Belagavi: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said the education system needs a complete overhaul and it should start from the Universities. “A practical based education system is needed to meet challenges of rapid changes in the present era. There is a huge difference between the syllabus being taught and the practical needs of the…
Rising Omicron and COVID-19 cases: State orders curbs on New Year’s eve celebrations
December 22, 2021Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government yesterday announced restrictions on public celebrations of New Year’s eve in the wake of rising cases of Omicron and COVID-19 in the State. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said restrictions would be in place from Dec. 30 to Jan. 2, 2022. “The mass gatherings at any place across the State for new…
CM to announce Kodava Development Corporation
December 22, 2021Community members meet Bommai at Belagavi; funds to be sanctioned in coming budget Belagavi: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has assured that he would make an announcement in the coming budget regarding establishment of Kodava Development Corporation on the lines of Development Corporations announced for the welfare of other communities in Karnataka. Meeting a delegation of…
Chief Minister attacks Opposition on anti-conversion bill
December 21, 2021Belagavi: Taking a swipe at the Opposition Congress, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said those opposing the anti-conversion bill are the ones who tried to implement it in 2016. “Whether anti-conversion law should be implemented or not, the discussion in this regard is taking place in public platforms. Those who are opposing this…
HDK rubbishes speculations over Bommai’s exit
December 21, 2021Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister and top JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) on Monday rubbished speculations of Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s possible exit. He was responding to a question on the emotional address Bommai gave on Sunday to the people of Shiggaon Constituency which he represents, where he said nothing is eternal in the world,…
Chief Minister Bommai, his wife in Varanasi
December 14, 2021A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first phase of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, along with his wife Chennamma, visited the newly-constructed temple corridor this morning.
KSRTC Workers Union to submit memorandum on demands to CM
December 10, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The INTUC-affiliated KSRTC Workers Union has decided to submit memorandum containing charter of demands to the Chief Minister through Deputy Commissioners on Dec. 14 and Managing Directors of State Transport Corporations on Dec. 28. Announcing this at a press meet here recently, Union President M. Mallaiah said that the demands included a 5 percent…
CM Bommai says no to Kasturirangan Report
December 5, 2021Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has told the Centre that the State is opposed to the implementation of the Kasturirangan Committee Report on Western Ghats. Participating in the virtual meeting on implementation of Kasturirangan Report on Western Ghats chaired by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav yesterday, Bommai said that…
New Omicron strain SOPs likely today
December 3, 2021CM, Health Minister hold a series of high-level meetings on the way forward Bengaluru: As Karnataka became the first State to report the first Omicron cases in India, the administrative machinery is on high alert and new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are likely to be announced. A 66-year-old South African national, who arrived in Bengaluru…
No lockdown but follow strict rules, says CM
November 30, 2021Omicron behaviour being assessed after genomic sequencing; results soon Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has dismissed fears in some quarters over any possible lockdown amid COVID-19 cases in some educational institutions including two Nursing Colleges in Mysuru and the detection of the Omicron, a variant of the virus in some parts of the world. Allaying…
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