Bidar  

It seems the dirty trend of horse-trading has entered at the village level election. The recently concluded Gram Panchayat election has paved the way for such a nasty development where newly appointed members are being purchased to vote for a particular candidate as President and Vice President.

Villagers in Karnataka took the decision to boycott the Gram Panchayat elections after their request to remove their village from the buffer zone for National Tiger Reserve went unheard.

The northerly and north-easterly winds sweeping across the state have led to sudden fall in minimum temperatures in Bengaluru and across the state. The minimum temperature has dropped to 15-16 degrees Celsius on Wednesday in Karnataka.

Due to Southwest vigorous monsoon over North Interior Karnataka, many districts in the state witnessed floods. The government has already put 12 districts under red alert.

The overnight heavy rains on Tuesday and Wednesday in and around Bidar has led to excess waterlogging the streets of Basavakalyan taluk in Bidar district. Residents complained that this has been the plight of the district every year during monsoon and have pleaded for help. 

Officials said Prabhu Chavan had been under home quarantine in Bidar after his staff tested positive on Tuesday.
 

As the lockdown date is nearing its end, districts like Bengaluru, Mysuru, Bidar and Dakshina Kannada are likely to see total shutdown as they fall under the ‘red zone’

As few Muslim community members defied the lockdown orders in the last few days in different parts of Karnataka, Bidar's Imam announced that Muslims should not come to Masjids for Friday prayers, instead offer the same from home.

Though Karnataka chief minister Yediyurappa had claimed that coronavirus has not yet crept into the state and all precautionary measures have been taken, three people are suspected to have contracted the virus

 

The focus at an anti-CAA rally in Karnataka suddenly turned towards the visit of Trump. This, due to a Bengali maulana who took a jibe at the US President’s arrival and asked the Indian government to show him Indian toilets instead of the Taj Mahal

Shaheen Education Institute students in Bidar, Karnataka, had staged an anti-CAA drama and had insulted PM Modi on January 21 

Bidar Police arrested two teachers of Shaheen Education Institute after students staged anti-CAA drama and insulted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Karnataka. The drama was enacted on January 21 and a case was registered on January 26. 

ABVP activists in Karnataka's Bidar also staged a protest over the institute’s anti-CAA drama that insulted PM Modi. They submitted a memorandum to the state home minister.

In a horrific accident In Karnataka, 6 people were killed and 9 others sustained grievous injuries. The injured are said to be in a critical state. 

Mohammend Azam's father demands Karnataka government to take up the case and punish the culprits