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Ballari: Acting on a suo motu case registered by the Karnataka Lokayukta regarding recent maternal deaths in Ballari, the Ballari district Lokayukta Police officials led by SP Siddaraju C conducted searches in three locations and seized documents and collected samples of the suspected fluid on Saturday. In the past one month, five maternal deaths were reported in Ballari, all involving …

Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, who is currently in judicial custody in the Renukaswamy murder case, was on Thursday shifted from Parappana Agrahara Central prison here to a jail in Ballari, amid tight security. According to police sources, Darshan was escorted to Ballari jail via the Andhra Pradesh route for security reasons and to avoid crowding of fans. Escorted by police …

Actor Darshan, accused in the Renukaswamy murder case shifted to Ballari jail

Actor Darshan, one of the accused in the Renukaswamy murder case, was shifted from Parappana Agrahara Central prison in Bengaluru to Ballari Central prison on August 29. Earlier in the day, Deputy Commissioner Prashant Kumar Mishra, Superintendent of Police Dr Shobha Rani and Ballari prison Superintendent R. Latha discussed the measures to be taken for smooth transfer of the accused …

Jailed actor Darshan will be shifted to Ballari District Prison, even as other co-accused in the Renukaswamy murder case will be dispersed across various prisons across the State. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ordered the State police to take measures to disperse the accused in the case across various prisons in the state in the aftermath of a photograph and video exposing …

Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”. Parameshwara Naik, who was …

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A total of 2,411 cases of crime against women were registered across seven districts of Kalyana Karnataka region in 2022, up from 2,227 in 2021 and 2,087 in 2020, according to the latest data released by National Crime Records Bureau. With 2,411 cases in Kalyana Karnataka region in 2022, Ballari registered the highest rate of crime against women, followed by …

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\"Out of bounds\": Curious case of 2 \"banned-entry\" candidates in K'taka polls

Bengaluru: Two "banned-entry" candidates Vinay Kulkarni and G Janardhana Reddy present a picture of a peculiar case in the run-up to the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections. While the Congress candidate Kulkarni can't go to Dharwad, the constituency he is contesting from, following a court-imposed ban, Reddy fielded his wife in Ballari city as he is barred from entry there. …

The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to submit a report on the investigations carried out against Seemant Kumar Singh, Additional Director-General of Police, in connection with his role in illegal mining cases as he had served as the Superintendent of Police of Ballari during 2010. Sandesh issued the direction after the State government …

S. R. Hiremath, president of Samaj Parivartana Samudaya and Citizens For Democracy, has demanded the resignation of Transport Minister B. Sreeramulu as he has been named as accused in a land grab case pertaining to 27.25 acres in Ballari. Releasing documents related to the case at a media conference in Hubballi on May 13, Mr. Hiremath said that a study …