Karnataka Minister To Travel To UP, Gujarat To Study Anti-Cow Slaughter Law
The Minister has already announced that the anti-cow slaughter bill will be introduced during the winter session of the state legislature starting from December 7.
Prabhu Chavan has reiterated that anti-cow slaughter bill will be tabled in the winter session
Karnataka Animal Husbandry Minister Prabhu Chavan will be travelling to Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat to study and gather information on implementation of the anti-cow slaughter laws there, his office said on Tuesday.
The Minister has already announced that the anti-cow slaughter bill will be introduced during the winter session of the state legislature starting from December 7.
“Aimed at further strengthening the proposed anti-cow slaughter bill in the state, officials of the department under the leadership of Minister Prabhu Chavan will be visiting Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat from December 2 to 4,” the Minister’s office said in a statement.
Mr Chavan in the statement has reiterated that the anti-cow slaughter bill will be tabled in the winter session and all the necessary preparations have been made for it.
Noting that anti-cow slaughter Acts have been implemented in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, it said the Minister and officials will be gathering information on its implementation and management.
They will also visit “gaushalas” (cow shelters) and try to know about the measures taken by these states for the protection of cows.
Mr Chavan had recently said that if the law is enacted, along with prohibition on slaughter, sale and use of beef and also illegal transportation of animals for slaughtering will be stopped.
The BJP in its manifesto ahead of the 2018 assembly election had promised prohibition of cow slaughter.
Despite resistance from opposition, the then BJP government led by BS Yediyurappa in 2010 had passed the controversial Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill that proposed to replace the Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation Act, 1964.
The bill had widened the definition of “cattle” and imposed a blanket ban on cattle slaughter, coupled with stringent penalty clauses for violation.
Need internal quota for Lingayats: Muruga Mutt seer
CHITRADURGA: Muruga Mutt pontiff Dr Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru on Friday stressed that internal reservation under OBC category 2(A) is needed to uplift theLingayat community. He told the media persons that there are many people in the community who need financial support to help them get into the mainstream. “It is possible only if there is reservation for the community,” he added.
“The Lingayat community is a conglomeration of over 80 sub-sects and they need reservation to have an equal standing in society. The state government should identify the poor and needy within the community and give them internal reservation. At least 15 per cent internal reservation is needed and sufficient modifications should be made in the quota policy. If needed, it should be reorganised too,” he said.
Vijayapura: Students, lecturers test Covid positive, a week after reopening
A week after colleges reopened, a small number of teachers and students have tested positive in Vijayapura district while the results of many others are awaited.
VIJAYAPURA: A week after colleges reopened, a small number of teachers and students have tested positive in Vijayapura district while the results of many others are awaited.Colleges in the state resumed classes on November 17, nearly nine months after they were closed due to the pandemic. The University Grants Commission had permitted colleges to hold physical classes provided students get an undertaking from their parents and a negative Covid test report before entering college premises.
However, on the day of reopening, not even 1% of students turned up for classes, one of the reasons being that they were waiting for their test results. During the past week, district health authorities have been conducting tests for staff and students at the Karnataka state Akkamahadevi Women’s University (KSAWU), and private and government colleges in the district.
“A total of 3,000 samples were collected and tested for Covid-19 from the colleges across the district. Of them, 13 teachers and 12 students have tested positive so far and the results of around 1,000 samples are awaited,” the district administration said.Deputy Commissioner P Sunil Kumar told The New Indian Express, “We have not sealed down any college as the students and lecturers have undergone tests before entering college premises. We are continuing to test students by coordinating with the colleges.”
The district health authorities do not know which institution the infected lecturers and students belong to.
Professor Onkar Kakade, acting Vice-chancellor of KSAWU said, “We are yet to get the details of how many lecturers and students have tested positive but we are disinfecting classrooms each day. The students are yet to turn-up in good numbers to colleges.”
