Karnataka farmers in Vijayapura are facing a land dispute with the Waqf board. The farmers claim that they own 1,200 acres of land in Honwada village, Tikota taluk, and that the Waqf board is attempting to designate the area as the Shah Aminuddin Dargah, a religious institution. The farmers have received notices indicating that their lands belong to the Waqf …
In an important bust, forest officials arrested an astrologer in Karnataka’s Vijaypura earlier this week on Wednesday after it seized illegal tiger and blackbuck skins besides tiger claws from his house. Following the bust, forest officials warned that even possessing skins can incur the same punishment as hunting endangered animals or dealing in animal parts such as claws. Speaking to …
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