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Drought forces farmers in Karnataka to sell cattle at low prices

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Bengaluru: The severe drought prevailing across Karnataka has pushed farmers in Dharwad district into a difficult situation, with many being forced to sell cattle they had raised for years because of an acute shortage of fodder and water. The failure of the southwest monsoon has affected agricultural activity and left farmers uncertain about the prospects of the rabi season. With little rainfall recorded in several areas, farmers are struggling to prepare their fields for the next crop. The crisis has also directly affected livestock, which depend heavily on agricultural residue and fodder. The cattle market at Nulvi in Kundgol taluk has witnessed an unusual trend, with the number of farmers looking to sell their animals reportedly exceeding the number of buyers. Farmers from Kundgol, Navalgund and Annigeri areas have been bringing their cattle to the market as maintaining them has become increasingly expensive. Failure of crops is reducing fodder availability Many...
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Woman found burnt in Yadgir forest, lover arrested for murder

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Yadgir : Yadgir police have solved the murder of a 48-year-old jogathi woman whose charred body was found in a dense forest area last month, with investigators arresting her alleged lover in Bengaluru. The deceased has been identified as Shantamma, a resident of Nalwar village in Chittapur taluk of Kalaburagi district. The accused, Suresh, is a resident of Halkatta village. The case came to light on September 24 when a forest watchman spotted a badly burnt body while patrolling the forest area near Bachwar village in Yadgir taluk. The forest reportedly covers nearly 10,000 acres. The watchman alerted villagers and the Yadgir Rural police. Senior police officers, including the Yadgir Superintendent of Police, visited the spot and examined the remains. As the body had been extensively burnt and the woman’s identity could not be established, police registered a suo motu case and collected articles found near the spot. Following the postmortem, the remains were cremated in t...
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Dhruv Rathee, Prakash Raj to join CJP’s Bengaluru protest`

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Voters who say they were wrongly struck off Karnataka’s electoral rolls will get a public hearing at Bengaluru’s Freedom Park on Thursday, October 8, with actor Prakash Raj and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee among those backing them. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is organising the People’s Tribunal on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. It begins at 10:30 am under the slogan “Save Our Votes, Save Democracy”, and a “chappal protest” will follow. Raj, a vocal critic of the SIR, announced the event on social media on Wednesday, October 7. In a video, he described Rathee as the “special guest” and said it would be the YouTuber’s first visit to Bengaluru in support of the “scrap SIR” campaign. Rathee later confirmed his participation in a video on X. “Victims of SIR from across the state will be present,” Raj said in his post, naming CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, co-convener Ashutosh ...
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KPSC recruitment case: Sahukar, Geetha in ED custody till Oct 19

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Bengaluru: Former KPSC chairman Shivashankarappa Sahukar and former commission member B.V. Geetha have been remanded in Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody until October 19 following their arrest in an alleged recruitment examination scam. The ED produced the duo before the PMLA special court after arresting them on Tuesday, October 6. The agency sought 14 days of custodial interrogation, stating that further questioning was required to establish the alleged money trail and the role of those involved in manipulating recruitment examinations. Special Public Prosecutor Madhu N. Rao told the court that the investigation had allegedly revealed question-paper transactions involving several candidates. According to the ED, candidates were allegedly asked to pay Rs 40 lakh, Rs 60 lakh or Rs 70 lakh for question papers, while one transaction was allegedly settled for Rs 5 lakh shortly before the examination. The agency claimed that blank cheques, promissory notes and signed pape...
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Transformer bursts outside Amazon office in Bengaluru, 1 injured

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Bengaluru: A pedestrian was injured after a transformer box installed on a footpath outside the office of an e-commerce giant here allegedly exploded on Wednesday, October 7, police said. The incident occurred outside Gate Number 3 of the office, near Baglur Cross, under the Yelahanka Old Town police station limits, they said. The injured man was identified as Md Afroz, police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast Division) Mithun Kumar said in a statement, “This (happened) at Gate No. 3, Amazon office. One Md Afroz is injured within Yelahanka Old Town police station limits near Bagalur Cross. He is safe and currently in the hospital.” Visuals captured by a vehicle’s dashcam showed commuters passing by when the transformer allegedly exploded, causing Afroz, who was walking along the pavement of the footpath, fall to the ground. A woman walking on the footpath immediately behind him escaped unhurt. Taking to social media platform ‘...
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Old womans body recovered from canal in Hassan

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Hassan : A missing-person case took a grim turn in Arkalgud taluk after the body of a 67-year-old woman was recovered from a canal near Bettadahalli village. The body had allegedly been packed in a plastic bag and thrown into the water. The deceased was identified as Lakshmamma from Hirehallikoppalu village. She had been living with her husband, Anne Gowda. Family members said she left the house on October 3, telling them that she was heading to Vijikoppalu. When she failed to return, concerns grew over her whereabouts. Four days later, on October 6, her husband approached the police seeking help to trace her. Police launched a search in the surrounding areas and eventually found a body concealed inside a plastic bag in a canal near Bettadahalli. The circumstances of the recovery have led police to suspect that Lakshmamma could have been murdered before her body was disposed of. Investigators are also looking into a possible motive involving her gold jewellery . However...
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Milk price in Karnataka likely to rise by Rs 8 per litre

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Bengaluru: Consumers in Karnataka may soon have to pay Rs 8 more per litre for milk, with the state Cabinet agreeing in principle to the proposed increase. The decision comes after milk unions had sought a substantially higher hike of Rs 10 per litre. The matter came up for discussion during the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, October 6. While the Cabinet deliberated on the demand for a revision in milk prices, the final decision on the quantum of the increase was left to Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. The Chief Minister is understood to have preferred a Rs 8 per litre increase instead of the Rs 10–12 hike that had been discussed. The Cabinet accepted the proposal, paving the way for a possible revision of milk prices in the state. Milk unions wanted higher hike Milk cooperative unions had argued for a higher increase to meet rising costs and strengthen payments to producers. The government, however, has chosen to settle for a comparatively lower hike in an attempt to...
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