The event is expected to turn the spotlight on Chamarajanagar University, which was inaugurated in Chamarajanagar on March 28, 2023.
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The 18^th Kannada Science Congress (Kannada Vijnana Sammelana) will be held in Chamarajanagar in December.

The Chamarajanagar University, Swadeshi Vijnana Andolana, Karnataka and the Karnataka State Open University are jointly organising the conference on December 19, 20 and 21 at the Suvarna Gangotri campus in Chamarajanagar.

The conference has been organised since 2005 by the Andolana by joining hands with universities, and research and development institutions in Karnataka.

At the Tumakuru Vijnana Sammelana, it was unanimously decided to organise the 18^th sammelana in Chamarajanagar.

Chamarajanagar University Vice-chancellor M. R. Gangadhar said teachers, researchers and students can present their papers at the conference. “It is a good opportunity for the newly-formed Chamarajanagar University to host the event in Chamarajanagar. It is a matter of happiness for the new university.”

Nationally and internationally renowned scientists are expected to participate in the conference. One of the highlights of the conference is the science exhibition. Achievers in science and dignitaries are being invited to the conference. Details of the participants will be shared soon, he said.

Schools and colleges were invited to participate in the conference. People of Chamarajanagar can make use of the opportunity of being part of the prestigious event, the V-C said.

Swadeshi Vijnana Andolana-Karnataka President Ganesh Karnik said papers can be presented in 12 scientific sessions on various subjects.

Posters of the science congress were released recently in Chamarajanagar.

Bengaluru:

The Election Commission said on Saturday that re-polling will be conducted at a polling station in Hanur which falls under Chamarajanagar Parlimentary Constituency in Karnataka on April 29.

In a letter addressed to the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer, the EC stated that on the basis of reports submitted by the Returning Officer and General Observer for Chamrajnagar Parliamentary Constituency and after taking all material circumstances into account, the Commission hereby declares under appropriate sections of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 that the poll taken on April 26 at the polling station no 146, Government Lower Primary School, Indiganatha, 221- Hansur Assembly Constituency of Chamarajanagar Parlimentary Constituency, falling under Chamarajanagar district to be void.

Re-poll will be conducted for one polling station in Hanur Assembly Constituency of Chamrajnagar Parliamentary Constituency on April 29, Monday

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The letter further stated that April 29 has been fixed as the date for a fresh poll at the polling station in accordance with the Commission’s instructions. The polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm.

The move comes after the Electronic Voting Machines were destroyed at the said polling station in Indiganatha village in Chamarajanagara district on Friday during a clash between two groups of people over whether to vote or not in the Lok Sabha elections.

According to the district administration, the villagers had earlier in the day decided to boycott the polls citing lack of adequate infrastructure development. However, after assurances and efforts by the local officials, polling was underway.

As per preliminary information, one of the groups wanted to vote while the other was keen to boycott, leading to clashes between them during which they destroyed EVMs, and also indulged in stone-pelting, the officials said. 

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