A barber shop has been opened in Shingatalur village of Karnataka's Gadag district after members of the Dalit community were allegedly denied shaving services by upper caste barbers for several years.
On Monday, Gadag district Shirahatti BJP MLA Chandru Lamani was raided by the Lokayukta, and three people were caught red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of five lakh rupees from a contractor.
The police, including SP Gunjan Arya, the bomb disposal squad, and fire brigade personnel, are on the scene. Similar threats were also received by district courts in Mysuru, Gadag, and Bagalkote, but no suspicious objects were found.
The cases have been registered in Lokayukta police stations of Bengaluru City-1, Mysuru-1, Davanagere-1, Mandya-1, Bidar-1, Haveri-1, Dharwad-1, Gadag-1, Kodagu-1 and Shivamogga-1.
The Odisha Government on Tuesday inaugurated the first-ever 'Mahanadi Boita Pratiyogita 2025' on the banks of the Mahanadi river near Gadagadia Ghata in Cuttack. The two-day event, beginning today, has drawn men's and women's teams from 10 states, including Odisha.
The incident occurred on National Highway 50 when the devotees were walking towards the Huligemma temple in Huligi village of Koppal taluk. The deceased have been identified as Annapurna (40), Prakash (25), and Sharanappa (19), all residents of Tarihala village in Rona taluk of Gadag dist
Currently, six gates are being worked on at Gadag and Hosapete, with fabrication already complete. Shivakumar emphasised the need to expedite the process and delegate work for quicker completion.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai has urged Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to treat the Karwar-Ilkal National Highway, which falls under the Haveri-Gadag Lok Sabha constituency, as a special case and to prepare the Detailed Project Report (
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Member of Parliament Basavaraj Bommai took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, questioning the recent title awarded to him by the AICC Backward Classes Committee.