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No announcement on Rahul’s promise of making Ballari ‘jeans capital of India’

People in Ballari are understandably upset with the Budget 2023-24 presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday. For, it did not mention any measure to meet Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s promise to make Ballari the ‘jeans capital of India’.

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Minister directs officials to complete projects within stipulated time

Taking exceptions to inordinate delays in the completion of government work, Minister for Youth Empowerment, Sports, and Tribal Welfare and Ballari In-charge B. Nagendra directed the officials to complete all the works within the stipulated time.

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Energy Minister to hold meeting with BTPS officers today

Energy Minister K.J. George is scheduled to preside over a meeting of officials of Ballari Thermal Power Station (BTPS) in Ballari on Monday.

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Couple die, two kids injured in accident at Pennahobilam, Anantapur

A lorry going from Anantapur to Ballari hit a two-wheeler coming from Kannekal, leading to the death of a couple on the spot

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NIA arrests absconding terror accused from Ballari

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested a 33-year-old alleged Popular Front of India (PFI) worker dubbed as the “master weapons trainer”, living under a fake identity in Ballari in Karnataka. The accused was involved in the Nizamabad terror conspiracy case and was on the run since September last…

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‘You buy clothes of your choice, same applies to career’

S.C. Patil, Registrar (Administration) Vijayanagar Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ballari, advised students to choose their career with passion and strive hard to achieve the goal.

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Brain cyst in child removed in complicated surgery at VIMS

A five-year-old boy who was battling for life owing to a cyst that had developed in the crucial brain stem area got a new lease of life with the cyst being removed by a team of doctors at Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences in Ballari on May 12 this year.

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Lack of public toilets cause inconveniences; Karnataka woman writes emotional letter to President

Jademma from Ballari recently visited religious hill stations like Bababudangiri, Mullayanagiri, Sitalayyanagiri in Chikkamagaluru district along with her family. What she took away from it was not just good memories. Faced with the issue of absence of public toilets despite lakhs of visitors, she wrote an emotional letter to President…

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Will NHAI take measures to make T. Narasipur road safer?

Senior officials from the Department of Transport, and the Police inspected the spot near Kurubur village on T. Narasipur-Kollegal Road (stretch of NH-766), about 35 km from Mysuru, where a ghastly accident took place on Monday, May 29, killing ten persons, including nine tourists from Sangankal in Ballari district, and…

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‘Janardhan Reddy used BJP and us to make money illegally and he is the real coward not us’

BJP leader and former Ballari City MLA G. Somashekhar Reddy has hit back at his brother and Gangavati MLA G. Janardhan Reddy terming him a real coward who used the BJP for meeting his personal ends.

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T. Narsipur accident: One injured continues to be critical

The condition of one of the injured who suffered serious head injuries in the ghastly accident that took place near Kurubur village on T. Narsipur-Kollegal Highway stretch on Monday continues to be critical.

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T. Narsipur tragedy: Bodies shifted shifted in ambulances to Sanganakal in Ballari

The bodies of the deceased in the accident that took place near Kurubur village on T. Narsipur-Kollegal Highway stretch on Monday were sent to Sanganakal in Ballari district after the post-mortem was done at the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute here.

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Karnataka elections: Ballari back in control of the Congress

The Congress has won all five seats in Ballari and two seats in Vijayanagara district, which was recently carved out of Ballari. The BJP has been left with only one seat (Hadagali) in the united Ballari district.

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Karnataka election results 2023 | Are incumbent BJP Ministers winning or losing?

As Congress emerged as the leading party cruising past 120 seats by noon in the closely-watched Assembly elections, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai conceded defeat. Here’s a look at how Ministers in the BJP’s incumbent Karnataka Cabinet are faring in the polls with close to 66% per cent of the…

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Arguments between rival party workers in Gangavati, Ballari Rural

In Gangavati, the argument was over a KRPP booth agent wearing a badge with the photo of party candidate Gali Janardhan Reddy. In Ballari Rural segment, the exact reason that triggered the clash between BJP and Congress workers at Sanjivarayana Kote village is not known.

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In Ballari’s battle of billionaires, all eyes on mining baron’s new party

In the mining town of Karnataka’s Ballari, Congress leader Nara Bharat Reddy had tried to take first-mover advantage by launching his campaign months ahead of the state assembly elections, going door to door, promising a politics “without corruption” in the Bellary City segment.

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Congress files complaint against Modi for linking party to terrorism

The Congress on Saturday filed a complaint with the police against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly saying the “Congress has shielded terrorism for its vote bank” at a public rally in Ballari on Friday.

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Rahul promises to make Ballari the jeans capital of India

Apart from what all Congress has promised to the people of Karnataka in the run-up to the 2023 Assembly Elections, Congress disqualified MP Rahul Gandhi has, in his personal capacity, promised to establish a jeans park in Ballari and make the city the jeans capital of India.

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Lokayukta raids 34 premises linked to eight officials

The Lokayukta police conducted raids against eight government officials on 34 premises linked to them in six districts - Bengaluru, Ballari, Bidar, Chitradugra, Davangere, and Kolar - on Monday.

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Election observers appointed for Ballari district

The Election Commission of India has appointed Indian Administrative Services officers as General Observers for overseeing the arrangements and also check violations in different Assembly segments in Ballari district during the general elections to the Assembly.

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Rahul Gandhi to cast vote for Congress president election in Karnataka

BALLARI: Congress general secretary in-charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that Rahul Gandhi, who is currently leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka, will cast his vote for the party's Presidential election at the Yatra's campsite in Sanganakallu in Ballari. Polls to the party's highest post is scheduled…

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No action from PM Narendra Modi on 40% commission: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah

BALLARI: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi with inaction on the letter sent to him by a contractors association accusing the BJP government in Karnataka of charging 40 per cent commission on public work.

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Padayatra by mine workers flagged off in Sandur

The three-day walk is scheduled to culminate at the Ballari Deputy Commissioner’s office tomorrow

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Bommai, Yediyurappa to launch ‘Jana Sankalpa Yatra’ tomorrow

Basavaraj Bommai would have yatra-related events in Maski in Raichur, Kushtagi in Koppal, Hoovinahadagali and Hospet, the district headquarters town of Vijayanagara, and Siriguppa in Ballari district

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Rahul to address public rally in Ballari on October 15

Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi, whose Bharat Jodo Yatra is passing through Karnataka, is set to

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