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Kalaburagi: Expressing grief over the death of Vijaykumar, a native of Sarasamba village in Aland taluk of Kalaburagi district, in the fire accident in Kuwait, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister and Kalaburagi district in-charge Priyank Kharge announced that arrangements are underway to bring the mortal remains back to his native village. In a press statement, Minister Kharge expressed deep …

KALABURAGI: Violent protests broke out here on Tuesday after a statue of Dr BR Ambedkar was found to be desecrated at a village on the outskirts of Kalaburagi in the morning. Though the protest started off peacefully, it turned violent towards noon with protesters throwing stones at shops, hotels and other business establishments at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Circle, Humnabad Base …

The Additional District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi has sentenced Jagannath Karani, a resident of Muganur village in Sedam taluk of Kalaburagi district, to 20 year imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl. As per the details provided by Shanthaveer Tuppad, Public Prosecutor in the case, the convict had lured the girl in with a promise of marriage and had …

In a tragic incident, as many as five people from a family were killed in a fatal accident in Karnataka's Kalaburagi on Thursday, according to reports. A Srinivasulu, the Superintendent of Police, Kalaburagi, spoke to reporters and said, "All five people died after a motorcycle collided with a truck near Balluragi village in Kalaburagi district. READ | Five including three …

Kalaburagi road accident: Five members of a family, including two children, died after their two-wheeler collided with a truck near Balluragi village in Kalaburagi district on Thursday, police said. According to police, the victims were coming from Dudhani village in the Solapur district of Maharashtra while the truck was coming from Afzalpur taluk. Preliminary probe revealed that the truck hit …

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, …

Kalaburagi: A Police Head Constable of Nelogi Police Station was killed when a tractor, transporting illegally-mined sand, ran over him in Narayanapura village of Kalaburagi district on Thursday night. According to the Superintendent of Police for Kalaburagi district, Isha Pant, Head Constable Mayura Chauhan, and Constable Pramod were deputed for patrolling in the area due to multiple complaints of illegal …

Spooked by mild tremors people leave villages in Kalaburagi district

Most people at Gadikeshwar village in Chincholi taluk of Kalaburagi district deserted the village after it was hit by frequent tremors in the last few days. The remaining people in the village are frightened in the anticipation of a bigger and destructive earthquakes,” Malappa Appoji, a resident of Gadikeshwar told The Hindu. In Halchera, only two families have fled the …

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