The New Indian Express Kalaburagi - December 06, 2024

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December 06, 2024

Uproar in LS over Oppn-Soros link

LOK SABHA proceedings were on Thursday disrupted after the Opposition and Treasury Benches clashed over the latter's allegation linking Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and other leaders with US-based multi-billionaire George Soros.

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16-foot long king cobra rescued from home garden

A 16-foot long king cobra was rescued from the garden of a house at Thingalabail village in Hillur Gram Panchayat in Ankola taluk.

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Students protest against lack of bus services

MANY students staged a protest demanding regular bus service in Munirabad. The students said they are finding it difficult to reach their schools in time due to irregular bus services.

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TRADITIONAL GYMS ARE BACK IN DEMAND ACROSS GADAG

BREAKING with the modern trend, many youth have started visiting traditional gyms known as 'vyayam shalas' or 'garadimanis' across Gadag district.

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Greens plan protest against mining at Kappatagudda

WITH the government considering permission for mining within 1 km of core Kappatagudda hillock, greens are planning a protest to save the biodiversity hotspot.

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Amid chaos, BCC passes resolution to build welcome arch at Shahu Nagar

The opposition group headed by Belagavi North MLA Asif Sait objects to the same

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Nikhil meets BL Santhosh in Delhi

STATE JDS youth wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy met BJP national general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh in New Delhi on Thursday.

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BJP accuses Siddu, Shivakumar of sabotaging KMF to help pvt players

KARNATAKA BJP president BY Vijayendra has accused the Congress government of sabotaging Karnataka Milk Federation's (KMF) Nandini brand of products.

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Will meet BJP brass soon, says BYV after North K'taka tour

KARNATAKA BJP president BY Vijayendra on Thursday said that he and a few other senior party leaders will soon visit New Delhi to brief the party high command on the prevailing developments in the state, including the party affairs.

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K'taka Agricultural Price Commission remains headless since July 2022

The Karnataka Agricultural Price Commission (KAPC), which acts as a facilitator between the State Government and farmers by playing an important role in fixing the Minimum Support Price (MSP), has been headless for the last two and a half years.

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Siddu shows he's numero uno in party, govt

THE Congress' Jana Kalyana Swabhimani Samavesha in Hassan on Thursday has come as a shot in the arm for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to send out a message that he is the numero uno both in the party and the State Government.

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Activist files plaint against former MUDA commissioner

IN a fresh twist to allegations surrounding the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case, activist Snehamayi Krishna has filed a complaint against former MUDA commissioner DB Natesh on Thursday.

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Raghavendra Swamy Mutt seer meets AP CM Chandrababu Naidu

RAGHAVENDRA Swamy Mutt, Mantralaya of Andhra Pradesh (near Raichur of Karnataka), seer Shri Subudhendra Teertha Swamiji met Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu at his residence in Vijayawada on Wednesday, according to a press release issued by Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt, Mantralaya.

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Outsourced drivers, cleaners of BCC demand job regularisation

\"JOBS of outsourced drivers and cleaners, who are working with pourakarmikas to lift garbage from the city, should be regularised,\" urged the drivers and cleaners who staged a protest in front of the Belagavi City Corporation (BCC) on Thursday.

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BJP state president accuses CM of 'raking up' Waqf Board land issue

Says Minister Zameer threatened DCs and tried to confiscate property of mutts and farmers

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IndiGo to operate flight service between Belagavi & Bengaluru

THE country's largest airline IndiGo has decided to operate an A320 flight between Belagavi and Bengaluru during the winter session of the state legislature to be held in Belagavi from December 9 to 19.

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Women's literary conference in Kalaburagi

DISTRICT unit of Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP) will organise the first Kalaburagi district-level women's literary conference at Kannada Bhavan of Kalaburagi in the 3rd week of December, said KSP district unit president Vijaykumar Patil Tegalatippi.

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Swami Rao Kulkarni to get Samskruti Sammana Award

SAMSKRTI Prakashana Trust of Sedam has selected renowned litterateur and former principal of N V Degree College Swami Rao Kulkarni for the prestigious 'Samskruti Sammana Award' and writer and journalist Mahipal Reddy Munnur for 'Sigi Sahitya Award', said trust president Prabhakar Joshi.

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Odisha mulls new law to ban cow slaughter

A day after the Assam government's ban on public consumption of beef, Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Thursday said his state is planning to bring a law to ban cow slaughter in the state.

