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BJP and Congress claim credit over IIT-Dharwad establishment 

BJP leaders in one voice claimed that it was the sole effort of the BJP that an IIT was granted to Dharwad and Smriti Irani was responsible for it

Published on 11th April 2018
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How a Canadian couple set up a school that teaches Hindustani music to rural kids in Dharwad

Why would a couple from Canada want to set up a residential music school in rural Karnataka? Adam from Kalkeri Sangeet Vidyalaya talks about thier journey so far and future plans for the school

Published on 19th September 2018
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Dharwad's UAS is initiating the millet revolution by encouraging students to consume and make millet dishes

UAS Dharwad plans to promote consumption of millet among common people. To achieve this, they have been providing a platform for students to sell their own value-added millet dishes in Tier II cities

Published on 17th October 2018
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Students enjoy two-day holiday in Hubballi and Dharwad as teachers and school buses get busy with Kannada Lit Fest

Close to one lakh people are expected on the inaugural day which will have a grand procession in the morning

Published on 2nd January 2019
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Activists accuse political parties of 'using' children for campaign rallies in Dharwad

Raghavendra Bhat, who works with the UNICEF, said there is a need to hold orientation programmes by election officers for political leaders in connection with use of children for election publicity

Published on 17th May 2019
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How Girish Karnad took art films to Dharwad and why he refused to stop screenings despite thinning audiences

Karnad set up the Chitra Film Society in 1971 because at that time, small towns did not have access to art films

Published on 10th June 2019
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He was a good friend and this is a great loss, Madras Players' PC Ram on Girish Karnad

The legendary playwright spent five years in the theatre group The Madras Players. His last play there was Ramakrishna's first

Published on 10th June 2019
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He would drive to my house on his scooter and read out his plays to me: Dharwad writer remembers Girish Karnad, his friend of 60 years

The two writers lived close by and studied in the same schools and collaborated on Karnad's first few plays too  

Published on 10th June 2019
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Harassed, denied leave to attend sister's wedding, Dharwad medico commits suicide at PGIMS hostel

Alleging harassment by the HOD Dr Geeta Gatwala, Dr Omkar Baridabad's colleagues have started protesting in front of her house

Published on 15th June 2019
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Paying school kids Rs 2 per plastic bottle, this Karnataka man is trying to make his village plastic-free

Basavaraj S Bidnal  has taken up an initiative to make his village, Anchatgeri totally plastic-free. This is how he's going about it

Published on 3rd July 2019
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Meet the Dharwad student who will soon be among India's first women military police corps

Bheemakka Chavhan, an NCC cadet, managed to clear all the tests and will soon head for her training camp 

Published on 4th November 2019
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These boys from Hubballi-Dharwad shot a video to showcase their unpopulated beauty during the lockdown

The boys made it a point to cover all the prominent places of twin cities hence they have shot more than 30 different places only in three days

Published on 15th May 2020
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Schooling the Totto-Chan way: How Baala Balaga is changing the concept of schooling in Dharwad

Prathiba Kulkarni of Baala Balaga School in Dharwad tell us about how she and her husband were inspired by the Totto-Chan book to change the concept of school among parents and kids 

Published on 9th November 2020
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If not 4,000, I hope children remember at least a few Janapada songs: Basavalingaiah Hiremath on the future of this Kannada folk art

Basavaligaiah Hiremath, a folk artist and the founder of the Folk Research Centre in Dharwad speaks about how they are preserving this art form for generations to come

 

Published on 18th August 2021
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IIIT Dharwad ready to inaugurate new campus, offline classes likely to begin from November

The institute has been up and running since 2015 and has been functioning out of IT Park in Hubballi

Published on 21st October 2021

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