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City in Karnataka, India

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Belgaum: City in Karnataka, India
Belgaum, officially known as Belagavi, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Belagavi division and Belagavi district. The Government of Karnataka has proposed making Belgaum the second capital of Karnataka alongside Bangalore, hence a second state administrative building Suvarna Vidhana Soudha was inaugurated on 11 October 2012.

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Hegde out, Kageri gets Uttara Kannada; Shettar in Belgaum

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Fix 'collective responsibility' to stop Belagavi-like crimes: High court

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ā€˜Shamefulā€™: BJP attacks Karnatakaā€™s Congress government over stripping

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Karnataka government announces conditional waiver of interest on farm loans, BJP demands full write-off

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Belgavi incident amplifies concerns about law and order in Karnataka: Sitharaman

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JP Nadda condemns Belagavi incident as 'shameful,' constitutes fact-finding team

BJP chief J P Nadda condemned the shameful assault on a Dalit woman in Karnataka. He formed a fact-finding committee of women MPs to investigate the incident and submit a report. The woman was..
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Didnā€™t happen even in era of Mahabharat: HC on stripping

The Karnataka HC expressed dissatisfaction with the probe details of the recent public stripping incident in Belagavi, Karnataka. They compared the incident to the disrobing of Draupadi in the..
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Belagavi Cantonment Board CEO found dead days after CBI raid

Belagavi Cantonment Boardā€™s (BCB) CEO K Anand, 40, was found dead at his government residence in the military camp area on Saturday morning. Anand, a native of Tamil Nadu and an officer of the Indian..
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah requests railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to extend Vande Bharat Express till Belagavi

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has requested Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to extend the Vande Bharat Express train route to Belagavi city in order to improve connectivity between Karnataka,..
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Belgaum Rural, Urban, Dakshin Election 2023 LIVE: BJP Abhay Patil leads with overĀ 31,018Ā votes

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Belgaum election results 2023 live updates: Counting begins for three assembly constituencies

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Pro-Marathi group shows black flags to Fadnavis in Belagavi


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Karnataka Assembly election 2023 live updates: BJP gears up for power-packed campaign, PM Modi's rally on April 29

BJP's mega-election campaign in Karnataka is likely to get a boost with Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the State on April 29. According to Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, PM Modi will start his..
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Threat calls to Nitin Gadkari: Nagpur police take custody of murder convict from Belagavi jail

The convict, identified as Jayesh Pujari alias Jayesh Kantha, was taken into custody from the Hindalga jail and brought to Nagpur in a flight in the morning.
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PM Modi to release Rs 16,800cr aid to over 8cr farmers today

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Morena air crash: Wing Commander Hanumanth Sarathi cremated with military honours in Belagavi

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Maharashtra passes resolution to include 865 Karnataka villages

Days after the Karnataka legislature cleared a resolution on the inter-state border dispute, both houses of Maharashtra legislature on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to legally pursue..
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Karnataka-Maharashtra border row: Clamped prohibitory orders, security stepped up in Belagavi


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Maharashtra trucks attacked in Karnataka, border row rages

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DNA Explainer | Maharashtra ministers cancel visit to Belagavi: All you need about the 62-year-old border dispute

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Border row: Don't send ministers to Belagavi, Karnataka CM tells Maharashtra

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Explained: Itā€™s BJP vs BJP in a decades-old boundary dispute

The decades-old boundary dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra over Belagavi has once again flared up.
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Karnataka hits back, vows special aid for Kannada schools in Maharashtra

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Bengaluru rains: Heavy rains continue to disrupt daily life in silicon city, IMD issues red alert for coastal Karnataka

Karnataka rains: An orange alert has been issued to Chikkamagalur, Kodagu, and north Karnataka districts Belagavi, Bidar, and Raichur on Friday.
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Karnataka: Heavy rains flood highways, schools and colleges declare holiday; IMD issues warning for next 4 days

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BJP OKs posters of Savarkar at Belagavi pandals


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Karnataka: 7 'murdered' unborn babies found in canister at Belagavi bus stop

The unborn babies were found at a bus stop in Mudalagi by locals.
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Karnataka horror: 7 foetuses found floating in gutter in Belagavi

Passers-by saw the boxes floating in the gutter near the Moodalagi bus station and alerted authorities.
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Tensions erupted in Karnataka's Belagavi district after a group hoisted a saffron flag on top of a mosque, after which an FIR was registered.
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