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Small farmers, farm workers bear the brunt as cash becomes scarce Special Correspondent

Stories of distress, following a year of drought and now demonetisation, reverberate through Karnataka

Cong., Opposition set to turn the heat on each other B S Satish Kumar

Ruling party plans to highlight the fallout of demonetisation; BJP to seek Tanvir Sait’s resignation

Ready: K.B. Koliwad, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, inspecting the arrangements for the winter session of the legislature starting on Monday, at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi on Sunday.

Dattamala Abhiyana concludes with procession Staff Reporter

The Dattamala Abhiyana, conducted by Sri Rama Sene, concluded on Sunday, with devotees participating in a procession in the town and visiting Guru Da

Sadhu taking part in the Shobha Yatra, taken as part of Dattamala Abhiyana, in Chikkamagaluru on Sunday.

Queues get smaller as ATMs dispense only Rs. 2,000 notes Shankar Bennur

The queues outside ATMs in some parts of Mysuru are becoming smaller since Saturday. Reason: only Rs. 2,000 notes are being dispensed.Incidentally, t

not many takers: A notice outside an ATM in Mysuru on Sunday.

Small farmers, farm workers bear the brunt as cash becomes scarce

Cong., Opposition set to turn the heat on each other

Dattamala Abhiyana concludes with procession

Queues get smaller as ATMs dispense only Rs. 2,000 notes

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Karnataka Vegetable markets hit, but online portals see surge in sales

Karnataka Professionals join hands to beautify public spaces in Dharwad

Kannada monograph on Krishnamurthy Puranik released

Special Correspondent A one-day seminar on the ‘Life and Writings of Krishnamurthy Puranik’, organised by the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, was marked by the release of a Kannada monograph on Krishnamurthy Puranik at Kannada Sahitya Bhavan here on Sunday.“This is history in itself and the most fitting tribute one could pay to a great writer like Krishnamurthy Puranik,” said Jnanpith awardee and Akademi vice-president Chandrashekhar Kambar on the occasion.Mr. Kambar, who became nostalgic while tracing the literary purs

New set of House rules for legislature session to begin in Belagavi on Monday

Nagesh Prabhu A 10-day winter session of the Karnataka legislature will commence at the Suvarna Soudha in the border town of Belagavi from Monday (November 21).The session is expected to pass new House rules to be followed by members both in the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council.According to Assembly Speaker K.B. Koliwad, the day’s session would be split into two – morning (11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ) and evening session (3 p.m. to 6 p.m). Which means that members have to sign attendance twice a day.H

Two farmer suicides in three days in Kadur taluk

Staff Reporter Two farmers have committed suicide in Kadur taluk in last three days. Hanumanthappa (48), of Jiganehalli near Sakharayapatna in Kadur taluk, committed suicide by consuming poison on Wednesday night. His wife, Lakshmamma, informed the police that Hanumanthappa had borrowed loans to drill borewells in his farm. He had drilled four borewells one after the other and none of them helped him get water. He was deeply disturbed as his areca and coconut farms had dried up owing to non availability of wa

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‘Thithi village’ debuts on tourism map M.T. Shiva Kumar

The film's success has brought Node Koppalu, a nondescript village with unpaved roads, open drains and stray cattle, to the tourism map in Mandya.

Fans dance to the tunes of ‘Power Star’ Special Correspondent

‘Power Star’ Puneet Rajkumar kept thousands of his fans on their toes and also made them dance along with him at the landmark Kittur Chennamma Circle

Central Intelligence: This one is all about sugar and spies Sudhir Srinivasan

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Karnataka In order to empower women self-help groups (SHGs) and provide them with a platform to sell their products, the Karnataka State Women’s Development Co

Karnataka Minister for Cooperation and Sugar H.S. Mahadeva Prasad said that ongoing overhauling of machinery at the State-owned Mysore Sugar Company Ltd. (Mysu

Karnataka Indira Gandhi, the country’s first and only woman Prime Minister, was remembered across the district on Saturday on the occasion of her birthday, whi

