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700 teaching posts vacant in 1,500 schools in Bidar dist.
BIDAR, July 14, 2016: The district, that has been performing poorly in the SSLC examinations for decades, seems to be facing a crisis in school education. As many as 700 posts of teachers in the district’s 1,500 schools have been vacant for at least 10 years now. At least 21 schools have just one
Nine-day ISKCON heritage fest off to a colourful start in Hubballi
HUBBALLI, July 14, 2016: The nine-day ISKCON heritage fest organised by the Hubballi-Dharwad unit of ISKCON began here on Wednesday with hundreds of schoolchildren participating in various competitions on the first day. Inaugurating the event, Chairman of Swarna Group of Companies, V.S.V. Prasad
Dasara jumbo team to get fresh faces this year
MYSURU, 14 July,2016 (The Hindu):The elite Dasara jumbo team may get a few fresh faces with the Forest Department planning to include new female elephants in this year’s contingent. With over two months left for the Dasara festivities, the department has started preparations to bring the elephant
Mysuru Warriors donate library to govt. school
Mysuru, 14 July, 2016 (The Hindu):Karnataka Premier League team Mysuru Warriors in association with Kalisu Foundation have donated a library to Sharadavilas Government Higher Primary School at Kanakagiri here. This is the second library the NR Group-owned team has donated to a government school. Th
Leopard trapped, jumbo electrocuted
MYSURU, 14 July, 2014 (The Hindu): A leopard was trapped at Varakodu near Nanjangud while an elephant was found electrocuted near Periyapatna on Tuesday evening. The leopard was around two years old and had come close to an industrial area when it was spotted by locals. They contacted the Forest
Govt. cries halt to recruitment for teaching posts by University of Mysore
MYSURU, July 13, 2016 (The Hindu):The University of Mysore’s plans to carry out direct recruitment for more than 200 teaching posts have been stymied by the State government. In a letter to Vice-Chancellor K.S. Rangappa, the Additional Chief Secretary to the Higher Education Department, Bharat La
NWKRTC launches special tour packages
The NWKRTC is back with its special tour packages for popular tourist destinations in the district and those existing across the State boundary. BELAGAVI, July 13, 2016 ( TheHindu): According to official sources at the NWKRTC division in the city, the packages have been made available for Gokak F
This Novel Initiative Will Haul Coconut Shells All the Way to Varanasi Pyres and Save Trees
The Kasi Pasumai Yatra, a novel initiative to decrease wood consumption for burning dead bodies, began in Coimbatore recently. Under the program, coconut shells from garbage heaps will be collected, powdered, packed, and sent to Varanasi. These coconut shells will be used in place of wood in pyre
Centre tells Karnataka to clear land hurdles for Central power projects
The reliability of power supply in Bengaluru and surrounding areas is set to improve in the months to come through reduction in interruptions, as the Union government on Tuesday took the initiative of convincing the State to clear the hurdles for four central transmission projects languishing for ye
Citizens seek better traffic management on Bannur Road
The accident involving schoolchildren at Deve Gowda Circle here on Tuesday has put the focus on the poor traffic management system at the junction of Outer Ring Road and Bannur Road. Irate members of the public, who rushed to rescue the children in the van, complained about the poor traffic managem
Six children injured as lorry hits school van on Ring Road in Mysuru
Seven students including six school children were injured when the van in which they were travelling met with an accident at the junction of Bannur Road and Ring Road in Mysuru on Tuesday. Police said the mishap took place when a truck hit the van ferrying children to Delhi Public School (DPS) situa
School wall collapse: Rs. 4 lakh compensation to families of deceased students
Chikkodi, 12 July 2016:Eight children injured after a wall of a classroom collapsed at the Government Higher Primary Girls’ School are still being treated at a local hospital at Yamkanmardi, near Chikkodi. The classroom wall of the 50-year-old government school collapsed suddenly on Monday, killing
Six children injured as lorry hits school bus on Ring Road in Mysuru
Six children were injured when the school van in which they were travelling met with an accident on the Ring Road-Bannur Road Junction in Mysuru on Tuesday. Police said the mishap took place when a truck hit the van ferrying children to Delhi Public School (DPS) situated on Bannur Road on the outski
Dy.SP suicide: govt. orders CID probe, Oppn. demurs
BJP, activists demand abetment to suicide case against George, IPS officers In an attempt to counter serious allegations of harassment levelled by Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy against Minister K.J. George and top police officials, in a television interview hours before he allegedly committed suicide, t
Mangaluru: DySP Ganapati commits suicide in lodge at Madikeri, Second case of Suicide by a cop in a week
Mangaluru, Jul 7: In the second case of suicide by a cop in the state this week, deputy superintendent of police (DySP) M K Ganapati, who was serving in Mangaluru, allegedly ended his life in Madikeri on Thursday July 7. Ganapati (51) was serving as DySP in Mangaluru IGP office. About two months
Bengaluru cops get 222 high-tech Hoysala patrol vehicles
High-tech Maruti Ertiga Hoysala patrol vehicles that can reach crime spots quickly would be inducted into all police commissionerates in the state. “The concept behind buying the new Hoysala patrol vehicles and equipping them with modern gadgets connected to a command centre is to be ‘first and f
Corporation team closes down shop at City Centre Mall
The shop owner had not renewed licence for two years MANGALURU, July 2, 2016:A team of health and environment officers of Mangaluru City Corporation, led by head of Standing Committee on Finance Kavita Sanil and councillor Rajaneesh, on Friday inspected some outlets at the City Centre Mall and a
After re-evaluation, 1,089 SSLC evaluators to face the music
KSEEB has found several errors by teachers and plans stringent action BENGALURU, July 2, 2016 : A student who had got zero marks in her science paper applied for re-totalling and got 70 marks. She then got another additional mark after re-evaluation. As a result, her total score in the science p