Meanwhile, many colleges are continuing online classes due to poor turnout. Professor Ashok Pujari, principal of a private college said, “Since the college reopened only five students have come. Many have stayed away as they are yet to get their test reports. So we are continuing the online classes.”
Schools, PU colleges to remain closed in Karnataka amid fears of second COVID-19 wave
The decision was announced on Monday by primary and secondary education minister S Suresh Kumar following the report of a technical committee which was constituted by the Chief Minister
BENGALURU: Less than a week after the higher education department opened colleges in Karnataka, the government decided to keep schools and pre university colleges closed in the state.
The decision was announced on Monday by primary and secondary education minister S Suresh Kumar following the report of a technical committee which was constituted by the Chief Minister.
Kumar said apprehensions of a second wave of COVID-19 and the winter season being a major reason for the spread were among the committee’s reasons for keeping schools and PU colleges shut.
Addressing mediapersons, Kumar said there were contending perspectives during the discussions — one, that said schools should not open at all and another that highlighted the increase in social ills such as child labour and child marriage among government school children in rural areas.
“We will have to tackle social ills. Yet the technical advisory committee has given its decision and the most important aspect now is to save lives,” he added, saying the decisions were made keeping the welfare of children in mind.
The technical committee will convene in the third week of December to decide on a road ahead for the academic year, as the department is looking at a phased reopening first for older students — Class 8 and above.
Kumar said board students in Class 10 will have completed 100 percent of their syllabus in December — classes are taking place on state-run television channel Doordarshan Chandana.
There are 9,59,566 Class 10 students of the state, CBSE and ICSE boards and 5,70,126 pre university board students in the state.
Examination dates will be decided after another round of discussions among officials.
Principal Secretary of Department of Primary and Secondary Education Department SR Umashankar said besides the state’s initiatives of disseminating educational content on television, YouTube and (the now suspended) Vidyagama programme, private channels have also been approached.
Reliance’s Jio TV has come forward to freely broadcast educational content and a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed in this regard, he added.
Congress shifts focus to upcoming bypolls
BENGALURU: Congress leaders who had gathered at the KPCC office on Thursday to commemorate former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s 103rd birth anniversary, had something else on their minds — the upcoming bypolls to Basavakalyan and Maski assembly seats and Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency.
With the party having suffered a drubbing in the recent bypolls to RR Nagar and Sira, the talk among leaders gathered here clearly revolved around the bypoll dates. Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Siddaramaiah were among those at the function.
The leaders are under pressure to perform because both Maski and Basavakalyan are Congress strongholds. While Maski is their home turf, where Prathapgouda Patil switched sides and joined the BJP as part of Operation Kamala, in Basavakalyan, it was the death of their MLA Narayana Rao that has necessitated a byelection. Whether the seats will remain with the party remains the big question.
Opposition leader Siddaramaiah has already visited Basavakalyan to meet leaders there, and is expected to visit Maski next week. Former minister MB Patil has called for a meeting of Congress leaders in Belagavi on Saturday. KPCC president DK Shivakumar will visit Maski and Basavakalyan starting Sunday, and will meet party workers and leaders.
The Congress faces a few challenges in both constituencies — Lingayats number about 50,000-60,000, and since the community does not back the Congress, it is the party’s biggest worry. The reverses they faced in the recent bypolls in Karnataka and across the country, has made the party jittery about whom to field. The party is also under pressure in Belagavi, where they suspect it would be walkover for the BJP.
As Congress leaders huddled to introspect the loss of R R Nagar and Sira — party strongholds which the BJP picked up quite easily — the writing on the wall is not too encouraging. Yet, the Congress is determined not to give up without a fight.
Bengaluru’s COVID-19 fatality rate lowest among major Indian cities: Health Minister
Bengaluru: Bengaluru’s COVID-19 case fatality rate (1.1 percent) is the lowest among all major cities in the country, Karnataka Health Minister Sudhakar K said on Wednesday.
