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A 38-year-old man was allegedly stoned to death and then burnt by his sister-in-law’s husband, who suspected him of having an illicit affair with his wife, on the outskirts of Aland Taluk in Kalaburagi district, the police said on Wednesday. According to the police, Vijayakumar Nellagi, resident of Savleshwar in Alanda taluk, had allegedly murdered his wife’s brother-in-law identified as …

A 10-year-old boy was killed in a lightning strike at Narona village in Aland taluk of Kalaburagi district on Saturday, as the Kalyana Karnataka region, which was reeling under extreme heatwaves for a couple of months, received sporadic rainfall for the last few days, drastically bringing down the temperature. Koppal, Kukanur, Tawaragera and other parts of Koppal district also received …

Hundreds of people, mostly Dalits from different parts of Kalaburagi and surrounding districts, took out a 5-km padayatra from Kadaganchi village to Central University of Karnataka in Aland taluk of Kalaburagi district on Wednesday, condemning the alleged saffronisation of the university campus. Organised under the banner of ‘Komuvada Alisi – Karnataka Central University Ulisi’, an umbrella organisation with different Dalit, …

HYDERABAD: Continuing his pitch to showcase AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge as son of the soil, TPPC president A. Revanth Reddy called on the voters in Aland and Chincholi Assembly constituencies of Karnataka to vote for the Congress party in the upcoming polls. Stating that Aland MLA Subhash was a contractor who earned notoriety for collecting 40 percent commission, he called …

The constituencies where the CPI has fielded its candidates include Mudigere, Aland, Jewargi, Kudlagi, KGF, Sim and Madikeri Bengaluru: The Communist Party of India has announced its support to Congress in the upcoming Karnataka polls. Despite fielding seven candidates of its own, the CPI said in a statement that it will support Congress in the rest of the constituencies in …

Siddalinga Swamy, the head of Karuneshwar Math at Andola in Jewargi Taluk and the State president of right-wing outfit Sri Ram Sene, declared that the temple for Saint Raghava Chaitanya would be built at the premises of controversial Ladle Mashak Dargah in Aland, Kalaburagi district. We will not rest till we build a temple,” he said, before leaving for offering …

Aland Dargah row: Hindus and Muslims perform rituals following court order

The rituals of Urus and Maha Sivaratri were performed one after other, by Muslims and Hindus, respectively, at Ladle Mashak Dargah in Aland on Saturday amid tight security. Members from the Muslim community performed Urus rituals before 12 noon and representatives of the Hindu community, led by Siddalinga Swamy, offered puja to Raghav Chaitnya Shivalinga in the afternoon on the …

Muslims close shops for Sri Ram Sene’s Ramnavami procession at Aland in Kalaburagi district

Shops and business establishments owned and operated by Muslims in Aland town, Kalaburagi district, remained closed on Sunday for facilitating the procession organised by the Sri Ram Sene to celebrate Ram Navami. On March 1, many right-wing activists, including members of the ruling BJP and the Sri Ram Sene, gathered in the town defying the prohibitory orders clamped under Section …