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Health Department serves notice to private law college for spreading false rumours about Covishield vaccine

The Department of Health and Family Welfare has served a notice to Sri Siddaramaiah Law College, Chickballapur, for allegedly spreading false rumours that people who have been vaccinated with Covishield vaccine suffer from cardiac arrests. The department has told the college to issue a clarification.

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If elected, will complete Yettinahole project, tertiary treatment of K.C. Valley and H.N. Valley projects, says Raksha Ramaiah

Raksha Ramaiah, from the influential M.S. Ramaiah family, who run a bunch of educational institutes and hospitals in Bengaluru and Chickballapur districts, is running as a candidate of the Congress party in Chickballapur Lok Sabha seat. The Hindu caught up with him for a chat ahead of polling day on…

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Lok Sabha polls: Liquor worth ₹1.13 crore in last 24 hours

In a major pre-poll election seizure on Saturday, the Excise Department confiscated 12,191.40 litres of Indian Made Liquor (IML) worth ₹1,13,80,101 at KSBCL depot, Madanayakanalli, in Chickballapur parliamentary constituency in Bengaluru Urban district.

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Karnataka’s heat and drought wilt vegetable cultivation

Hoskote taluk faces drought, affecting horticulture crops, leading to soaring vegetable prices in Bengaluru, impacting farmers and consumers.

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Chickballapur seat: Moily confident of getting ticket, while Raksha Ramaiah lobbies hard

Congress party veteran and former Chief Minister M. Veerappa Moily says that he is confident of securing the ticket to contest Lok Sabha elections from Chickaballapur constituency.

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‘Disease prevalence in Kolar, Chickballapur reduced by 67%’

Debunking allegations by some people about treated water from K.C. and H.N. valley of Bengaluru let out to the tanks of Kolar and Chickballapur being harmful, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Tuesday told the Legislative Assembly that a study by IISc experts showed that prevalence of diseases had, in…

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Lokayukta sleuths arrest geologist for accepting bribe

The Lokayukta officials on Monday arrested a geologist with the Mines and Geology Department in Chickballapur while allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹35,000 from a businessman for an official favour.

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Child sex ratio: CRS data shows a sharp decline in Bengaluru Urban in 2022

Although Chickballapur has recorded the lowest child sex ratio at birth in 2022 at 868 (for every 1,000 males as per CRS data), it is Bengaluru Urban (including BBMP) which has seen the steepest decline of 25.2% last year in comparison to 2021. The sex ratio in this district has…

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SWR starts electric trains from Bengaluru to Nandi Hills

Bengaluru residents now have the option to travel to Nandi Hills, approximately 60 km from the city, via an extended electric train service

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Lokayukta files suo moto case against revenue officials for manipulating land records

Karnataka Lokayukta files suo motu case against Revenue officials in Chickballapur for manipulating records of land reserved for media persons. Prashanth K. Patil, tahsildar, and Naganjaneya, Assistant Director of Land Records, allegedly misappropriated land and manipulated records. Media persons from Chickballapur staged a demonstration, prompting Lokayukta to take action.

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Samples from Chickballapur test negative for Zika

Serum samples of 3 fever cases & 24 pregnant women from 5 villages in Chickballapur containment zone tested negative for Zika. Mosquito pool at Thalakayalbetta village found positive in Oct. 888 houses & 4,282 people in containment zone under surveillance. Sample of suspected Zika-positive patient admitted to Suguna Hospital in…

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Zika: 888 houses in five villages of containment zone in Chickballapur under surveillance

The State Health Department, which is closely monitoring the situation in Chickballapur after a mosquito pool in Thalakayalbetta village of the district was found to be positive for Zika, has sent serum samples of 30 pregnant women from five villages in the containment zone to the National Institute of Virology…

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Chickballapur accident: low visibility led to accident that killed 13

13 people died in an accident due to dense morning mist and negligence. The SUV driver, Narasimhappa, was illegally running a ferry service in a whiteboard vehicle and had overloaded it. The deceased have been identified and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced ₹2 lakh compensation to their families. Low visibility due…

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Moily says he will contest Lok Sabha elections again from Chickballapur constituency

Announcing that he will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections again from Chickballapur constituency, senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister M. Veerappa Moily said here on Saturday, September 23, that he would explain the reasons for the delay in completing the Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water Supply Project, aimed at…

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Karnataka Health Department launches doorstep eye care programme in Chickballapur district

The State Health Department, in collaboration with the National Program for Control of Blindness, on Friday launched a transformative initiative - Asha Kirana - Eye Care at Your Doorstep — in Chickballapur district. This programme will be extended to cover Kalaburagi, Haveri, and Chamarajanagar districts from September 4.

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Man who posted gory video of his assault on neighbour arrested

The Chickballapur district police had to contend with a gory case when they came across a disturbing video of a man slitting the throat of another man and trying to drink his blood. The Kencharlahalli police on Saturday identified and arrested the accused. The victim survived the attack, the police…

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Farmers’ leader threatens to launch stir if demand for tertiary treatment of K.C. Valley and H.N. Valley water is not fulfilled

People and activists of Kolar and Chickballapur districts are hopeful that various water projects, that would bring water to the two parched districts, would get a fillip under the new Congress government, which has got a comfortable majority in Karnataka.

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Chickballapur police arrest two persons for posing as NHAI officials and cheating landlord

The Chickballapur police on Wednesday arrested two persons, who allegedly posed as officials from the Land Acquisition Department of the National Highways Authority of India and cheated a landlord promising compensation

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Police arrest pisciculturist for selling fake degree certificates

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Couple, minor son killed in road accident near Chickballapur

A couple and their 13-year-old son were killed on the spot when a private bus knocked down their scooter on the outskirts of Chickballapur on Monday.

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