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1 week, 5 days ago

‘Childish’: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Aaditya Thackeray's demand to declare Belagavi a Union Territory

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday dismissed Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray's demand to make Belgavi a Union Territory as "childish." Karnataka Chief minister Siddaramaiah slams Aaditya Thackeray's demand to declare Belagavi a Union Territory. Earlier on Monday, Aditya Thackeray, in a post on X, said that he is ready to support the proposal to make Belgaum a union territory …

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Belagavi is and will Always be a Part of Karnataka: BJP's Tejasvi Surya Slams Aaditya Thackeray

Deccan Chronicle

Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha MP Tejasvi Surya on Tuesday hit out at Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray over his demand to make Belagavi a union territory, saying that the district will always be a part of Karnataka. Earlier on Monday, Aaditya Thackeray, in a post on X, said that he is ready to support the proposal to make …

Karnataka Maharashtra Bjp Thackeray Ubt Marathi Belagavi

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Poll reform, Places of Worship Act ‘violations’ among key topics at CWC meet

Hindustan Times

The Congress Working Committee on Friday announced its “firmest commitment” to the letter and spirit of the 1991 Places of Worship Act and said that it will begin a national movement against the “severely compromised” election process and “partisan functioning of the Election Commission” against the backdrop of a string of poll losses. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok …

Maharashtra Congress Election Party Gandhi Lok Sabha Rahul

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Secret of the Sahyadri!

New Indian Express

The first time we heard that we were invited to Belagavi for a familiarisation trip, our reaction was: is there anything worth seeing there? Call it what you may, the city traces its origins to the 12th Century CE, when the Ratta Dynasty shifted their capital from Saundatti to what was then called Venugram. The city then passed in and …

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6 months ago

All set for centenary celebrations of the 1924 Belgaum session that Gandhi addressed

The Hindu

Preparations have been made to celebrate the centenary year of the Congress session held in Belagavi in 1924, the only such meeting that was chaired by Mahatma Gandhi. Apart from senior officials, the committee includes freedom fighter Vithalrao Yalagi and Dilip Kamath, former president of the district Khadi union. Gandhian and Devraj Urs award winner Shivaji Kaganikar and Subhash Kulkarni, …

Congress Gandhi Session Belagavi Khadi Centenary Celebrations

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Missing Manipur girl, allegedly held captive, rescued from Karnataka

India Today

The Social Welfare Department, Government of Manipur, on Saturday rescued a girl who had reportedly lost contact with her family, amid allegations that she was held captive in Karnataka. The girl's ordeal began when the Social Welfare Department received a distress call from the Manipur Student Association Delhi, reporting the alleged captivity and harassment of a minor girl in Hyderabad. …

Karnataka Manipur Girl Belgaum Social Welfare Department

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Maratha-led MES looks to challenge BJP, Cong in Belgaum

Hindustan Times

Belagavi The Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti, a regional outfit at the forefront of the agitation of Marathi-speaking people in Karnataka, will be contesting this year’s Lok Sabha elections from the Belgaum constituency, which will be held on May 7, after not contesting in last three general polls. MES candidate Mahadev Patil MES candidate Mahadev Patil for this elections, who operates a …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP declares Maneka Gandhi, Dharmendra Pradhan, Arun Govil, Naveen Jindal as Lok Sabha candidates in new list

India TV News

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released its fifth list of 111 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The saffron party has fielded Nityanand Rai from Ujiarpur, Giriraj Singh from Begusarai, Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib, Kangana Ranaut from Mandi, Naveen Jindal from Kurukshetra, Sita Soren from Dumka, Jagadish Shettar from Belgaum, K …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress Plans Grand Celebration for Centenary of Belgaum Congress Session

Deccan Chronicle

Mangaluru: The Congress party in Karnataka is planning for a grand celebration of the Centenary year of the historic Belgaum Congress Session of 1924, a momentous event presided over by Mahatma Gandhi. The Belgaum Congress Session, held in December 1924, stands as a pivotal chapter in the history of India's freedom movement. On the occasion of the centenary celebration of …

Congress Sudarshan Belgaum Congress Session

1 year, 3 months ago

How a matriculate exposed the multi-crore stamp paper scam

Hindustan Times

It was a simple, 30-year-old matriculate, who in 1998 sensed something wrong in the dealings of Abdul Karim Telgi, and exposed the kingpin of one of the largest financial scams in India that spanned over 12 states and was valued at over ₹30,000 crore. Jayant Tinaikar, now 63, and resident of Khanapur in Belgaum tehsil of Karnataka state, is a …

