Bengaluru, March 13 (IANS) The Karnataka government intends to establish an airport in Ballari that will benefit regions such as Ballari, Hosapete, the Unesco heritage site of Hampi, Anegondi, Sandur, Koppal, Kurugodu and Siruguppa, Infrastructure Development Minister M.B. Patil said on Friday.In this regard, a site located about 19 km from Ballari has been identified. If the location is found to be feasible, the next steps will be taken after discussions with public representatives from the thr…
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Bengaluru, Feb 26 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Minister B. Sriramulu on Thursday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking an immediate technical review by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) into the state’s law and order situation, citing repeated communal flashpoints and concerns over alleged targeting of Hindu activists.In his letter, Sriramulu urged the MHA to examine what he described as a pattern of escalating communal tensions, attacks on youths linked to Hindu org…
Bengaluru, Feb 17 (IANS) Karnataka BJP has alleged that the state government has illegally obtained 31 plots and is engaged in land grabbing instead of providing houses to the poor and land to the landless. The party has also released purported documents in this regard and demanded that all these sites be taken back.Addressing a press conference at the BJP state office, Jagannath Bhavan, in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy made the…
Koppal (Karnataka), Feb 2 (IANS) The Karnataka Police department has ordered a probe in connection with a WhatsApp status posted by a Constable saying that it is “better to sell egg rice than be a cop.” The development was reported from Koppal district in Karnataka on Monday.According to police, the Constable, identified as Bramhanand, reportedly vented his anger over the functioning of the police department through WhatsApp status messages. The social media status was posted in response to a st…
Koppal, Jan 30 (IANS) The state Lokayukta officials on Friday conducted early-morning raids at multiple locations linked to the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Administrator in connection with allegations of amassing disproportionate assets.The simultaneous raids are currently underway at six locations across the Koppal district. The places raided include the administrator’s residence in Bhagyanagar of Koppal taluk, his private office, his mother-in-law’s house, a school, a scie…
Bengaluru, Jan 26 (IANS) Karnataka BJP and JD(S), along with other opposition parties, will hold a protest on Tuesday (January 27) at 10.30 a.m. near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, condemning the alleged insult to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, said N. Ravikumar, Chief Whip of the Opposition in the Legislative Council. Speaking to the media on Monday, Ravikumar alleged that after the conclusion of the joint session of the legislature, the Governor was insulted inside the Assembly Hall at Vidhana S…
Koppal (Karnataka), Jan 5 (IANS) A confrontation broke out during the foundation-laying ceremony of a railway overbridge project at Hitnal village in Koppal district on Monday, when Congress workers protested, alleging violation of protocol. The protest escalated in the presence of Union Minister of State (MoS) for Railways and Jal Shakti V. Somanna, with some workers even hurling chairs in his direction.The incident occurred at Hitnal village in Koppal taluk during the foundation-laying ceremon…
Koppal, Jan 1 (IANS) A taluk hospital health officer has been named as an accused in the FIR on charges of destruction of evidence in connection with a gang-rape case in Karnataka’s Koppal district, police said on Thursday. According to the police, although the accused in the gang-rape case were arrested within a few hours of the incident, the role of Yalaburga taluk health officer Dr Shivakumar in allegedly protecting the accused has come to light during the investigation.The police have booked…