Bus services between Karnataka and Maharashtra have come to a standstill after tensions flared up on Friday when a bus conductor was beaten up in Belagavi for allegedly not responding in Marathi.

BENGALURU/BELAGAVI: Kannada Okkoota, an umbrella organisation of several Kannada outfits, has called for a Karnataka bandh on March 22, condemning the alleged oppression of Kannadigas in Belagavi ...

Such clashes are nothing new for Belagavi district, a cauldron of linguistic hostility. The dispute dates from the reorganisation of states in 1956 along linguistic lines. In the middle was ...