The Latest Breaking News from Chikkodi

Union Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar had served as a probationary officer in Chikkodi for a few months in the early part of his bureaucratic career.

Besides being serving as an MLC, Prakash Hukkeri is the Karnataka government’s second representative in Delhi.

HESCOM has announced online services unavailable from Nov 24-26 due to emergency technical maintenance. R-APDRP is being implemented to integrate portals of five ESCOMs & provide online payment system. Affected towns: Athani, Bagalkot, Bailhongal, Belagavi, Bhatkal, Chikkodi, Dandeli, Gadag, Gokak, Guledgudda, Haveri, Hubballi-Dharwad, Ilkal, Indi, Jamkhandi, Karwar, Kumta, Laxmeshwar, Mahalingpur,…

Chikkodi in Belagavi district was tense for some time on Saturday as members of minority community gathered at one place taking exception to a banner on ‘Akhand Bharat’

Belagavi Police to divert traffic on Tues. for all-India shepherds convention. Vehicles from Nippani, Athani, Chikkodi, Sankeshwar, Yamakanamardi, Kakati, Gokak, Kanabargi, Bagalkot, Ramdurg, Yaragatti, Vengurla, Sawantwadi, Sulga, Khanapur, Karwar, Haliyal to park at designated spots. KSRTC buses to join NH48. CM Siddaramaiah to be felicitated & address delegates. Memo to…

Belagavi Chikkodi police rescued three youth from Jodakurali village who were tied to a pole and beaten by villagers mistaking them for thieves. Police admitted victims to hospital after rescuing them from merciless assault.

Police and panchayat officials conducted the last rites of a senior citizen after his estranged children in foreign countries did not come to India after his death in Chikkodi on Saturday.

BJP MLA Balachandra Jarkiholi claims Congress is spreading rumours of defection of legislators to quell dissent in its own unit. He denies reports of defection of BJP MLAs to Congress, calling them false and baseless. He also denies being a contender for the Lok Sabha seat from Chikkodi.

Div. of Belagavi district divides leaders: Some support, others oppose. BJP leaders Anna Saheb Jolle, Balachandra Jarkiholi support idea. Kannada orgs. oppose, fear it will strengthen Marathi demand for merger. Bailhongal district agitation committee warns govt. against unilateral decision. Raju Kage, MLA, demands Athani be made new district. Delimitation of…

CID team led by Inspector-General of Police Praveen Pawar and Forensic Sciences Laboratory official Dharmendra Meena visited Belagavi's Nandi Ashram, Mavinahonda and Khatakbhavi villages to investigate the murder of Jain monk Sri Kamakumar Nandi Swami. Accompanied by SP Sanjiv Patil and IO Basavaraj Yaligar, they met local officers, ashram residents…

Residents of Shravanabelagola in Channarayapatna taluk of Hassan district, a noted pilgrimage centre for Jains, took part in a protest march on Monday condemning the murder of a Jain monk at Chikkodi.