jagalur taluk

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not disappoint expectations for a financial boost to the Upper Bhadra irrigation project, announcing a grant of Rs 5,300-crore for the project in the Union Budget on Wednesday.

Over 10 passengers were injured when a private bus in which they were travelling toppled over near Donnehalli Cross in jagalur taluk of the district on NH 50 during the early hours of Wednesday.

jagalur taluk in Davanagere district is as considered one of the overexploited taluks in the state as far as groundwater resource is concerned and hence, it has been tagged as a 'grey pocket area' in the map of water resources, according to H M Khayyum Ali, additional director of mines and geology (groundwater division), Bangalore.

A man died due to lightning while he was taking shelter under a tree in a field at Bidarakere village of jagalur taluk on Friday evening.

Migrant labourers of jagalur taluk in Davanagere district will be treated royally by political parties on April 9, the day when Jagalur goes to polls.

The by-poll of jagalur taluk of Davanagere district, scheduled for April 9, has left PU lecturers in a quandary.

A policeman who was on night patrol was killed in a road mishap on NH-13 on Wednesday night located near Hiremallana Hole of jagalur taluk.

Other than boils, there are many ailments plaguing the residents of Bilichodu and other villages in jagalur taluk, about 270km from Bengaluru and 32km from the Davanagere district headquarters. Consumption of borewell water, high in flouride content, is to blame. With the heat sapping surface water resources dry, the villagers have no option but to rely on borewells.

Jagalur is a nature-cursed taluk. Be it the non-potable water in some districts or scarcity of water in others, people of this drought-hit region are suffering from ill health.

Jagalur has turned a hot bed of political activity with the assembly segment set to go for by-polls shortly.

Elections don't mean much to the Jagalur constituency as it continues to be neglected by all parties. Villagers are resorting to migration, heading to coffee estates in Chikmagalore en masse, while some head to Mangalore and Bangalore in search of jobs.

BJP workers from Pallagatti village in jagalur taluk attacked district BJP office in Davanagere on Sunday evening, expressing their displeasure over the party not issuing ticket to a candidate of their preference, for the forthcoming ZP polls.

Four persons sustained injuries when their lorry overturned while negotiating a curve on a tank bund under Biluchodu police station limits of jagalur taluk on Tuesday. The onion-laden Bangalore-bound lorry was coming from Jagalur when the incident happened, said SP H S Venkatesh.

Boycott, black magic and theft of EVMs were part of the second phase of zilla and taluk panchayat elections in Karnataka.

Channagiri taluk has been identified with 18 sensitive and 47 hyper-sensitive polling stations, of the total 1,171 polling stations in Davangere district.

Over 25 passengers, including driver and a pregnant woman, were injured when a private bus in which they were travelling overturned near Anaji village in Davanagere taluk on Wednesday evening.