Latest Davanagere district News & Updates

Bengaluru, May 6 (IANS) Senior BJP MLA B.P. Harish is facing the threat of arrest in connection with an atrocity case after the Special Court for MLAs/MPs issued an arrest warrant against him. The police were preparing for the legal action as the court had also directed the prosecution to produce him before it on May 7.A case had been registered at the Harihar Town Police Station against Harihar BJP MLA B.P. Harish on charges of making casteist remarks. In connection with this case, the court is…

Davanagere (Karnataka), March 23 (IANS) Congress candidate Samarth Mallikarjun filed his nomination for the Davanagere South Assembly bypoll on Monday in the presence of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, and other prominent leaders. The leaders arrived in a massive procession in Davanagere city.Siddaramaiah said that in earlier bypolls, the Congress had defeated the sons of former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, and…

Belagavi (Karnataka), Feb 3 (IANS) A man was brutally hacked to death allegedly over a decade-old personal grudge linked to an elopement, in Hoolikatti village near Saundatti taluk of Belagavi district, police said on Tuesday.The victim, Basappa, was killed on Monday night after being attacked more than 16 times with a machete by the accused, identified as Irayya. Police said the accused allegedly placed his leg on the victim’s body and posed for photographs until officers arrived at the scene…

Shivamogga, Jan 14 (IANS) Three people, including two children, were killed in a road accident at Bharatipura Cross near Thirthahalli in Shivamogga district of Karnataka on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as 15-year-old Rihaan, nine-year-old Rahil, and 76-year-old Fathima, all residents of Shringeri in Chikkamagaluru district.According to police, the tragedy occurred following a head-on collision between a car and a Road Transport Corporation (RTC) bus. All the victims were car occupants….