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Supreme Court HUBBALLI: The Supreme Court’s committee on road safety has taken note of a recent accident involving a minibus and a tipper on a bypass road at Itigatti, near Dharwad. It has issued a notice to the Karnataka transport department and sought a report on the incident, which claimed 11 lives. The report must list steps to prevent such collisions and statistics of mishaps and fatalities recorded on the 32-km road in the past two years. The transport department has been reportedly asked to submit the report by February 15. This is the first time in recent years that it has received a notice from a court panel over a road accident.
Picture used for representational purpose only HAVERI: The assistant commissioner of Savanur sub-division, Haveri district, recently cancelled two gift deeds and ordered two persons to return properties as they breached the promise of looking after their elderly parents. Citing the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, Annapurna Mudakammanavar used her judicial powers to pass the orders and said both beneficiaries had violated the purpose of getting the properties and had refused to take care of their elderly mothers in Hanagal taluk. A 67-year-old senior citizen from Chikkamashihosur village, had appealed to the KAS officer to cancel a three-acre land gift deed given to her son. According to sources, she was suffering from age-related health complications and her son refused to be by her side. The assistant commissioner ordered revocation of the gift deed after hearing both parties.
Prof Doddarange Gowda For more than 40 years, Prof Doddarange Gowda, who was on Friday named president of the 86th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be held in Haveri from February 26 through 28, has through the numerous songs he has penned for Kannada films been the source of joy for crores of Kannadigas. Among the most versatile figures of contemporary Kannada literature, Prof Doddarange Gowda, in a freeweheeling chat with TOI, held forth on a broad range of issues from language and culture to the state of the nation. Excerpts: Where do you stand vis-à-vis imposition of Hindi? There is no question about our having to give highest priority to learning and promoting Kannada. It is our responsibility to preserve our mother tongue. But I have no objection to learning Hindi as a language, and we must be more favourable towards Hindi than towards English. In our state, it is English that is given most importance but our national language is not regarded as highly. Let me clarify that I am no spokesperson for Hindi.
Representative image. 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 chance happens to be my better-half. Our joint work for four and half years has culminated in the publication of this book,” he said.
Picture used for representational purpose only 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.