region of North Canara. In current times the newspapers include Vijaya Karnataka, Vijayavani, Kannada Prabha, Prajavani and Samyukta Karnataka, in Kannada; The Hindu, Times of India, Deccan Herald and The Indian Express in English. Sports Cricket and football are the most popular sports in Dharwad and often played in grounds and streets of the city. Cricket Karnataka State Cricket Association (ASCA) has organised few professional district level and state level cricket matches in Kittur Rani Chennamma cricket stadium, KCD and SDM cricket ground, Sattur. RN Shetty Stadium stadium has hosted a Ranji Trophy match in 1990 when Karnataka cricket team played against Hyderabad cricket team. Kabbadi Major kabaddi matches are usually held at the Karnatak college ground. Tennis Tennis has been a popular choice among millennials in the city. In 2003 and 2006 Dharwad hosted the International men's tennis tournament ATP Challenger Series. Civic administration Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) was constituted in 1962 by combining two cities separated by a distance of 20 kilometers. The area covered by the corporation is , spread over 45 revenue villages. The population of the city as per the 1991 census was 7 lakhs. The population of Hubli-Dharwad is 943,857 according to 2011 Census. There has been a huge demand by people of Dharwad to create a separate civic body and get itself detached by HDMC.Claims are that most of the funds are allocated to Hubli solely. Hubli: Under the Government of India Act of 1850, the Hubli-Municipal council was established on 15 August 1855. Dharwad: The Dharwad Municipal Council first came into existence on 1 January 1856. The first non-official President of the council was S.K. Rodda in 1907, and Shri S.V. Mensinkai, was nominated in the following year. But the credit of being the first elected president goes to Shri S.G. Karigudari, who took office in 1920. Hubli is well known as a commercial as well as industrial centre, whereas Dharwad is seat of learning. Popularly believed that, it is this diversity and geographical positions that the state government amalgamated the two cities. The twin-city corporation occupies unique place in Karnataka State. After the capital city of Bangalore, this is the largest city Corporation in the State. Educational institutions Dharwad hosts many Universities, Colleges and Autonomous Institutions, some are listed below. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad (IIITDWD) - One of 25 IIITs, it was established in 2015. Indian Institute of Technology