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Kalaburagi: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge has called on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to prioritise education and healthcare in the Kalyana Karnataka region by establishing branches of NIMHANS and the Institute of Diabetology in Kalaburagi. Kharge also urged the government to support Gulbarga University with funds, staff recruitment, and new departments to enhance higher education …

Veeramma Gangasiri College for Women, in association with the Southern Regional Centre of Indian Council for Social Science Research, will host a two-day national seminar on Artificial Intelligence, Social Media and Society at PDA College of Engineering in Kalaburagi starting Tuesday. Addressing a media conference in Kalaburagi on Monday, president of Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society Shashil Namoshi said that Rural …

Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil and Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge laid foundation stones for the critical care unit and burn unit at Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences in Kalaburagi on Saturday. The 50-bed critical care unit and 30-bed burn unit would be built at a cost of ₹30.24 crore and ₹15.57 crore respectively. We have …

Education dept. orders LKG and UKG classes at selected government primary schools in Kalaburagi division

As many as 1,008 schools in Kalaburagi division including 94 in Yadgir have been allowed to run LKG and UKG classes by this year. With an intention to provide quality education to the students, most particularly the students from rural areas from the primary level, the State government has ordered to start classes of lower kindergarten and upper kindergarten in …

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Karnataka crime news: Karnataka Police have arrested a youth under the POCSO Act for impregnating his minor cousin, a class 10 student, who delivered a baby boy last month. Taking serious note of the development, the local education department has suspended the principal and warden of a government residential school in Kalaburgai district for negligence. The police said that the …

The 371-bed new building for the Kalaburagi branch of the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research will be thrown open for the public tentatively by February end, Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil has said. Speaking to presspersons after inspecting the ongoing works of the hospital building here on Tuesday, Dr. Patil said that the agency overseeing the …

Terming his campus as one of the fastest growing engineering institutions in the State, Baswaraj Gadgay, Director of Kalaburagi Regional Postgraduate Centre of Visvesvaraya Technological University, said that plans were on to make it a most sought-after institution in the region for technical education. Efforts are on to make the Kalaburagi Regional Centre of VTU a most sought-after institution for …

Fighting educational backwardness in Kalyana Karnataka is top priority, says KKRDB chairman Ajay Singh

Stressing upon the role of education in the development, Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board Chairman Ajay Singh said fighting educational backwardness of the region was his top priority. We have decided to spend at least 25% of the special grants that KKRDB receives from the government for ushering in revolutionary changes in the field of education,” Mr. Singh said, at …

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Central University of Karnataka opened to offer quality education, not run RSS centre, says RDPR Minister Priyank Kharge

Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil has said that Kalaburagi will become a healthcare hub with the establishment of three more hospitals, a trauma centre, an exclusive mother and child hospital and a government superspecialty hospital. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Dr. Patil said that a one-acre land available adjacent to the existing Kidwai Cancer Hospital in the …

Kalaburagi: The Congress MLA Kaneez Fatima along with her supporters protested outside the Kalaburagi District Collector's office on Saturday amid the ongoing hijab controversy in Karnataka. Fatima, who represents the Gulbarga constituency in the Karnataka Assembly, also alleged that the girl students are being oppressed by the state education administration. The Congress MLA also said that a memorandum will be …