Belagavi corpn. polls will see a departure from the past
The Hindu
The big parties, probably, for the first time, will enter the fray openly and fight it on party affiliations rather than language-based campaigns
After decades of language-based campaigns, the Belagavi City Corporation may be heading for an election that would be fought on party affiliations. Polling is on September 3 and counting of votes on September 6. The poll notification was issued on Monday. Leaders of all the three major parties held meetings on Belagavi on Monday, about the polls. This is probably the first time in decades that the Congress, the BJP and the Janata Dal(S) plan to field their candidates in the urban local body elections, say political observers.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.