Local updates, curated for Belgaum.
Food safety officials inspected three sweet and food-manufacturing units in Belagavi as part of Karnataka's statewide enforcement drive. Officials reported seizures including expired chocolate flavour, expired curd, rasgulla and misbranded products, with samples sent for laboratory testing.
02 Sep 2026The National Green Tribunal has stepped into a case concerning allegations of air, water, soil and noise pollution linked to an 845-KLPD ethanol plant at Ugar Khurd in Belagavi district. The matter has been directed to the NGT’s Southern Zone Bench in Chennai.
02 Sep 2026Belagavi City Police have introduced a single-window system to help Ganesh mandals obtain permissions for the upcoming Ganeshotsav. The facility brings together police, city corporation, HESCOM and fire-service clearances at one point.
01 Sep 2026The Registrar of Cooperative Societies has cancelled the Belagavi District Central Cooperative Bank’s recruitment notification for 104 posts, citing multiple violations of recruitment rules and government directives. The bank has been ordered to withdraw the notification and begin a fresh recruitmen
01 Sep 2026Police conducted surprise searches at 201 residences of active rowdy-sheeters in Belagavi as part of a coordinated Northern Range operation covering five districts. The wider operation involved 1,041 residences and resulted in two absconding accused being arrested, along with seizures of undocumente
01 Sep 2026elagavi Technology Companies Association has announced the fifth edition of its Tech Meet for September 19. The 2026 programme will focus on AI, DeepTech and cybersecurity and will showcase technology companies, startups and products being developed in the city.
01 Sep 2026Maharashtra has asked the Supreme Court to urgently list its long-pending 2004 lawsuit concerning the Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute. The case concerns Maharashtra's claim over 865 Marathi-speaking villages and towns administered by Karnataka, including areas around Belagavi.
01 Sep 2026HESCOM has intensified repair and maintenance work on electrical infrastructure across Belagavi ahead of Ganeshotsav, which is scheduled later this month. Maintenance work carried out on Sunday included removal of old power lines and electric poles. The work resulted in temporary power interrupti
01 Sep 2026KLS Gogte Institute of Technology in Belagavi conducted its Internal Smart India Hackathon 2026 on Friday and Saturday, with 168 students forming 28 teams to work on technology solutions for real-world problems.
31 Aug 2026Belagavi city will introduce a single-window permission system from August 31 for public Ganeshotsav pandals across all eight police stations under the city police commissionerate. The move is aimed at reducing delays caused by separate approvals from multiple departments.
31 Aug 2026Police conducted simultaneous raids on 1,041 active rowdy-sheeters across five districts of the Belagavi Northern Range on Sunday. Belagavi district accounted for 201 of the raids; police also arrested two absconding accused and seized 27 unregistered vehicles and nine property documents.
31 Aug 2026
The Registrar of Cooperative Societies has cancelled Belagavi District Central Cooperative Bank's recruitment notification for 104 posts after finding multiple violations of recruitment rules and government directives. The bank has been directed to submit a fresh recruitment proposal after securing
31 Aug 2026