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Nettaru murder case: NIA searches locations in Karnataka, TN

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches at multiple locations in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, in connection with the Praveen Nettaru murder case.

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Goudar murder: HC quashes order granting pardon

THE Karnataka High Court quashed the order passed by the special court for CBI cases granting pardon to accused no. 1 Basavaraj Shivappa Muttagi and considering him as an approver under Section 306 of the CrPC, in connection with the murder of Dharwad Zilla Panchayat member Yogesh Goudar, due to procedural lapses.

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ALLU ARJUN BOOKED FOR WOMAN'S DEATH AT HYD THEATRE

She died in stampede during Pushpa-2 show

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CHALLENGE OF REMAINING FASTEST-GROWING ECONOMY

HE recently released GDP figures for the second quarter (Q2) of 2024-25 highlight a significant slowdown in India's economic growth.

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THE GREAT WALL OF INDIA-CHINA AGREEMENTS

First came decades of talks and pacts starting in 1993. Then came a 54-month standoff. Now that a new beginning is being signaled, what happens to the earlier covenants?

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Vaishnaw checks hi-tech track monitoring system

UNION Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, along Railway Board chairman Satish Kumar, inspected the Integrated Track Monitoring System (ITMS) at New Delhi Railway Station on Thursday.

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Multiple entry-exit, biannual admissions in UG, PG

SWEEPING CHANGES Twice-a-year admissions

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India, Pak coast guards rescue 12 crew members after ship sinks in Arabian Sea

THE Indian and Pakistani coast guards have joined hands to save the lives of 12 Indian fishermen left adrift after their vessel sank in the north Arabian Sea, the India Coast Guard (ICG) said in a statement.

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Modi meets Bhutan king, says India committed to long-term partnership

INDIA and Bhutan on Thursday vowed to further expand their partnership across all sectors with Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveying to Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck New Delhi's strong commitment to the economic development of the Himalayan nation.

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63 experts appointed via lateral entry from '19 to '23, House told

The Narendra Modi government has appointed 63 specialists across Central government departments via lateral entry from 2019 to 2023, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh told Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

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'2-state solution key to end West Asia crisis'

EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said India supports a two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, emphasising the idea of a \"sovereign, independent and sustainable\" Palestinian State coexisting peacefully alongside Israel.

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Toll collection on highways doubles in 5 yrs: Gadkari

TOLL collection in India has doubled in the last five years.

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Amid shutdown, last rites of 12 Kuki-Zo tribals

ALL the 12 Kuki-Zo youths, including the 10 killed in an alleged gunfight with CRPF in Jiribam district of Manipur, were laid to rest on Thursday in Churachandpur.

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Maha focus shifts to portfolios

CM and his two deputies say they are on same page and will continue to work as a team

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Maoists abduct, murder 2 former sarpanchs in C'garh's Bijapur district

AHEAD of elections to the three-tier panchayats in Chhattisgarh, Maoists allegedly killed two former sarpanchs—one of them associated with the ruling BJP—in separate incidents in Bijapur district, police said on Thursday.

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Protests across Bihar seek to end violence against minorities

PROCESSIONS and protests erupted in Bihar on Thursday in support of minorities who were being subjected to torture in Bangladesh after the collapse of Sheikh Hasina government.

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A rapidly growing new glacier discovered in Uttarakhand

A group of scientists have discovered a new glacier in Uttarakhand that is rapidly growing in size.

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Auli decked up for National Winter Games

As Auli, Uttarakhand's popular ski destination, prepares to host the National Winter Games this New Year, local authorities are grappling with a mounting parking crisis.

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'Big battle': Omar says he will talk to Modi, Shah to restore J&K statehood

JAMMU and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday hinted at a \"big battle\" for restoration of statehood and said that he would talk to PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah about it.

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Hindu Sangharsh Samiti a banner, not outfit, says Tripura

THE \"Hindu Sangharsh Samiti\", which was allegedly involved in the recent incident of vandalism at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, is a banner and not an organisation.

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Soren expands cabinet, no place for wife & brother

AMID allegations of nepotism, Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday didn't include his wife Kalpana Soren and brother Basant Soren in his cabinet.

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Korean prez's party vows to block impeachment

SOUTH Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol clung to power, with his party announcing they will oppose an impeachment motion after his short-lived imposition of martial law stunned the world.

