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The Tourism Department has launched the ‘Clean and Green Hampi’ campaign to enhance cleanliness and sustainability at the Hampi heritage site. The plan will involve the active participation of all stakeholders, including officials, pourakarmikas, local people, and tourists. According to a release, the cleanliness of a heritage destination like Hampi cannot be the responsibili...

Archaeologists have discovered two significant sculptures, believed to represent a deity and Garuda, the mythical eagle associated with Hindu traditions. The discoveries are expected to provide valuable clues about the religious practices, artistic traditions, and cultural interactions that existed in the historic city. One of the sculptures pictures a Nagini, a female guardi...

Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan has clarified that the government is committed to holding the Hampi Utsav this year in the month of November. He was speaking to reporters in Harapanahalli after inspecting the crops damaged due to lack of rainfall in the village of Nilujogi. Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had announced during the previous Hampi Utsav that the festival would be ...

A man allegedly bludgeoned his wife, Rajeshwari, and their seven-month-old daughter, Ashbini, to death with a hammer in Ballari’s Andral area following a domestic dispute, police said. The accused husband, Honnooru Swamy, is said to have fled the spot after committing the crime. Police stated that there had been ongoing quarrels in the family for the past few days. The argume...

In Metri village of Kampli taluk, Ballari, a farmer couple have been carrying pots of water daily for the past two weeks to save their cotton crop. The couple had taken the land on lease and sowed cotton about two months ago. However, the groundwater level in their borewell dropped sharply due to deficient monsoon rainfall, prompting them to fetch water in pots from the borew...