Pulse of the Public
Pulse of the Public
Over 20 people attending a funeral ceremony at Maniknagar Sangam in Humnabad taluk were injured on Wednesday after smoke from the funeral pyre disturbed a nearby giant honeybee nest.
District In-charge Minister Eshwar Khandre visited protesting farmers in Bhalki and announced that a recommendation to declare Bhalki and three other taluks drought-affected has been submitted to the Central Government.
Local authorities have externed a known rowdy-sheeter from Bidar district to Koppal to curb matka gambling and the illegal sale of narcotic pills in Bhalki.
Humnabad MLA Dr. Siddu Patil launched state highway improvement works worth ₹3.28 crore covering an 800-metre critical stretch in Chitgoppa town. The long-awaited upgrade is expected to resolve traffic bottlenecks and improve road safety.
Local leaders and farmers in Kamalanagara taluk have expressed severe anger after the Karnataka government excluded the region from its second list of drought-affected taluks, demanding an immediate re-survey and compensation.
Farmers associated with the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha blocked the Bidar-Nanded State Highway at APMC Circle in Aurad, demanding that Aurad and Kamalnagar taluks be declared drought-affected and seeking ₹50,000 per acre crop compensation.
Investigators from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) searched properties linked to alleged KPSC recruitment scam middleman Basavaraj Kannale in Bhalki taluk following his arrest at Delhi airport.
Villagers of Chondi and Mamadapur tandas in Bidar district helped forest officials arrest six poachers who illegally hunted a protected blackbuck near the Honnikeri Reserved Forest.
Farmers' organizations in Hulsuru have launched an indefinite hunger strike demanding that the Karnataka government officially declare Hulsuru taluk drought-affected and release crop compensation.
Aurad-B police raided an agricultural field in Khandikeri village of Aurad taluk and seized 100 illegally cultivated green ganja plants weighing 60.43 kg, valued at ₹30.21 lakh.