Bengaluru: In a minor re-shuffle regarding District In-charge Ministers, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Tuesday appointed Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi as the new Belagavi District Minister and Food & Civil Supplies Minister K. Gopalaiah as Hassan District Minister. Ramesh Jarkiholi of the Congress and Gopalaiah of the JD(S) had played a key role in…
New flight to Belagavi
January 17, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: The new daily flight to Belagavi was inaugurated this morning and the plane is operated by TruJet. It will be a flight between Chennai-Mysuru and Belagavi. With the new flight, the Mysore Airport is presently handling eight flights and 16 routes including Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kalaburagi, Goa and Chennai. The Kochi flight has been grounded…
Former Belagavi MLA Sambhaji Patil no more
May 18, 2019Belagavi: Former Belgavi South MLA Sambhaji Patil (68) passed away at a Private Hospital in Belagavi last night following brief illness. Sambhaji Patil, a former MES (Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti) MLA, had also served as Mayor of Belagavi City Corporation for four terms in 1990, 1992, 1999 and 2003, thus creating a record of sorts. His…
Winter Session of State Legislature begins at Belagavi
December 10, 2018Belagavi: The ten-day winter session of the State Legislature began at Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi this morning, amidst political heat from within the ruling coalition as well as outside, with the Opposition BJP planning to hold a rally of farmers in Belagavi against what it calls the apathy of the government in addressing farmer issues….
Two former MLAs pass away
October 6, 2018Belagavi: Former MLA Vishwanath (Rajanna) Mamani, passed away at a private hospital at Hubbali on Friday following brief illness. He was 58. He leaves behind his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Mamani, who was elected as an independent candidate from the then Savadatti Constituency in Belagavi in 2004,…
Power Minister sets officials 3-day deadline to repair transformers
November 22, 2017Belagavi: Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) has set a three-day deadline for officials to get the broken-down transformers repaired. Replying to a question by MLC Kantharaju during the Question Hour in the Legislative Council here yesterday, Shivakumar warned of action against those officials who fail to get power transformers repaired within the deadline. Pointing out…
6,000 Pourakarmikas to be appointed by end of January 2018
November 19, 2017Belagavi: The State Government will appoint 6,000 Pourakarmikas by the end of January 2018, said Minister for Municipal Administration Eshwara Khandre here recently. Replying to MLA Madhu Bangarappa’s question, Minister Khandre said that the Government has also begun the recruitment process for 1,129 C and D group employees out of which 117 had already been…
Assembly passes Bill on SC/ST staff promotions
November 18, 2017Belagavi: The Legislature Assembly yesterday unanimously passed a Bill that seeks to circumvent a recent Supreme Court order striking down consequential seniority in promotions awarded to SC/ST employees. While the BJP and the JD(S) raised some technical points pertaining to the Bill, there was no opposition per se – apparently as all political parties want…
Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy suicide case: Verbal duel in State Legislature as BJP demands Minister George’s resignation
November 14, 2017Belagavi: The opening day of the Winter Session of the State Legislature at Suvarna Soudha, Belagavi, yesterday witnessed heated exchanges between the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP in the Legislature Council as BJP members persisted with their demand for the resignation of Bengaluru Development Minister K.J. George, who has been named as the first…
Winter Session begins at Belagavi
November 13, 2017Belagavi: The Winter Session of the State Legislature began at Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi this morning with Opposition parties eager to attack the Siddharamaiah Government over a slew of issues and the ruling Congress ready with ammunition to hit back at the Opposition. As soon as the session began, the Assembly made obituary references to…
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