Rajasthan Karnataka Scam Paper Stamp Abdul Counterfeit

1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka election: Despite united front, Marathi speakers’ forum suffers defeat

Hindustan Times

If the Bharatiya Janata Party suffered drubbing in Karnataka assembly elections, the regional outfit Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti, an outfit of Marathi-speaking people, also faced defeat with all its candidates’ losing seats. Congress supporters celebrate the party’s good show in Karnataka Assembly polls The poor performance of MES in north Karnataka has put up a question mark if the cause they …

Karnataka Assembly Maharashtra Congress Candidates Election Shiv Sena

1 year, 7 months ago

Maha CM, Fadnavis Should Campaign for Belgaum-based MES in Karnataka Polls: Raut

News 18

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis should campaign for the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti in the Karnataka Assembly polls scheduled for May 10. Speaking to reporters, Raut said, “I am going to Marathi speaking areas in Karnataka to canvas for votes for the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti. Deputy Chief …

Karnataka Maharashtra Shiv Sena Bjp Fadnavis Raut Mes

1 year, 10 months ago

BJP, Congress on ‘Caste’ Track: How Lingayats Can Make or Break Government in Karnataka

News 18

Last month, the Karnataka Congress flagged off its election bus yatra from ‘Congress Well’ in Belgaum. Ramakrishna Hegde, who became Karnataka’s first non-Congress chief minister in 1983, was also considered an uncrowned Lingayat leader, even though he was a Brahmin. To end Hegde’s rule, then Prime Minister and Congress president Rajiv Gandhi made a Lingayat stalwart Veerendra Patil the president …

Karnataka Mumbai Assembly Congress Caste Party Gandhi

1 year, 11 months ago

Language politics sees resurgence in Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute

The Hindu

Published : Dec 28, 2022 11:45 IST On December 14, Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Chief Ministers Basavaraj Bommai and Eknath Shinde in Delhi amid the escalating border row between Karnataka and Maharashtra. Senior Maharashtra politicians such as Sharad Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party responded by saying that Karnataka give up the regions of “Belgaum”, Nippani, and Karwar …

India Karnataka Dispute Maharashtra States Border Kannada

2 years ago

Maharashtra-Karnataka border row: MVA MPs seek Amit Shah’s intervention to restrain ‘high-handed’ Karnataka govt.

The Hindu

Warning the Central government that the Karnataka-Maharashtra border row had reached a stage where it might erupt into full-blown violence, a number of MPs from the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi parties on Thursday sought Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s personal intervention to maintain law and order in the border districts between the two Statess With tensions aggravated along the border …

Karnataka Maharashtra Border Districts State Shah Bjp

2 years ago

Devendra Fadnavis dials Karnataka's Bommai over Belgaum lorry attack

India Today

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis strongly expressed his displeasure to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai over the attack on a lorry bearing a Maharashtra number plate in the border district of Belgavi today. Fadnavis, last evening, said that he did not an unnecessary law and order situation in the district when the Maharashtra-Karnataka border co-ordination minister, Chandrakant Patil, Shambhuraj …

Karnataka Maharashtra Border Minister Chief Visit Desai

2 years ago

Inter-State border row: Uddhav Thackeray slams Shinde for silence over Karnataka CM Bommai’s statements

The Hindu

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Eknath Shinde for his silence over the statements made by his Karnataka counterpart Basavaraj Bommai on the decades-old inter-State border dispute between the two States. On Friday, Mr. Bommai said the visit of Maharashtra Ministers Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai to Belgaum was not good in the given situation. Appointed …

Karnataka Maharashtra State Thackeray Bommai Mr Shinde Belgaum

2 years ago

BJP vs BJP Tussle in SC Today as Karnataka & Maharashtra Spar Over Border

News 18

Wednesday will see a BJP vs BJP battle as the Supreme Court gets ready to hear Maharashtra’s petition on a protracted territorial dispute with Karnataka. On Tuesday, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai visited Delhi to meet BJP chief JP Nadda and consult senior lawyers, including former Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi who will appear for the southern state. While …

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2 years ago

Maharashtra political parties condemn Karnataka CM Bommai’s claims on border villages

The Hindu

Tension is escalating between Maharashtra and Karnataka governments over territorial claims on certain villages as leaders of both States vehemently raised their voices to secure the contentious areas. Terming Mr. Fadnavis’s statement ‘provocative’, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, in a series of tweets, said the former’s dream would never come true. “We demand that the Kannada-speaking areas of Maharashtra like …

