New Delhi: The minimum degree qualification for teaching will be a 4-year integrated B.Ed course by 2030 and stringent action will be taken against “substandard” stand-alone Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs), according to the new National Education Policy (NEP). The new NEP approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday has outlined several reforms for both school education…
Tragic twist in Mysuru’s COVID outbreak
July 31, 2020Husband isolated at Hospital, wife dies at Home Mysore/Mysuru: Tragedy struck a family in Mysuru where a woman was found dead inside her house while her husband is isolated at a COVID-19 Hospital. Though the incident occurred on July 27, it came to light now. The person who contracted the disease is an employee of…
Canara Bank offers Corona Kavach Policy
July 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Due to the quick spread of highly-infectious Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), panic-stricken people are feeling insecure and scrambling to take a health insurance cover. The steep rise in Covid cases has resulted in the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) to compel insurers to offer short-term Covid-specific health plans that will cover hospitalisation expenses related…
COVID impact: Industries and Commerce Dept. to simplify industry registration and statutory reports
July 31, 2020Inputs sought from Industrialists, Tax Consultants, Industry Consultants Mysore/Mysuru: The Industries and Commerce Department, Government of Karnataka, is in the process of simplifying the procedure of registrations and submission of reports. Presently 23 Registrations and 34 Acts along with 186 reports are being maintained by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Due to…
Five new BJP MLCs take oath
July 31, 2020Bengaluru: Five BJP MLCs who were recently nominated by the State Government, took oath at a simple ceremony held in Vidhana Soudha here yesterday. Legislative Council Chairman Pratap Chandra Shetty administered the oath of office to C.P. Yogeshwar (Cinema), A.H. Vishwanath (Literary), Shantaram Siddi (Social Service), Bharathi Shetty (Social Service-Woman) and Dr. Sabanna Talwar (Education)….
ASHA workers return to work
July 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Twenty days after boycotting work and seeking fulfilment of their various demands, ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activists) workers, who are among the frontline warriors in the Government’s efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, called off their strike and returned to work on Thursday. The ASHA workers were on strike since July 10. The…
Woman goes missing from city
July 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 56-year-old woman, who left her house on July 28 at about 6 am, saying that she was going to Devaraja Market to buy flowers has since gone missing. The missing woman is Jayamma, a resident of Ashraya Layout in Alanahalli. According to the complaint lodged by Jayamma’s sister’s daughter Sowmya with Laskhar Police,…
A Medley of Covid Comedies!
July 31, 2020By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD As we have all been seeing over the past five months, all writings and discussions about the global Covid-19 pandemic have been of a very grim and serious nature without any exceptions. And, it is understandably so too as we have so far not received any heartening or even…
Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion faces monumental apathy
July 31, 2020Heritage Committee writes to custodian University of Mysore seeking immediate repairs The 113-year-old Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion, a heritage structure located in the sprawling Manasagangothri campus, housing some of the finest priceless artefacts, is lying in a state of neglect and disrepair even after philanthropist and Infosys Foundation Chairperson Sudha Murty spending Rs. 1.17 crore to…
Make Taluk Office online-friendly
July 31, 2020Sir, We all know that computerisation was started in Government administration at least a decade ago or even before. Things like registration of documents, land holdings information (RTC), Court proceedings, RTO Office (though not fully), KSRTC bookings etc., have been computerised to some extent. But one Department of the Government, that is, Taluk Office (Mini…















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