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All snakebite deaths in Karnataka will now be audited at district level • Apr. 28, 2025, 2:54 PM ET (The Hindu)
Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy asks authorities to enforce High Court’s bike taxi ban • Apr. 25, 2025, 10:21 PM ET (The Indian Express)
Bidar records the highest temperature in State • Apr. 24, 2025, 11:59 PM ET (The Hindu)
‘Does PM have guts to order Amit Shah’s resignation?’: Karnataka ministers attack Centre over Pahalgam terror attack • Apr. 24, 2025, 5:29 AM ET (The Indian Express)
They went for vacation, returned in coffins: Full list of victims of the Pahalgam terror attack • Apr. 24, 2025, 3:35 AM ET (The Indian Express)

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