I. H. Sangam Dev is a Kannadiga investigative journalist. He was born and brought up in Kolar in Karnataka, India. [1] [2]
His talent in investigation and narration was recognised when he was working as an associate editor of a local paper called Honnudi. He is currently the editor in chief of the Kannada eveninger, Sanje Nudi, published from Bengaluru. He was one of the associates of Ravi Belagere of Hi Bangalore before splitting up due to ethical differences. He worked as a chief reporter in Lankesh Patrike for some time as well before starting his own evening newspaper.
Kolar districtpronunciation (help·info)) is a district in the state of Karnataka, India.
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar was a well-known writer in Kannada language. He was the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honor conferred in India. He was popularly referred to as Maasti Kannadada Aasti which means "Maasti, Kannada's Treasure". He is most renowned for his short stories. He wrote under the pen name Srinivasa. He was honoured with the title Rajasevasakta by then Maharaja of Mysore Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadeyar.
Jack White was an American journalist. He won the 1974 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting for his coverage of President Richard Nixon's underpayment of income taxes. White's investigative article prompted Nixon to utter his famous line, "I am not a crook" to White's colleague Joseph Ungaro at a newspaper editors' conference in Florida. White also won Emmy Awards for his reporting on fugitive banker Joe Mollicone and Providence tax officials who violated the city's residency requirement. On his death, the Cape Cod Times called him "the dean of Rhode Island journalism."
Avani is a small village in Mulabaagilu taluk, Kolara district in Karnataka, India, about ten miles from Kolar Gold Fields. The village is located at 32 km from Kolara, the district centre and 13 km from Mulabaagilu, the Taluk headquarters. It is a popular location for rock climbing.
Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa, often referred to by his initials, BSY, is an Indian politician serving as the 19th and current Chief Minister of Karnataka. Yediyurappa is serving as the Chief Minister of Karnataka for the fourth time, the only Chief Minister to do so in Karnataka and he is also the only one so far in Karnataka to serve 3 times as the Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is also an eight-times MLA from Shikaripura constituency in Shimoga district.
The State Government of Karnataka is a democratically elected body with the governor as the constitutional head. The governor who is appointed for five years appoints the chief minister and on the advice of the chief minister appoints his council of ministers. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state, the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and his council of ministers in whom a great amount of legislative powers are vested.
Kyasamballi Chengaluraya Reddy was the first Chief Minister of Karnataka. Reddy later served as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh.
Kolar is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Kolar district. The city is known for its milk production and the gold mines. It is also known for Someshwara temple and the Kolaramma temple.
Bangarapet is a town in Kolar district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangarapet is the headquarters of the taluk of Bangarpet. Bangarpet was originally called Bowringpet, named after an officer working in the Kolar Gold Fields. This town came into existence as the connecting point of traffic between the gold fields and Bangalore.
Chintamani is a Taluk Headquarters in the Indian state of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka. Chintamani is one of the well planned and developed Towns in the District of Kolar and presently Chikkaballapur. Chintamani is known for its Silk and Tomato production and their largest markets in Karnataka.
Kambadahalli Hanumappa Muniyappa is an Indian politician who was the Minister of State for Independent charge of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of India and a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing Kolar Lok Sabha constituency of Karnataka from 1991 to 2019. He is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.
K. Rahman Khan is a Veteran Politician belonging to Indian National Congress and a former Union Minister of Minority Affairs and also Ex-Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
Chikballapura district is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. On 23 August 2007, it was carved out of the pre-existing Kolar district which was the fourth largest district(before bifurcation) of Karnataka by moving the talukas of Gauribidanur, Gudibanda, Bagepalli, Chikballapur, Sidlaghatta and Chintamani into the new district. Kannada is the official and most widely spoken language.
Karavali Ale, meaning "Coastal Waves" in Kannada, is a local Kannada daily newspaper published in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. The publication is owned and managed by its founders B. V. Seetaram and Rohini S. It is edited by Sathish N. Vaidya.
Krishna Byre Gowda is an Indian politician who was the Minister of Rural Development, Law and Parliamentary Affairs in the cabinet of H D Kumaraswamy, and Member of Legislative Assembly of the Byatarayanapura Constituency, in office since June 2008. Born in Bangalore, Krishna is a graduate from the American University in Washington and Christ College in Bangalore. He was a project associate at the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington before earning his M.A. degree. He then worked as an agriculturalist at his family-owned farm in Kolar district between 2000 and 2002. In 2003, he again worked as a project associate at Development Alternatives, Inc. He has served three times as an M.L.A. of Karnataka state, twice from Vemgal in Kolar district from 2003 to 2007, and from 2008 to 2013 from the Byatarayanapura Constituency in Bengaluru.
Lavelle Road is an upmarket residential and commercial street in the city of Bangalore, Karnataka in India. It is an important connection between Mahatma Gandhi Square and Richmond Circle. The road starts from the Queens Road end of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and after curving in a serpentine manner meets the junction of Bangalore Club with Richmond Circle. Lavelle Road was named after Michael F Lavelle, an Irish soldier who later made his money in the Kolar Gold Fields.
The Income Tax Department Karnataka & Goa is the revenue enforcement and collection agency for the state of Karnataka and Goa, India. It has its headquarters in Bangalore, the state capital. The Direct Taxes Regional Training Institute was built in Bangalore at Jalahalli. Karnataka Department has a reputation for being one of the best managed income tax forces in the country, and one of largest revenue earning departments.
Doddakoppalu Kariyappa Ravi, commonly known as D. K. Ravi, was a Indian Administrative Service officer of Karnataka cadre, from the 2009 batch. Being an able and efficient administrator, he first came into limelight as a deputy commissioner of the Kolar district, after launching an official crackdown against the encroachment of government lands and rampant illegal sand mining in the district. Following fourteen months of service, he was transferred to Bangalore by the government of Karnataka as Additional Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Enforcement) in October 2014. After his five months tenure as additional commissioner which involved tax raids on major tax evading Real estate firms, he was found dead at his residence in Bangalore on 16 March 2015, under suspicious circumstances.
Prasana Kumar Samuel is an Anglican bishop in the Church of South India: he has been Bishop of Karnataka Central since 2009.