Mysore/Mysuru: K.R. MLA S.A. Ramdas, who is attending the ongoing winter session of the State Legislature at Belagavi, took time off on Wednesday and visited the ART (Anti-Retroviral Therapy) Centre at Belagavi. Interacting with the doctors and hospital staff there, Ramdas and other participants stressed on the need for sensitising and enlightening the people on…
CM meets Belagavi BJP Corporators
September 13, 2021Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai held a meeting with the newly elected BJP Coporators of Belagavi City Corporation at Vidhana Soudha Banquet Hall in Bengaluru this morning. Ministers Govind Karjol & Byrathi Basavaraj and Belagavi Legislators were present on the occasion where the Corporators were also felicitated for their victory in the recently held Civic Body…
BJP all set to win Belagavi civic polls, leading in Hubballi-Dharwad
September 6, 2021Bengaluru: Coming as a welcome gift to the party, the BJP, which is ruling the State, is headed for an absolute majority in the Hubballi-Dharwad and Belagavi City Corporation Polls, while the Congress is closer to a majority in the Kalaburagi City Corporation polls. The election to the three civic bodies, all in North Karnataka…
Former Union Minister Babagouda Patil dead
May 22, 2021Belagavi: Babagouda Rudragouda Patil, farmers leader and former Union Minister, died in Belagavi on Friday. He was 80. He was admitted to a private hospital when he suffered fluctuations in blood pressure a week ago, his family members said. He is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. He had represented the Belagavi…
By-polls: BJP and Congress win one seat each, tight race in Belagavi LS seat
May 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In what can be said as a jolt to the ruling BJP in the state, the Party won only one of the two Assembly segments, while it was trailing in the Belagavi Lok Sabha seat, which went to the by polls on Apr.17. The counting of votes for Maski (Raichur district) and Basavakalyan (Bidar…
Former Belagavi MP S.B. Sidnal passes away
April 28, 2021Belagavi: Senior Congress leader and four-time Belagavi MP Shanmukhappa Basappa Sidnal passed away on Tuesday morning in a hospital. He was 85. He leaves behind his wife, two sons, one daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were held at Sidnal Farms in Sanikoppa village at Bailhongal in Belagavi today. Sidnal, a…
Elephant expert Ajay Desai passes away
November 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Field Biologist and wildlife conservation expert Ajay Desai (62) passed away in Belagavi last night following a heart attack. He is survived by wife and two children. Fondly known as ‘Elephant Man,’ he spent decades in the research of species specific behaviour of Asiatic elephants. He was a consultant to World Wildlife Fund and…
First Kannadiga Mayor of Belagavi Siddanagouda Patil passes away
August 27, 2020Belagavi: Siddanagouda Patil, the first elected Kannadiga Mayor of Belagavi city in North Karnataka, passed away at his Shivabasavanagar residence here yesterday due to age-related illness. He was 87. He is survived by his wife and an adopted son. Siddanagouda Patil, who entered politics by successfully contesting Belagavi City Corporation polls in 1984, later got…
Re-install Sangolli Rayanna’s Statue
August 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Members of various organisations staged a dharna near Deputy Commissioner’s Office here today demanding re-installation of freedom fighter Sangolli Rayanna’s Statue in Belagavi. They demanded action against culprits for desecration of Rayanna’s statue and wanted the State Government to direct the Belagavi District Administration to re-install it in the same place. Sangolli Rayanna was…
CM to visit New Delhi next week
August 25, 2020Belagavi: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will visit New Delhi next week to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seek relief for havoc caused by rains in North Karnataka region. Speaking to reporters at Sambra Airport on Tuesday, he said that a meeting of Legislators of districts concerned would be convened soon to seek details about…
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