Varsity to be renamed Mahatma Gandhi RDPR university: Karnataka Minister
2 months ago

Varsity to be renamed Mahatma Gandhi RDPR university: Karnataka Minister

The Hindu  

The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University in Gadag will be renamed Mahatma Gandhi Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University, Minister H K Patil announced in Belagavi on January 21. He was speaking at the unveiling of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in front of the Suvarna Soudha on the Pune-Bengaluru national highway. “This will help us commit ourselves to the dream of Mahatma Gandhi of ensuring the comprehensive development of rural areas in Karnataka and to enable the university to conduct research and development about the policies needed towards this,” the Minister said. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D. K. Shivakumar, Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti, PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh were among those present.

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New Indian Express  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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