As Karnataka Chief Minster BS Yediyurappa expands his 17-month old cabinet, seven ministers took oath today; at least three of them are the Chief Minister's loyalists.
Karnataka: 7 Ministers Take Oath As CM Yediyurappa Expands Cabinet
A mix of old guards and new entrants from Congress and JDS are making it to the 17-month-old cabinet. File photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-13T16:41:08+05:30 Karnataka: 7 Ministers Take Oath As CM Yediyurappa Expands Cabinet outlookindia.com 2021-01-13T17:22:59+05:30
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Seven new Ministers on Wednesday took an oath of office in Bengaluru as part of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa cabinet expansion. The list of seven new ministers who will take oath today has been sent to the Raj Bhavan. Their names are Umesh Katti, Arvind Limbavali, MTB Nagaraj, Murugesh Nirani, R Shankar, C P Yogeshwar and S Angara, Yediyurappa said.
211 teachers test positive after schools reopen in Karnataka
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January 9, 2021
Bengaluru, Jan 9: As many as 211 teachers in the state have tested positive for the novel Coronavirus after schools in Karnataka reopened last week.
The number touched 236 after several non-teaching staff also tested positive. The government had mandated that all teaching and non-teaching staff must undergo a COVID-19 test before educational institutions reopened, according to health officials.
In Uttara Kannada district, 20 people, including teachers and non-teaching staff have tested positive for the coronavirus while in Belagavi 19 teachers and six non-teaching staff tested positive. In Shivamogga, Hassan and Mandya Districts, a total of 39 teachers have tested positive for the Pandemic. In Tumakuru, Mysuru, Chamrajnagar and Gadag, as many as 45 teachers have tested positive along with two non-teaching staff.
Karnataka: Regular class for first, second year college students after Jan 14
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Published: Saturday, January 9, 2021, 0:28 [IST]
Bengaluru, Jan 08: After a gap of nine months since the coronavirus-induced lockdown, regular classes for first and second-year college students in Karnataka would resume after Sankranti on January 14.
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Announcing this on Friday, Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, who holds the higher education portfolio, asked the Vice Chancellors of government and private universities, senior officials of several departments, including that of higher education, to suggest a date for resumption of the classes.
The Vice Chancellors attended a meeting with the Deputy Chief Minister and all of them were unanimous that the government should start the offline classes.