Dharwad: Dharwad deputy commissioner Divya Prabhu on Wednesday clarified that there is currently no Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls under way in the district and, therefore, no process has been initiated to delete the names of voters from the electoral list.She said the district is presently engaged only in voter mapping work, which…
Belagavi: Rani Channamma University (RCU), Belagavi, vice-chancellor Prof CM Thyagaraja once again came under scrutiny following allegations of caste-based discrimination in the appointment of an in-charge authority during his absence.Prof SB Akash, senior dean of the Commerce faculty at RCU, questioned the vice-chancellor’s decision to appoint registrar Santosh Kamagouda as in-charge while Prof Thyagaraja was…
Dharwad: Special fairs were organised by women groups at Sadhankeri by Janapada Samshodhana Samsthe, to celebrate Makara Sankranti traditionally, on Wednesday, in Dharwad. Celebrations included presentation of folk songs and dance, highlighting the importance of the harvest festival. They performed Ganga Puja and exchanged ellu-bella (seseme seeds and jaggery) while greeting one another.Women prepared special…
Hubballi: MLA Prasad Abbayya, chairman of Karnataka Slum Development Board, said it was necessary to create awareness about the environment among children and that the public should be made aware of the environment at a Cluster Level Learning Festival, held at govt Model Kannada Girls School No 1 in Ghantikeri, Hubballi.He was addressing the gathering…
Chitradurga: Chitradurga district emerged as the top-performing district in Karnataka in the implementation of Ganitha Ganaka this year. Teachers in the district were trained in early Nov, enabling the programme to be launched with full momentum ahead of several other districts. Over 2,400 teachers from 1,586 schools across 151 clusters participated in the cycle 1,…
Dharwad: In connection with the incident that occurred on Jan 12, at the Kamalapur Govt Primary School, wherein two children had been kidnapped, an FIR has been registered against the accused and police action has been initiated.As the incident took place during school hours and involved students, the ZP CEO has constituted a committee of…
Belagavi: Farmers of Hirebagewadi staged a protest on Wednesday, halting work for the laying of a water pipeline to the proposed new campus of Rani Channamma University (RCU), alleging unauthorised use of their land and lack of compensation. The new RCU campus, located about 3 km from Pune-Bengaluru National Highway-48 in Belagavi taluk, is nearing…
Belagavi: In a significant administrative action, deputy commissioner Mohammad Roshan suspended Sutagatti village accountant Neela Murgod pending a departmental inquiry, for wrongly declaring a living farmer dead in govt records.The village accountant erroneously issued death certificates on July 8, 2021, for Irappa Nagappa Abbai,53, and his son Basavaraj,24. Irappa approached the authorities only to register…
Dharwad: Responding to concerns raised by academicians and industry leaders over outdated university syllabi, Karnatak University, Dharwad, has decided to comprehensively revamp its undergraduate and postgraduate curricula to better align with current industry requirements and enhance student employability.Education experts and industrialists have repeatedly highlighted that obsolete syllabi in state universities have widened the gap between…
Kalaburagi and Tumakuru districts registered the highest number of complaints on the Panchamitra WhatsApp chatbot launched by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) department to address rural grievances. Kalaburagi recorded 770 grievances, followed by Tumakuru with 739, Raichur with 693, and Belagavi with 648. Officials said the initiative, claimed to be the first of…