Karnataka Officials told to inform him of any problems they face in implementing the schemes

‘Hale Unduwadi drinking water project has to start from scratch’ The detailed project report needs to be prepared afresh with new scheduled rates, says official

Organ donation: Not all States share data with apex body NOTTO keen on developing national registry to know demand-supply situation

Newly recruited assistant professors to be taught to teach The State Higher Education Department has decided to put the newly recruited assistant professors through a month-long training to equip them to be e

In the absence of cash, business is driven by trust Small businesses are extending credit to customers to stay afloat, but farmers are yet to get any relief

Rs. 500 crore deposited in Mandya banks in 10 days Long queues and chaos outside banks across the district continued for the tenth consecutive day on Friday with financial institutions failing to prov

Withered crops greet team members A Central team headed by Neeraja Adidam, Joint Director, Union Ministry of Agriculture, on Thursday and Friday visited drought-affected areas in Koppa

Workers seek pending wagesfrom defunct Surana Industries Employees of Surana Industries Limited which stopped all its operations two years ago staged a demonstration at the Tipu Sultan gardens near the offi

Trade and commerce expo from December 2 in Hubballi Germany is the partner country for the event hosted by KCCI

Fitness enthusiasts come together for Hubballi 10K Run Borappa Magaduma and Akshata A. won the ‘Hubballi 10K Run’ in the men and women categories respectively here on Sunday.Hundreds of fitness enthusiast

Mayor, Deputy Mayor, MES supporters keep away from Maha Melava As a result of the show-cause notices issued by the State government to Mayor Sarita Viraj Patil and Deputy Mayor Sanjay M. Shinde, the duo kept them

Ensure quality of food in hostels, officials in Raichur told Hostel wardens and contractors to be held responsible for poor quality food

‘Maintain stock of fodder’ Since a majority of the villages in the district are reeling under the drought owing to scanty rainfall, the district administration has instructed o

Large quantity of plastic bags seized from textile showroom in Mysuru A team of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) personnel stumbled upon a huge stockpile of banned plastic bags in a textile showroom in Agrahara here on Mond

Petroleum dealers urge RBI to issue smaller denomination notes Petroleum dealers here have urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to instruct the nationalised banks to issue smaller denomination notes of Rs. 50 an

Flower business takes a hit post-demonetisation The usually bustling flower market in the century-old Devaraja Market has seen a drop in its business since over a week after the Union government de

No power supply There will be no power supply from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Naubad and surrounding areas in Bidar on Wednesday. Maintenance work on the 33 kv power line

2.04 lakh acres of forest land encroached upon: Ramanath Rai Nearly 2,04,442 acres of forest land has been encroached upon in Karnataka, according to Forest Minister Ramanath Rai. The State has a total forest a

Hemareddi Mallamma Jyoti Yatra reaches Ballari The Hemareddi Mallamma Jyoti Yatra arrived in Ballari recently. The yatra, which was flagged off from Srishaila on September 19, went around various

ZP member accused of using false caste certificate Anis Ahmed Aminsab Desai, a BJP candidate from Ankalgi, Gokak taluk, in the last zilla panchayat elections, has urged the State Election Commission t

Drought relief: CM ready to lead delegation to PM Discussion on drought dominates proceedings, while various farmers’ groups hold protests outside

Photography awards at Hampi Utsav Photographs taken by B.M. Siddalingaswamy, a photo contributor to The Hindu, and Kashinath Neglurmath have bagged first prize in a photo competition

‘Won’t be surprised if Janardhan Reddy gets clean chit soon’ Tapal Ganesh, the mine owner who fought against illegal mining, allegedly by mining baron Janardhan Reddy, has expressed shock over Governor Vajubhai

Despite ban, Jungle Lodges in forest limits serving alcohol? Entering the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary — which is spread over 1,027 sq. km in Mandya and Chamarajanagar districts — one is confronted with warning b

B.Pharma student attacked by ‘moral police’ near Mangaluru A group, reportedly associated with a fundamentalist organisation, assaulted a first year B.Pharma student in Ullal on Monday, while he was travellin