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Amid Yatnal tirade, Vijayendra meets PM Modi in Delhi

Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

Siddu says will not evict farmers, rejects demand to withdraw '73 notification

THE State Government has decided not to evict farmers cultivating land earlier notified as Waqf property and not to recover Waqf land where temples or other religious structures have come up or marked as Hindu graveyards.

Auto driver gets 30 years in jail for raping minor

ADDITIONAL District & Sessions Court (Special POCSO Court) of Kalaburagi on Tuesday awarded 30 years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 32,000 to a man for raping a minor girl, said special public prosecutor Shantaveer Tuppad.

Five artists to get Annual Indian Royal Academy National Awards

THE Indian Royal Academy of Art and Culture has announced its 20th Annual Indian Royal Academy National Awards-2024 for various categories in visual art.

IT'S OFFICIAL, INAUGURATION OF NEW JAYADEVA HOSPITAL ON DEC 22

The hospital has 371 beds including 105 ICUs and 125 general ward beds

Let us try to make KBN Varsity no. 1 in India: KBN chancellor

KHAJA Educational Institute and Khaja Bandanwaja University have made Gulbarga an educational hub and also encouraged girl education, said KBN University director Dr Mustafa Al Hussaini.

RPI slams govt for diverting funds meant for Dalits

THE Republican Party of India (RPI), along with a few other organisations staged a dharna near Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi on Wednesday, urging the government to address widespread misuse of funds, government neglect and pressing issues faced by marginalised communities.

Raichur creates 1,00,04,059 man-days from April to December

Centre increased MGNREGA wage from Rs 316 to Rs 349 last year

Outsourced employees demand salary, job security

The cooks, helpers, cleaners, security guards, D-group attenders, computer operators, data entry operators working on outsourcing basis in the government hostels and residential schools under the banner of Karnataka State Hostel and Residential Schools Outsourcing Employee Association staged a protest at Suvarna Garden near Suvarna Vidhana Soudha (SVS) on Wednesday demanding to fulfil their various demands that also included minimum wage Rs 31,000 per month.

Minister D Sudhakar inaugurates BIT-BSA Start-up Hub

BHARATESH Institute of Technology (BIT), Belagavi, in collaboration with the Belagavi Startup Association (BSA), inaugurated a Startup Hub on Wednesday at the BIT Auditorium, Basavan Kudachi campus, Belagavi.

Electric loom service centre in B'gavi soon: Min

IN a significant step towards strengthening the textile industry in North Karnataka, Textile Minister Shivanand S Patil announced to establish an Electric Loom Service Centre in Belagavi.

Modi raps Cong over demand for Shah's axe

Attacks Kharge claim on Ambedkar's insult

13 killed as Navy boat rams ferry

THIRTEEN people were killed after a speed boat of the Indian Navy crashed into a passenger ferry boat near the Gateway of India in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Health dept flags 26 meds as misbranded

The health department has flagged 26 medicines -- eight as spurious or fake and 18 as misbranded -- which are consumed for acidity, pain relief, cholesterol, iron deficiency, and nasal congestion.

Chelsea's Mudryk fails drugs test: Club

CHELSEA forward Mykhailo Mudryk has failed a doping test, the Premier League club said on Tuesday, as reports stated the Ukraine international has been provisionally suspended.

Vedant Foundation holds free breast cancer check-up camp

\"Not all types of breast cancers are painful. Most of the time they are painless.

NIA court convicts three IM operatives

THE SPECIAL Court for NIA Cases convicted three Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives for hatching a conspiracy to carry out blasts ahead of the then US President Barack Obama's visit to India for Republic Day in 2015, as per instructions from Pakistan.

Hopcoms outlets on verge of closure

GOING by the current trend of online platforms and private players selling vegetables and fruits procured directly from farmers at competitive prices, outlets of the Karnataka government-owned Horticultural Producers' Cooperative Marketing and Processing Society (Hopcoms) are on the verge of closure.

RAHUL AND JADEJA BRING ORDER AS INDIA TAIL WAGS

SOMEWHERE in the middle of the first innings, Virat Kohli rushed out of the Gabba dressing room, called up Abhimanyu Easwaran, told him something in earnestness and sent him off the ground.

Two World Champions, 31 GMs, Tamil Nadu is the best: Anand

OPEN rooftop car. Scores of people. Cavalcade of cars. It was another maddening but memorable day in the newly-crowned world champ, D Gukesh's, life.

Rana wouldn't have got into our playing XI: Gujarat coach Klinger

GUJARAT GIANTS, after finishing last in the back-to-back Women's Premier League points table, went into the mini-auction looking to make a few important changes.

Bid in satellite spectrum not feasible: Scindia

A day after Congress leader Jairam Ramesh raised concerns over the government's decision to administratively allocate satellite spectrum in the country, communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday defended the move, saying that satellite spectrum is neither suitable nor practical for auction.

ITC Hotel demerger from January 1, 2025

FMCG giant ITC Ltd has fixed January 1, 2025 as the effective date for the demerger of its hotel business after receiving an order from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).

Sebi may tighten SME listing norms, bring in transparency

THE Securities and Exchange Board's (Sebi) board meeting slated for Wednesday is likely to come up with a slew of measures to clean the SME IPOs space that has, of late, received regulatory attention.

Slower Q2 GDP growth temporary blip, will see healthy growth in coming qtrs: FM

FINANCE Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has termed the second quarter GDP growth slowdown a temporary blip and expressed her confidence that the economy will see healthy growth in the coming quarters.

Gold import up on tariff cut, UAE pact

331% rise in import of yellow metal to $15 bn in Nov resulted in trade deficit, pressure on rupee

Adani group firm Ambuja merges Penna Cements, Sanghi Ind with itself

AMBUJA Cements, the cement and building material company of Adani Group, announced the merger of Sanghi Industries (SIL) and Penna Cement Industries with itself.

Domestic market declines on trade deficit, weakening rupee

DOMESTIC equity market declined sharply on Tuesday with the benchmarks - BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 - cracking nearly 1.5% each.

ED hands over ₹22,000 cr worth properties attached under PMLA to owners

THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) has handed over properties worth ₹22,280 crore attached under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to victims or their legitimate claimants, finance ministry has informed parliament.

Trump says believer in polio vax after warning from Rep senate leader

IN a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was \"not going to lose\" the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone sightings over New Jersey.