Bengaluru: 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…
Govt. pushing for simple celebrations of festivals
August 3, 2021Bengaluru: The State Government is mulling issuing necessary guidelines for simple celebrations of festivals in the coming days in the wake of possible third wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Time and again the health experts are warning the Government to take necessary precautions to check the spreading of contagion such as avoiding crowding of people in…
Cabinet expansion likely on Aug. 4: CM
August 2, 2021Uneasy calm among seniors as High Command prefers freshers Five Deputy CMs on cards to balance caste equations New Delhi/ Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said in New Delhi this morning that Cabinet expansion can take place most likely on Wednesday (Aug. 4) if the list is finalised in a meeting with the BJP…
Kabini flood victims in the lurch
August 1, 2021Government advertisement claims rehabilitation of families Mysore/Mysuru: Inclusion of a village in the list of rehabilitation in advertisement released in newspapers on second anniversary of the BJP Government in State has surprised several families which are living in penury without relief or rehabilitation since last one year. In a press conference held at Pathrakartara Bhavan…
Basavaraj Bommai sworn-in as CM
July 28, 2021To meet PM Modi this evening; Cabinet expansion likely in a week Bengaluru: Lingayat leader Basavaraj Bommai took oath as the 30th Chief Minister of Karnataka at 11 am today. Bommai was announced as the new CM at a party meeting at a private hotel in Bengaluru last evening. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath…















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