“With 3,36,880 recoveries and 17,707 active cases as on Tuesday, city’s recovery rate stands at a healthy 93.94 percent and active rate stands at 4.93 percent”, he tweeted.
On Tuesday, Karnataka reported 1,336 new cases of COVID- 19 and 16 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 8,64,140 and the death toll to 11,557 in the State.
Union Health Ministry on Wednesday reported a single-day rise of 38,617 new COVID-19 cases and 474 fatalities pushing India’s virus caseload to 89.12 lakh and toll to 1.30 lakh.
Government colleges in Karnataka set to open, but short of guest teachers
Most of them are language and commerce lecturers, sources in the teaching fraternity point out.
BENGALURU: While preparations are under way to start the academic year with physical attendance in classes for students and teaching faculty from November 17, government colleges are faced with inadequate manpower, an issue which could have been resolved earlier.
As many as 14,500 guest lecturers have not been paid salaries since March and havent been reappointed for the 2020-21 academic year, while more than 1,000 permanent teachers in 428 government colleges in the state are yet to be appointed for the academic year.
Most of them are language and commerce lecturers, sources in the teaching fraternity point out. The ratio of guest faculty to permanent teachers is 2:1, says general secretary of Karnataka Government College Teachers Association (KGCTA) HB Narayana.
There are about 7,000 permanent faculty members in the state. A higher concentration of guest teachers is seen in government college in B and C zones (non-urban areas). There is no saying if they will report back to work as they have not been given their appointment letter and not paid salaries for the last eight months.
Some have also taken up other jobs – such as selling vegetables – to make ends meet, says guest lecturer Suma (name changed) at a government college in Bengaluru. All these years, lecturers like Suma, who has eight years under her belt as a guest lecturer, are awaiting financial as well as job security.
We are paid for 10 months, and after the summer break, we have to just wait to hopefully make it to the list of guest faculty members for the next year. Sometimes, if permanent appointments are made, they take up 16 hours of workload per day per person, while guest lecturers, who receive a fraction of the salary and work eight hours, are taken off the list,” Suma says.
This insecurity has amplified with the pandemic and the department is still trying to work out a way to make the appointments. Without confirmation of appointments, guest lecturers do not know if they have made the cut, and they have discontinued teaching their students as they are officially not employed in the college.
The problem facing the government colleges is that the guest lecturers handle more than just the classrooms – they are involved in various other jobs including the admission process. With their absence, or meagre presence, the workload for the permanent faculty is bound to increase in classrooms as they try to fill in for the missing guest lecturers.
With just six days to go for the reopening of offline classes, if shifts have to be worked out to ensure COVID-19 safety norms, the colleges are faced with no clarity on who will handle additional workload, says KGCTA secretary Narayana.The appointment of more than 1,000 faculty members was also stalled when the government decided against it after the pandemic started weighing on the state’s kitty.
To try and remedy this, the department is seeking the finance department’s approval to sanction the appointments. Commissioner of department of Collegiate Education and Teechnical Education Pradeep that special recruitment rules were finalised, but those were put on hold (owing to the pandemic). “The higher education department has already sought a special permission from the finance department, and approval is awaited,” he said.
KSRTC to run 1000 extra buses this festive season
Advance reservation of tickets for the special and scheduled buses of KSRTC can be booked through 706 counters within Karnataka and in other states
BENGALURU: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation on Tuesday said it has made elaborate arrangements to run 1,000 extra buses during the Deepavali festival season.
It has also decided to operate special buses from various intra and interstate locations to Bengaluru on November 16.
The special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to various destinations including Dharmasthala, Kukke Subrahmanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Sringeri and Tirupati, the corporation said in a statement here.
There will be special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalnagar and Madikeri.
All premier special buses will be operated from Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation Bus Station at Shantinagar to Tirupati, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam and other places in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala.
Tickets can be booked online by accessing www.ksrtc.in.
Also, advance reservation of tickets for the special and scheduled buses of KSRTC can be booked through 706 counters within Karnataka and in other states, it added.
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