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Politics

DYFI terms Karnataka Budget ‘bereft of vision on employment, anti-youth’

The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) condemned the Rs 4.09 lakh crore budget for 2025-26 presented by the Chief Minister of Karnataka in the House on Friday, saying it was a budget that has disappointed the youth by not creating and ensuring employment opportunities.

Culture

Pooja Raghunandan receives Kittur Rani Chennamma State Award

Pooja Raghunandan, a renowned artist and journalist from Hassan, has been awarded the prestigious Kittur Rani Chennamma Award by the state government as part of the International Women’s Day celebrations.

Education

People livid with state government for plan to shut Hassan University; to fight hard to protect ‘jewel’

Members of the “Save Hassan University Struggle Committee” have strongly opposed the recommendation of the State Cabinet to close Hassan University and re-merge it with the University of Mysore.

District Plus

Elephant sanctuary a permanent solution for Kodagu, Hassan and Chikkamagaluru: Minister

“If 200 elephants living outside the forests of Kodagu, Hassan and Chikkamagaluru are captured and sent to the elephant sanctuary proposed to be established in the Bhadra sanctuary, the elephant problem of these three districts will be permanently solved,”

Infrastructure

Hassan MP inspects progress on Hassan-Maranahalli National Highway stretch, insists on quality and timely completion

The widening work of the National Highway from Hassan to Maranahalli will be completed within the next three to four months, MP Shreyas Patel has said.

Culture

Hassanite goes global, author’s work shortlisted for International Booker Prize

Veteran writer Banu Mushtaq’s translated collection of short stories titled Heart Lamp (original work: Haseena and Other Stories) is on the list ready for consideration for the International Booker Prize.

Education

32 Bengaluru college students visit MCE, Hassan, in knowledge partnership effort

As many as 32 students and three professors of Surana College, Peenya, Bengaluru, visited Malnad Engineering College (MCE) on 25 February 2025 as part of an exposure visit.

Culture

‘Rationalists’ bemoan excessive focus on religion, superstition, call for ‘analytical thinking’

“Understanding events around us with sensitivity and attention helps inculcate a scientific attitude in a person,” H.S. Niranjanaradhya, Principal of Pushpagiri PU College in Tumkur, has said.

Business

New hope for borrowers as state regulates microfinance sharks; 10 years’ jail for offenders 

“If microfinance institutions force people to repay loans or harass them without reason, the guilty will be sentenced to 10 years in prison,” Deputy Commissioner C. Sathyabham has warned.

Politics

Hassan MP chairs progress review meet in Hassan municipality, upset with current situation

MP Shreyas Patel has expressed his dissatisfaction with the Hassan Municipal Corporation hall saying it was embarrassing to look inside and outside the premises.