Polling begins amid tight security in Dakshina Kannada; candidates among early voters

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April 18, 2019

Mangaluru, Apr 18: Voters thronged to their jurisdictional poll booths in Dakshina Kannada on Thursday as the polling began for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls across India.

As many as 13 candidates, including sitting MP Nalin Kumar Kateel from BJP, Mithun M Rai from the Congress, and Ilyas Mohammed Thumbey from SDPI, are in fray for election to Dakshina Kannada Parliamentary constituency. Candidates including Mithun Rai were seen standing in the queue in the polling booths in the morning.

To conduct the elections in a free and fair manner the district administration has deployed 8,920 officials and staff.

The administration has arranged 668 buses for the polling personnel. In all, 2,230 presiding officers, 2,230 assistant presiding officers and 590 route officers are deployed for the purpose.

A comprehensive information centre has been established at the district control room to get details from all the 1,861 polling stations in the district through GPS while livestreaming has been arranged from 110 stations.

Traditional booths have been established at Sri Manjunatheshwara Higher Primary School, Dharmasthala, Central Model Residential School, Madhya, Surathkal, Government HPS, Kanyana in Bantwal, HPS, Balnad in Puttur and Sri Ramakrishna Aided HPS, Badadka in Sullia.

As many as 20 Sakhi booths are also established at Model HPS, Belthangady; Panchayat Office, Moodbidri; Fisheries HPS, Chitrapura-Kulai; Vidyadayini English Medium School, Surathkal; HPS, Panambur; Women’s Polytechnic, Bondel; KREC HPS, Srinivasanagara, Surathkal; Ladyhill HPS, Mangaluru; University College, Hampanakatte; St. Joseph HPS, Kankanady; St. Agnes HPS, Bendore; Government Women’s College, Car Street; Bhagavathi HPS, Uchchila-Someshwara; Vishwamangala HPS; Holy Anges HPS, Permannur; Kotekar Town Panchayat Office; Stella Mary’s HPS, Someshwara; HPS Loretto Amtadi, Bantwal; ST Residential School, Kuddupadavu Kepu and Model HPS, Kadaba, Sullia. The decision of the presiding officers at polling station is final.

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Karnataka govt puts on hold decision to drop some chapters from social science textbooks

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: The Karnataka government on Wednesday put on hold a controversial proposal to drop certain chapters, including on Islam, Christianity, Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali, from social science textbooks to reduce the 2020-21 syllabi for students in classes 1-10.

Citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption caused to the academic calendar of the year, the government had earlier dropped the chapter on Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali from the Class 7 social science textbook, saying chapters on Tipu Sultan have been retained in the Class 6 and 10 textbooks.

The move did not go down well with the opposition, which saw certain ulterior motives behind the decision.

Apparently under sharp criticism, the Department of Public Instruction issued a new notification on Wednesday "on the directions of the Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar".

There is a delay in opening the schools during the academic year 2020-21 due to COVID-19 pandemic, said the latest order.

In this context, the order said, chapters were dropped to fit in 120 days of the academic year for classes 1 to 10 and the same was published in the department's website.

"However, on the directions of the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, the decision to drop certain chapters has been put on hold. A review will be done following which the deleted chapters will be uploaded in the website," the order read.

Earlier in the day, Mr Kumar had issued a statement, saying that the decision to truncate the syllabus has not been finalised yet. He also made it clear that his department would not remove chapters unnecessarily.

Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah had attacked the government on the issue.

"The government, which has failed to control the spread of coronavirus, is using it as an opportunity to push its clandestine agenda of saffronising the textbooks," Siddaramaiah tweeted.

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Pilikula Biological Park gears up to keep away bird flu

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March 14,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 14: Following the avian flu outbreak in neighboring Kerala, authorities at Pilikula Biological Park in Moodushedde, on the outskirts of the city, have taken all precautionary measures to prevent the death of birds in the park.

Park Director H J Jayaprakash Bhandari said that "the behaviour of the birds is being monitored near open water sources on the premises'.

Though no deaths were reported in the Zoo or on lake premises, the staff continue to maintain a strict vigil on open water sources like lakes. He said the Park was being sanitized.

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Karnataka govt to hold first of it's kind virtual job fair on July 10

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July 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 5: In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and the fear of layoffs lurking everywhere, the state government is holding a first-of-its-kind virtual job fair on July 10, to help people find jobs commensurate with their skill sets.

Co-ordinated by the Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC), the job fair will see participation of more than 40 companies for about 6,000 job openings.

The government will connect companies with job seekers who have registered on the recently-launched Skill Connect portal or on the Kaushalya Karnataka’s portal for migrant workers from the state who have returned home.

A candidate can either directly apply to a company, or await the portal to match their skills with available jobs. There is also a self-evaluation section on the website which will suggest whether a candidate needs to further skill oneself or whether they are eligible for jobs with their current set of skills.

Firms such as Life Insurance Corporation, Barbeque Nation and Arvind Mills are among the participants.

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