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French PM Barnier resigns after losing vote in Parliament

PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron on Thursday sought a new prime minister to prevent France from sliding deeper into political turmoil after Michel Barnier's government was ousted in a historic no-confidence vote in parliament.

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WH says 8 US telecom firms impacted by China hacking

A top White House official on Wednesday said at least eight US telecom firms and dozens of nations have been impacted by a Chinese hacking campaign.

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War tribunal bans Hasina's hate speeches in media, Net

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh on Thursday ordered the authorities to ban the dissemination of all the 'hate speeches' of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the media and on social networking platforms.

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Qatar back as negotiator for Israel, Hamas war after short sabbatical

QATAR has resumed its role as a mediator in efforts to secure a truce in the Israel-Hamas war following a brief suspension, a source with knowledge of the talks said on Thursday.

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Families rejoice as they reunite after eight years

HTS stormed city from several sides, engaged in street battles with forces: war monitor

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Vodafone Idea plans to raise up to ₹2,000 crore

VODAFONE Idea (Vi), country's third-largest telecom service provider, on Thursday announced that it will raise up to ₹2,000 crore via the issuance of equity shares and/or convertible securities on a preferential basis.

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CEA calls for striking balance between corporate profitability, workers' income

The anemic growth in private consumption has started to give jitters to the government as the chief economic advisor (CEA) to the Ministry of Finance, Dr V Anantha Nageswaran, on Thursday called for a balance between corporate profitability and workers' income growth.

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New credit card issuances plunge 50% in Oct to 7.8L as against 16L a year ago

THE credit card industry saw a sharp 50% year-on-year decline in new card issuances to a meagre 7.8 lakh in October as against 16 lakh cards issued in the same month last year.

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Vishal Mega Mart's ₹8,000 crore public offer opens on December 11

LEADING supermarket player Vishal Mega Mart's ₹8,000 crore initial public offer will be opening on December 11.

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Sensex gains 1% ahead of RBI MPC policy decision

Policy rate cut unlikely at this meeting as RBI may await macro data, some expect CRR cut

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Bitcoin beats regulatory hurdles, hits $100K level

DESPITE regulatory uncertainties around the globe, Bitcoin prices on Thursday breached the psychologically important level of $100,000, surging nearly 133% over the last one year.

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Alt fuels saved ₹1.09L cr in forex

INDIA has saved nearly ₹1.09 lakh crore in foreign exchange from Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2013-14 to ESY2023-24 by promoting the use of ethanol-blended petrol (EBP) and other alternative fuels.

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Hyundai announces car prices hike, other carmakers could follow suit

HYUNDAI Motor India Limited (HMIL), country's second-largest carmaker, will increase prices across its model range by up to ₹25,000, effective January 1, 2025.

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'Sad' Mbappe pays penalty as Bilbao beat Real Madrid

REAL Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Kylian Mbappe was \"sad\" after missing another penalty as champions Real Madrid fell to a 2-1 defeat at Athletic Bilbao in La Liga on Wednesday.

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TWILIGHT SAGA BECKONS

Having taken a 1-0 lead, Rohit & Co will look to repeat all the things they did right in Perth

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Schutt takes five; Oz ease past India

INDIA slumped to their lowest ODI score against Australia since 2012 in the first ODI as veteran pacer Megan Schutt took five wickets to help the hosts draw first blood in Brisbane.

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WFI to discuss RSPB's call to skip nationals

AS the National Wrestling Championships begins in Bengaluru on Friday, all eyes will be on the annual general meeting (AGM) of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) scheduled on the last day (Sunday).

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Baroda post highest T20 score, Abhishek's record-equalling ton

RECORDS tumbled in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Thursday when Baroda smashed the highest score in T20 history and Punjab's Abhishek Sharma slammed a blazing 28-ball hundred, equalling the fastest such knock by an Indian in the format.

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CT 2025: ICC meeting postponed

EVEN as the delay in finalising the hosts and schedule of the 2025 Champions Trophy continues, the ICC Board meeting which was supposed to happen on Thursday got postponed at the last minute.

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Telegram makes a U-Turn on child protection: what it means

A significant policy shift, Telegram has agreed to work with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a leading organization focused on identifying and removing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online.

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STAY ALERT DURING HOLIDAY SEASON

PHISHING SITES LURE SHOPPERS WITH ENTICING DEALS

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