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Bengaluru: Thursday 01 August was just like any other day for the 1976-77 SSLC Batch classmates' WhatsApp group of Basel Mission High School, Dharwad. Just around noon came the information of Dr Prakash G Tewari taking charge as the new Vice Chancellor of the KLE Technological University in Hubballi. The university is associated with the 102-year-old KLE Society headquartered in Belagavi. In no time the group became active with members greeting and congratulating Dr Prakash G Tewari on the astounding accomplishment. Elevation, not a big surprise: Dr Prakash G Tewari's elevation to the position of Vice Chancellor was not a big surprise going by his stint, association, involvement and commitment to his alma mater. He has been with the B V Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering, initially as a student and later as a faculty, Principal and Dean from 1985 to date.  Quiz on the first day! Several of his classmates and friends have taken the time to share their reminisces. Here are som...

Basaveshwar Khanavali has been a household name in the whole of North Karnataka region for a long back and in South Karnataka for the last few decades. The food outlet is well-known for its lavish spread of typical rustic delicacies from North Karnataka catering to the taste buds of all those fond of relishing the Jowar Rotti (Bread) meals along with the Holige sweet.   Rottis' done with beating: These days you can find any number of North Karnataka outlets most of them bearing the typical Basaveshwar Khanavali name boards at all possible directions in Bengaluru and these days elsewhere in the state as well. However, all Basaveshwar Khanavalis have nothing connecting one another but for the name. While most of these outlets are run in a 10x12 feet width garage-like premises the original and more than six decades old Basaveshwar Khanavali chain of hotels function from vast premises. Most of the small shops serve Jowar Rottis prepared by rolling just like while making Chapathis but ...

P uttappa Siddalingappa Patil or better known as Patil Puttappa or Papu to all his readers, admirers and a vast fan following was not just a towering personality in all the fields he came in contact with, but was a unique legendary figure during his lifetime. He was known for his penchant in being a versatile communicator on the subjects he dealt with in his public speeches and the articles he penned in his publications. At one time he was editing and publishing seven publications and that too simultaneously! He was the Editor of Sangam, the first Kannada digest.Although on record, Navayug was the first Kannada daily he took over as the Editor in Hubballi, he had started contributing to many English periodicals published from the then Bombay.Born in Kurabagonda of Haveri Taluk on 14-01-1919 in the then undivided Dharwad district, he had his Primary education in Halageri village and higher studies in Byadgi, Haveri and Dharwad. He did his law degree from Belagavi Law College with a...

V ishwanath Sajjanar , Cyberabad Police Commissioner, the IPS officer now being showered with a heap of praises from across the country and several other parts of the world incidentally hails from Hubballi in Karnataka. Vishwanath Sajjanar It is also not for the first time that the upright IPS officer's name is heard in such heroic feats. He had even encountered an Auto driver, accused in throwing acid on a married woman in Warrangal district. Then he was serving as Superintendent of Police(SP) at Warangal. The country woke up early in the morning on Friday with the breaking news of the culprits behind the rape and torching to death of 26 years old Veterinary doctor being shot dead in an encounter in the wee hours. Vishwanath Sajjanar's instant action following an attempt by the culprits to snatch rifle of the Police Commissioner and move to attack the police team with stones as reported has drawn a huge applause over the social networking sites. The police action has...