Kannada and culture minister Aravind Limbavali
HAVERI: The 86th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, scheduled to be held from February 26 to 28 in Haveri, has been postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Kannada and culture minister Aravind Limbavali said the fresh schedule will be announced after March 9. “Since the central government has extended Covid-19 restrictions till February 28, the government thought it prudent to postpone the event which attracts lakhs of people.,” the minister said.
Elections to the posts of Kannada Sahitya Parishat office-bearers will be announced on Saturday. The tenure of the incumbent committee ends on March 3.
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Among the primary features on the proposed concrete road include the routing of all the wires, cables and pipelines through an underground duct
HUBBALLI: As part of the efforts to enhance the visual appeal of some of the city’s thoroughfares, the authorities have decided to transform the street between Indi Pump Circle and Manjunath Nagar into a concrete road, along the lines of streets that have been refurbished under the TenderSURE project. Work on concretisation of the eight-kilometre road is expected to get under way soon.
MLA Arvind Bellad said that, although the road was slated to be developed using money allocated under the Central Road Fund (CRF), a contractor who was assigned the task had walked away from the project owing to delay in the disbursement of funds. “Those contracted under CRF are not being paid regularly,” Bellad rued.
The arrest if 24-year-old Sunny Havija on Saturday helped railway police close the file on seven cases
HUBBALLI: Often, women travellers remove their golden ornaments and keep them in their bag during train journey. They will either keep the bag under their head or hang it on nearby hooks, thus becoming soft targets for thieves.
The free run of one such thief has ended, thanks to Hubballi Government Railway police. By arresting Sunny Havija, 24, a resident of Mantur Road here, on Saturday evening, they have solved seven cases registered in their limits over the past two years. Jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh has been recovered from him. Government Railway police inspector J M Kalimirchi said that Sunny is a habitual offender, and the railway police had arrested him in past too.