Karnataka Maharashtra State Villages Jat Fadnavis Karwar

2 years ago

Karnataka-Maharashtra border row resurfaces, Shinde says, 'not even..'| Top 10

Hindustan Times

The Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute has resurfaced amid remarks from both the state governments over the claim on villages in the border region. The comments by Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai earlier this week and those by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis come as a court hearing in the decades-old matter is expected soon. While the …

Karnataka Maharashtra Border State Minister Shinde Devendra Fadnavis

2 years, 8 months ago

Death Row Prisoner Kept In Solitary Confinement? Supreme Court Directs District Judge To Conduct Inspection

Live Law

Upon being apprised that a death row prisoner had been kept in solitary confinement, the Supreme Court, on Thursday, directed the District Judge, Belgaum to conduct a local inspection of the ground realities of the circumstances in which he was lodged in a separate cell. Thereafter, he filed a Writ Petition before the Karnataka High Court challenging the executability of …

India Karnataka Death Supreme Court Court Mercy Judge

3 years, 1 month ago

SpiceJet Flight to Belgaum Lands at Wrong End of Runway, Investigation Pending

News 18

A SpiceJet Hyderabad-Belgaum flight landed at the wrong end of the runway at Karnataka’s Belgaum airport on Sunday following which the pilots have been derostered, the airline said on Monday. An airline spokesperson said in a statement that, “On October 24, SpiceJet DASH8 Q400 aircraft operated from Hyderabad to Belgaum. The SpiceJet spokesperson said the aircraft landed safely and the …

Aircraft End Flight Airline Runway Spicejet Belgaum

3 years, 5 months ago

Saving lives in his auto, this Belgaum man has ferried over 500 patients

Hindustan Times

Since the COVID-19 in India last year, many good samaritans have come forward to help those in need. Manjunatha Ningappa Pujari, recognized as a ‘nocturnal ambulance man’ is saving lives in the regions of Belgaum, Karnataka, in his auto. Manjunatha Ningappa Pujari This 42-year-old had already served over 300 people by providing free ambulance services at night. During this, there …

Ambulance Man Auto Help Need My Family Pujari

3 years, 7 months ago

Lok Sabha Bypolls, Mega Rallies Behind Whopping 81% Positivity Rate in K'taka's Belgaum?

News 18

Lok Sabha bypolls in Karnataka are being blamed for the surge in covid-19 cases in the district of Belgaum, near Bengaluru. Ashok Chandaragi, social and political activist, slammed political parties, saying their mega rallies and behaviour of top functionaries had led people to drop their guard. “Political parties too are complicit for their callous campaigns.” The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party …

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‘Childish’: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Aaditya Thackeray's demand to declare Belagavi a Union Territory

Belagavi is and will Always be a Part of Karnataka: BJP's Tejasvi Surya Slams Aaditya Thackeray

Poll reform, Places of Worship Act ‘violations’ among key topics at CWC meet

Secret of the Sahyadri!

All set for centenary celebrations of the 1924 Belgaum session that Gandhi addressed

Missing Manipur girl, allegedly held captive, rescued from Karnataka

Maratha-led MES looks to challenge BJP, Cong in Belgaum

BJP declares Maneka Gandhi, Dharmendra Pradhan, Arun Govil, Naveen Jindal as Lok Sabha candidates in new list

Congress Plans Grand Celebration for Centenary of Belgaum Congress Session

How a matriculate exposed the multi-crore stamp paper scam

Karnataka election: Despite united front, Marathi speakers’ forum suffers defeat

Maha CM, Fadnavis Should Campaign for Belgaum-based MES in Karnataka Polls: Raut

BJP, Congress on ‘Caste’ Track: How Lingayats Can Make or Break Government in Karnataka

Language politics sees resurgence in Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute

Maharashtra-Karnataka border row: MVA MPs seek Amit Shah’s intervention to restrain ‘high-handed’ Karnataka govt.

Devendra Fadnavis dials Karnataka's Bommai over Belgaum lorry attack

Inter-State border row: Uddhav Thackeray slams Shinde for silence over Karnataka CM Bommai’s statements

BJP vs BJP Tussle in SC Today as Karnataka & Maharashtra Spar Over Border

Maharashtra political parties condemn Karnataka CM Bommai’s claims on border villages

Karnataka-Maharashtra border row resurfaces, Shinde says, 'not even..'| Top 10

Death Row Prisoner Kept In Solitary Confinement? Supreme Court Directs District Judge To Conduct Inspection

SpiceJet Flight to Belgaum Lands at Wrong End of Runway, Investigation Pending

Saving lives in his auto, this Belgaum man has ferried over 500 patients

Lok Sabha Bypolls, Mega Rallies Behind Whopping 81% Positivity Rate in K'taka's Belgaum?