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BELAGAVI: Four persons including three women died on spot in a head on bus-car collision at Chachadi - Gontamara cross in Savadatti taluk in Belagavi district on Sunday.
The car that crushed into the KSRTC bus traveling from Belagavi towards Yaragatti had to be removed using a crane.
A few passengers onboard public transport were also injured and coincidentally, Mines and geology minister Murugesh Nirani who was travelling to Mudhol via Belagavi made arrangements for an ambulance to carry the injured to the hospital. He spoke to panic-stricken passengers and assured further help. The minister is scheduled to reach Yadgir district before Jan 26 to attend the Republic Day parade.
‘Kappatagudda a repertoire of medicinal plants of Gadag’ will be unveiled on Sunday
GADAG: The Kappatagudda wildlife sanctuary spans over 244.15 sq km in Gadag, Mundargi and Shirahatti taluks of Gadag district. An IFS couple, Yashpal Kshirsagar and Sonal Vrishini, have now come up with the book ‘Kappatagudda a repertoire of medicinal plants of Gadag’.
Kshirsagar, who is now the DCF in Dharwad, told STOI that he worked as DCF Gadag from 2015 to 2018 and had come across a huge repertoire of medicinal plants during various field visits.
“Although, the medicinal plants of Kappatagudda were mapped by Foundation of Revitalization of Local Health Tradition (FRLHT) a few years ago, the need to present an elaborative distribution of various medicinal plant species emphasising the presence of this unique landscape was felt. We at the Gadag division decided to be compile the information available at numerous places in form of a book. My work was continued by my successor, who by
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HUBBALLI: It was a grim period for the districts of North Karnataka when Covid cases showed little signs of declining – a phase that continued till November – with the JSL plant in Ballari even becoming a ‘Cluster Case’ site. But the situation is much brighter now, with the number of active cases declining in most districts in the region.
In most districts, the number of fresh cases being reported has slipped to single digits, a steep fall from the dark days of September and October, when each district was reporting around 100 to 150 fresh cases every day.
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HUBBALLI: Anxiety among the people over the condition of the roads in and around the twin cities has mounted many notches following the recent tragic accident on Hubballi-Dharwad bypass road that cost the life of 11 people. Worried residents have launched a signature campaign to push the authorities concerned towards making the bypass road, a stretch infamous for accidents, one on which nearly 30 to 35 fatalities are reported on average each year.
Although a similar campaign was launched a year ago and more than 13,000 signatures collected, little was done to make the road safer for commute.
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BELAGAVI: A 38-year-old pesticide merchant killed his wife and their two children before taking his life in Ramadurga taluk of Belagavi district late Monday night.
Police said the couple used to have frequent fights over some family issues, and this could be the reason behind the tragedy. Police are investigating the incident from all angles, including a possible suicide pact.
The deceased are Praveen Shettar, Rajeshwari, 27, and Amruta, 8, and Adhvik, 6. Praveen was a dealer in agro-chemicals and pesticides. He lived with his family and 60-year-old mother in Ramadurga taluk.
Praveen returned home late on Monday night with bottles of pesticides from his shop. Police said he smothered his wife with a pillow and walked into the next room where his children were sleeping next to their grandmother. He woke the children up, led them into his room and killed them before consuming poison.