6,000 beggars provided shelter in state: Ramaiah According to Ramaiah, the beggary cess of Rs.9.5 crore was being utilised for various relief and rehabilitation activities of 14 destitute centres across the state.
Farmers demand payment of crop insurance amount Zilla Raitha Horata Samiti President Kedarlingaiah Hiremath said the district has suffered 70 per cent crop loss due to inadequate rain and the major losers are tur (red gram) growers.
CASTE CONTROVERSY OF BASAVESHWARA
'Seize Banjagere's book' General Secretary of Basava Kendar at Ingaleshwar Aravind K Kulakarni has urged the state government to seize the writer Dr Banjagere Jayaprakash's controversial book 'Aanu Deva Horaganavanu'.
'Injustice for Gulbarga division' "The government's continuing negligence towards Hyderbad Karnataka region may strengthen the cry for separate state", Janata Dal (S) MLA B R Patil cautioned.
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