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Mysuru, Feb 17: It will put an end to the concept of appointing guest lecturers if the Chief Minister approves for the appointment of 8000 lecturers, for whom the demand has been already submitted, Deputy Chief Minister Dr.C.N.Ashwatha Narayana, who also holds higher education portfolio, said on Wednesday. Speaking to the media after visiting government first grade women’s college here, he said

Bengaluru, Feb 17: The beginning of 2021-22 academic year in Karnataka will be delayed at least by 45 days and it will begin from July 15. The Department of Public Instruction has decided to start classes for the 2021-22 academic year on July 15, 2021, as against June 1, usually done. Covid pandemic has derailed the academic calendar this year. According to the department officials, considering

The IPL 2021 auction will be held in Chennai on Thursday (Feb 18, 2021) and a total of 292 players will go under the hammer. There are some big international and Indian names in the list and it will be interesting to see how the teams react when some of the big names, released by the franchisees, are called out. Kings XI Punjab, who will now be called as Punjab Kings, have the biggest purse and

New Delhi, Feb 17: Even as the petrol crossed the Rs 100 mark today Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to hold his predecessors responsible by saying that middle-class would not have been burdened if the previous governments had focussed on reducing India's energy import dependence. Without referring to the relentless increase in retail fuel prices he said India imported over 85 per cent of its

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Days after alleging RSS was marking houses of those who did not donate for Ram Temple in Ayodhya, former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said he was not opposed to the construction of the shrine, but only wanted more transparency in the fund mobilisation. The government has a responsibility to check who was collecting funds for the Ram Temple, he told a

New Delhi, Feb 17: A Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted journalist Priya Ramani in a defamation complaint filed by former Union Minister and BJP leader M J Akbar against sexual harassment charges levelled against him by the former during the #MeToo campaign. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey let off Ramani in a judgment, saying the right of reputation can't be

Washington, Feb 17: Millions were left without power as a winter storm gripped the southern and central United States on Tuesday with record-low temperatures in ill-prepared areas, and a tornado claiming three lives. More than 20 storm-related deaths have been registered so far, including in traffic accidents in Texas, Kentucky and Missouri, according to local media. In hardest-hit Texas — where

Mangaluru, Feb 17: The Mangaluru City Corporation is all set to launch a fresh drive to evict street vendors, who had encroached footpaths and roads. The drive against unauthorised street vendors obstructing the movement of vehicles and pedestrians in Mangaluru and Surathkal will be launched within two days, according to Mayor Diwakar and MCC Commissioner Akshy Sridhar. The said that special

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Searches are being carried out in various medical colleges in Karnataka by I-T sleuths, sources in the Income Tax department said on Wednesday. The raids were conducted in certain colleges in Bengaluru, Mangaluru and Davangere. The I-T sleuths accompanied by Enforcement Directorate officials swooped down on institutions, offices and residences belonging to owners of the medical

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Opposition leader in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah has reportedly got Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s nod for his planned Ahinda (Kannada acronym for minorities, backward classes and Dalits) convention. It was such a convention more than a decade ago that led to his expulsion from the JD(S) and cemented him as the leader of these communities leading to the Congress’ win in