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Regional Provident Fund Office in Gulbarga: Kharge...also be opened here soon to meet the needs of employees in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region, comprising Bidar, Gulbarga, Raichur, Koppel and Bellary, he added. Stating that a team of engineers were conducting survey for establishing a medical... In this article: Gulbarga, Hyderabad, Raichur, Mangalore, Bidar, and Bellary |
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New Kerala | 2 days ago
Union min rules out Centre's intervention on mining issue
...ministry in Karnataka. Despite the opposition's demand, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa ruled out seeking a CBI prove into mining in Bellary district in the state as a suitable probe had been conducted by Lokayukta and government was...
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New Kerala | 2 days ago
ArcelorMittal plans to set up steel plant in Karnataka
...has identified the Bellary-Hospet-Koppal region in north Karnataka for a steel industrial city. "We have shown the team three locations -- Bellary-Hospet, Koppal-Raichur and Dharwad -- for locating the steel plant, as the entire region...
In this article: ArcelorMittal, B.S. Yeddyurappa, Koppal, and India
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New Kerala | 5 days ago
Congress demands dropping of 3 ministers in Karnataka
Bangalore, Nov 25 : Demanding the immediate dropping of three powerful ministers from Bellary district, who were allegedly involved in illegal mining activities in the State, the Opposition Congress in Karnataka has planned to launch a...
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New Kerala | November 21, 2009
We were not given a hearing: Reddy's mining firm
...appeal was made against it," Reddy said. The report was prepared following a writ petition in the Supreme Court by Tapal Ganesh of Bellary in north Karnataka against illegal mining activities carried out by OMC and three other mining firms...
In this article: Ananthapur and Revenue
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New Kerala | November 21, 2009
Suspend mining in Kar-AP border, says SC-appointed Committee
...has said that illegal mining was going on in a massive scale in reserved forest areas in Andhra and Karnataka. These areas are Bellary in Karnataka, Obulapuram and H Siddapuram villages in Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh. The...
In this article: Karnataka, Revenue, K G Balakrishnan, Supreme Court, South Carolina, and Anantpur
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New Kerala | November 21, 2009
Naidu threatens 'direct action' against OMC
...he wanted the Rosaiah government to ensure that the iron ore mined was used only for making steel. It was improper on the part of Bellary mining tycoon and Karnataka Tourism Minister G Janardhan Reddy to claim that only the Supreme...
In this article: N Chandrababu Naidu and Supreme Court
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New Kerala | November 20, 2009
Karnataka CM rules out CBI inquiry into illegal mining
...20: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today ruled out recommending to the Centre for CBI inquiry into the illegal mining in Bellary district on the lines of Andhra Pradesh government. Addresssing a press conference at Surpur, about...
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New Kerala | November 20, 2009
At agri fair, flood-hit Karnataka farmers seek jobs
...opportunity for myself," Shivaswamy told IANS at the ongoing four-day Krishi Mela. The plight of Shivasamy, from Hatcholli village in Bellary district, about 400 km from here, is symbolic of the struggle that farmers are facing after the...
In this article: Bangalore, University of Agricultural Sciences, Hungund, and Gadag-Betigeri
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New Kerala | November 14, 2009
Free for all in Karnataka BJP, government (Letter from Bangalore)
In this article: B.S. Yeddyurappa, G. Janardhana Reddy, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bangalore, D.V. Sadananda Gowda, and Rajeev Chandrasekhar
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Times of India | November 01, 2009
Karnataka crisis deepens, Yeddyurappa supporters meet BJP top brass
...was grappling with the worst floods while the rival camp led by his ministerial colleagues - the powerful Reddy brothers from Bellary - accused him of "cheating" the people. "The central leadership, especially (BJP's pointsman for...
In this article: BJP, V S Acharya, Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, and L K Advani
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Bellary (Kannada: ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ, Telugu: బళ్ళారి, pronounced: /ˈbəɭɭa:ri/) is a historic city in Bellary District in Karnataka state, India. ==Origins of the city's name==
There are several legends about how Bellary (ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ) got its name.
*One of them is that a few devout travelling merchants halting in Bellary, could not find a Shiva Linga for their worship. They then installed a balla (ಬಳ್ಳ) (a measuring cup or seru (ಸೇರು) used to measure grain) upside down as a Shiva Linga and worshiped it. Eventually, that place was turned into a temple dedicated to Balleshwara (ಬಳ್ಳೇಶ್ವರ) or Shiva, which got distorted to Malleshwara (ಮಲ್ಲೇಶ್ವರ), and Bellary derives its name from this temple. This temple can still be found in the Fort area of the city, and an annual festival and fair dedicated to Shiva is conducted at the temple premises even today
*Another legend is that the city is named after Indra, the king of Gods, who slayed a Rakshasa (demon) named Balla who lived around this place. Balla-ari means 'enemy of Balla' (ari – enemy in Sanskrit). One of the two hills at the heart of the city is called Balahari Betta (ಬಲಹರಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟ), and the Malleshwara temple is situated close by.
*The third legend derives the city's name from the old Kannada word Vallari and Vallapuri.
- Name:
- Karnataka
- Local Name:
- Bellary ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ
- Type:
- city
- Language:
- Kannada
- District:
- Bellary
- Total Area:
- 82
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