Bengaluru – To reduce the heavy backpack of school-going children, the government has decided to split the syllabus into two sets of text books. Disclosing this to press persons at his office here yesterday, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait said that all text books from 1st to 8th std. would be split…
Nanjangud – Nanjangud Assembly constituency winner Kalale Keshavamurthy has said that his victory was due to the pro-active role played by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. “The CM has relentlessly strived for my victory during the last six months and the welfare works he has initiated in the last 4 years have helped me,” he said. He…
Bengaluru – State BJP President and former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has said that the BJP will have to learn from the past mistakes. He was reacting to the defeat of BJP both in Nanjangud and Gundlupet by-elections the results of which was announced this morning. “We have to learn from our mistakes in this…
Mysuru – An incident of a youth raping a girl after forcibly making her consume soft drinks mixed with sedatives and blackmailing her for money has come to light lately in city. While the youth has been identified as Rashi Chinnappa, a native of Padmanabhanagar in Bengaluru and presently residing in Kuvempunagar here, the girl…
Bengaluru – Senior dalit activist and writer Guruprasad Keragodu of Mandya has been selected for this year’s prestigious Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Award. A selection panel headed by writer Prof. S.G. Siddaramaiah finalised the name of Guruprasad from a list of front-runners for this prestigious award given by the State government. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will…
Bengaluru – The State Cabinet, in an effort to promote e-governance, has cleared Rs. 800 crore second phase of Karnataka State Wide Area Network (KSWAN) which aims to connect 10,000 government offices in the State. Addressing presspersons at Vidhana Soudha yesterday, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra said that the Wipro Technologies had bagged…
Bengaluru – The Monsoon Session of the State Legislature will be held in the first week of June for approval of Goods and Services Tax (GST) Laws passed by the Parliament. The State Cabinet, which met here yesterday, decided to hold the Session in June to have a wider discussion on various Budget proposals and…
Mysuru – The agricultural researchers must work towards cultivating nutritious food as the demand for the same would increase with the increase of the population as well, said Dr. S. Ayyappan, former DG, Indian Council of Agricultural Research. He was speaking after inaugurating the two-day National Conference on Food-Based Approaches for Translational Nutrition organised by…
Mysuru – The city’s H.V. Rajeev Sneha Balaga will carry out its 150th week of Swachatha Abhiyaan at Ashokapuram in city tomorrow marking the 126th birth anniversary of the Father of the Constitution Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Balaga President H.V. Rajeev said the 150th Swachatha Abhiyaan will commence…
Mysuru – Marking the birth anniversary of Vidyaranya Bharathamuni, City BJP unit had organised a function at Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on JLB road here on Tuesday which also featured the inauguration of ‘Samskruthika Prakoshta.’ Inaugurating the programme, City BJP President Dr. B.H. Manjunath said that BJP intends to bring together achievers in the field of…
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