Karnataka Border Row News Today

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Amit Shah today met the chief ministers of Karnataka and Maharashtra. Keeping a positive approach, he said, the chief ministers - Basavaraj Bommai and Eknath Shinde - agreed that a resolution should be reached in a constitutional manner.

For the second day, thousands of state transport and private buses, and goods truck services from Maharashtra to Karnataka remained suspended in view of the disturbances in the border districts, officials said here on Wednesday.

The decades-old border dispute over Belagavi (earlier Belgaum) between Maharashtra and Karnataka is in news again due to recent statements from both sides.

He was responding to the Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai’s statement that his government is “seriously considering” laying a claim on the Jath taluka in Sangli district.

Published: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 12:19 [IST] Mumbai, Mar 16: The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said Belgaum should be declared as a Union Territory, alleging that atrocities on Marathi-speaking people by pro-Kannada outfits were continuing there. Uddhav Thackeray An editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana alleged that a pro-Kannada organisation recently beat up Marathi people in Belgaum, removed Marathi boards from shops there and also targeted pro-Marathi social media users. The Karnataka police we...