allegedly assaulted Yallappa Hegde, farmers’ leader, in Ingalagi in Bagalkot district on Monday.

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SWR to extend train to Hosapete

Train No. 11139/11140 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai – Gadag – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai Express and Train No. 11305/11306 Solapur – Gadag – Solapur Express will be extended to Hosapete.

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Three children die, woman rescued from well

Farmer Hanumanthappa rescued his wife Sangeeta after she jumped into a well with her three children in Kumbarahalli, Bagalkot. Sadly, the children drowned. Sangeeta was distressed over not delivering a male child as per her in-laws' wishes. Jamkhandi Police have registered a case of murder. Helpline Ph: 104 available for…

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Maratha community stages protests in twin cities, seeks reinstallation of Shivaji Maharaj statue in Bagalkot

Maratha community in Hubballi & Dharwad protest, submit memorandum to State govt demanding reinstallation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue in Bagalkot. Protest led by Maratha Samaj Sunil Dalavi, Maratha Vidya Prasarak Mandal Yallappa Chavan & others. Urge CM to take steps for statue reinstallation. #StatueReinstallation #MarathaCommunity #ShivajiMaharaj

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Bagalkot college principal found dead in office

Principal Nagaraj Mudgal, 56, found dead in his office in Bagalkot on Tuesday. He had been busy preparing for a college folklore festival the night before. Students found body and reported to police. Case registered.

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Confusion in Bagalkot as two DHOs occupy official chamber at the same time

Confusion at Bagalkot DHO office: Rajkumar Yargal took charge as DHO, but Jayashree Emmi, a former DHO, claimed the post with documents. Yargal said govt. order stated he was posted, but Emmi allegedly fudged documents. Police called, both officers sat in chamber, little work done.

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Maharashtra govt. demands Shivaji statue in Bagalkot be re-installed

Mungantiwar condemned the statue’s removal particularly as it had come when Maharashtra and the country were celebrating the 350th anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji’s coronation (in 1674).

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Bandh observed in Bagalkot seeking reinstallation of Shivaji statue

The bandh call given seeking reinstallation of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj which was removed by the district administration from a traffic circle in Bagalkot, received a good response with most of the business and commercial establishments remaining closed on Saturday.

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BJP protest in Bagalkot over removal of Shivaji statue

Former MLC Narayansa Bhandage accused officials of enforcing rules selectively. “Officers are not stopping the use of loudspeakers for azaan (call for prayers) by mosques despite a Supreme Court order. But they are quick to remove statues of Hindu icons,” he said.

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Patriotic fervour marks Independence Day celebrations in North Karnataka

Patriotic fervour marked Independence Day celebrations in North Karnataka. District in-charge Ministers hoisted the national flag and announced new schemes. In Belagavi, a 10-km flyover and a new Deputy Commissioner's office will be constructed. In Vijayapura, an airport and power distribution sub-centres will be set up. In Bagalkot, 11 lift…

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Railway officials find, return passenger’s luggage that fell off train

South Western Railway officials have returned a passenger’s lost luggage. M. Mohan Das of Bagalkot had complained to railway officials that a suitcase fell off between Guledgudda Road and Bagalkot stations while he was travelling on the Mysuru-Solapur Express.

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Farmers stage protest seeking water release from Hidkal dam

Belagavi Farmers protest for water release from Hidkal dam. Rally blocked Gokak-Ghataprabha-Hukkeri State Highway for over an hour. Demand water for villages, towns downstream. Cattle head dying, people suffering due to water scarcity. Farmers from Bagalkot join protest. Most dams nearly empty, inflow & outflow recorded. Almatti dam has 18…

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Congress stages silent protest in various districts

Congress members protest in KK, Kittur over Rahul Gandhi's disqualification, condemning BJP's "vengeance politics". In Hubballi, Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Bidar, Yadgir, Ballari, Belagavi, Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Haveri, Gadag, Dharwad, Congress members staged silent protests, tying black ribbons, to express solidarity with Gandhi and denounce BJP's injustice.

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Sri Ram Sena members beat up cattle trader

Sri Ram Sena members assaulted a young cattle trader on suspicion of publicly slaughtering animals on the occasion of Bakrid festival at Mushtigeri village in Bagalkot district on Thursday.

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Lokayukta searches premises of officials in north Karnataka

Four teams, each led by a deputy superintendent of police (Deputy SP), searched various premises in Belagavi, Bagalkot and Vijayapura.

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Transwomen turn entrepreneurs following training by NGO

For 21 -year-old Sanamahaji Shivanagi, a transwoman from Bagalkot, begging and sex work were the only means of making a living till recently. But, now after attending MOVE (Market Oriented Value Enhancement) training by Best Practices Foundation (BPF), a city-based NGO, the transwoman has turned into a vegetable vendor.

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Infighting in Karnataka BJP comes to the fore as meetings see ruckus in Vijayapura, Bagalkot

BJP party workers’ meetings, held back to back in Vijayapura and Bagalkot on Monday, were disrupted due to the loud arguments between factions led by various leaders, exposing differences within the State unit of the party after the Assembly poll debacle.

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Factions clash at BJP workers’ meeting in Bagalkot

The district-level BJP workers’ meeting in Bagalkot was disrupted for some time after members of different factions tried to stop the speeches by some leaders and accused each other of engaging in anti-party activities.

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In Frames | Struggle for water

Grand plans for potable water projects have failed to materialise in the districts of Gadag, Dharwad and Bagalkot in Karnataka; people have to walk long distances or ferry pots on bicycles to collect water for their daily needs

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Writers, activists write to CM about Ilkal college mandating students to watch The Kerala Story

A group of over 25 intellectuals have written a letter to the Chief Minister condemning a college in Ilkal in Bagalkot district mandating its students to watch the film, The Kerala Story.

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Ayurveda college in Ilkal in Karnataka arranges for all students to watch ‘The Kerala Story’

An Ayurveda medical college in Ilkal in Bagalkot district in Karnataka has issued a circular compelling its students to watch the movie The Kerala Story.

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Rural areas record higher polling percentage

Rural and backward taluks recorded a higher turnout of polling compared to urban and more developed blocks in northern Karnataka. The average difference between rural and urban seats was around 10%.

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Son of labourers gets third rank

Chidanand Prakash Pattan of SRA High School in Rabakavi-Banahatti in Bagalkot district has got 623 out of 625 marks. He stood first in the district and third in the State.

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