Bengaluru: Technical Schools will be started from the next academic year, announced Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Reviewing the progress of Higher Education Department here recently, he asked officials to make preparations to start technical schools on the lines of developed nations. Similar schools must be started in the State so that rural students are introduced…
Parents, send kids to schools without fear: Minister Somashekar
August 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Close on the heels of the State Government’s decision to re-open 9th and 10th standard classes from Aug. 23, Co-operation Minister S.T. Somashekar, who is also the Mysuru and Chamarajanagar District in-Charge for COVID-19 Management, held a meeting here this morning to take stock of preparedness of the District Administration to deal with the…
Govt. releases SOP for 9th & 10th classes which starts from Aug. 23
August 17, 2021Timing fixed; attendance not compulsory Bengaluru: The State Government has released guidelines in connection with the re-opening of 9th and 10th standard classes from Aug. 23. A separate Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) have been announced to be followed strictly by students, teachers and non-teaching staff. The high schools are set to reopen from Aug. 23…
Govt. bans gatherings and public celebration of festivals
August 13, 2021Bengaluru: As COVID-19 cases are seeing an upward trend once again in some districts, the State Government considering that many festivals fall in the months of August, September and October, has ordered a ban on large-scale social, political, religious and cultural congregation of people, as a precautionary and safety measure to check the spread of…
Karnataka first to issue NEP enforcement orders
August 9, 2021Bengaluru: Karnataka has become the first State in India to issue orders with regard to the implementation of National Education Policy-2020, State Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan said. The State Government issued the order last Saturday on the implementation of NEP-2020 with effect from the current academic year 2021-2022. “The implementation will be done…
Like 2020, low-key Dasara this time too
August 8, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The 2021 Dasara will be celebrated in a simple manner in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic like last year and in view of the prevailing flood situation in Karnataka. In 2020, the celebrations were restricted to about 300 atop Chamundi Hill for the inaugural while the Jumboo Savari was restricted to the Mysore Palace…
Plans on to defy weekend curfew
August 7, 2021Question of life and death, say stakeholders, businessmen Unanimously decide to open shops despite restrictions Mysuru/Kodagu: The State Government’s decision to impose weekend curfew (from 9 pm on Friday to 5 am on Monday) in border districts of Mysuru, Kodagu and Chamarajanagar from Aug. 7 to 16 has caused a lot of heartburn among businessmen,…
Life normal despite sudden weekend curfew in city
August 7, 2021Only some areas wore deserted look Tipplers rush to liquor stores to refill stocks Mysore/Mysuru: Though the State Government announced its decision of weekend curfew in Mysuru yesterday afternoon, life remained normal on most of the city areas last night. Only some areas wore a deserted look, while business flourished in Central Business District (CBD)….
A nationalist will become BJP CM in 2023: Minister Eshwarappa
August 5, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Senior BJP leader and Minister K.S. Eshwarappa said that his party will get a majority in 2023 Assembly elections and a nationalist will become the next Chief Minister in the State. Talking to reporters after visiting Chamundi Hill to pay obeisance to Goddess Chamundeshwari, the presiding deity of Mysuru, this morning, he said in…
Ugrappa slams State Govt., Centre for step-motherly attitude
August 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Former MP and KPCC Spokesperson V.S. Ugrappa has accused both the State and the Union Governments of turning a blind eye to the problems of people due to unprecedented floods and steep rise in Corona positive cases. Addressing a news conference here yesterday, he said that no relief work has begun even after Chief…
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