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Lawyers protest

BELLARY April 12. The Bellary MP, Karunakar Reddy, participated in the dharna and relay hunger strike by members of the Bellary Bar Association here on Tuesday.

Mr. Reddy extended support to the lawyers' demand that Bellary district be brought under the jurisdiction of the proposed Circuit Bench of the High Court in Hubli-Dharwad instead of the one at Gulbarga.

Shivaram Reddy, former MLA, also extended support by participating in the dharna.

Elected to society

GULBARGA April 12. The Janata Dal (Secular) leader, S.S. Salagar, was elected unopposed as president of the Jewargi Taluk Agriculture Producers' Cooperative Marketing Society on Tuesday. In the elections held at Jewargi town in Gulbarga district, the Congress nominee for the post, Mohammed Noori, withdrew his nomination papers.

Two houses gutted

Bidar April 12. Goods worth around Rs. 4 lakhs were destroyed when two houses caught fire accidentally in Mudabi in Basavakalyan taluk on Monday.

Fire officials rushed to the spot and put out the fire. They suspect that an electric spark from electric cables in the house of Mastan Patel led to the dish antenna catching fire. The fire spread to the adjoining house of Chand Patel, destroying both houses.

Man killed

Raichur April 12. Govindappa (30), a cleaner, was killed on the spot when a disc from the rear wheel of a tractor trailer accidentally hit him near Ashapur Cross in the city on Monday. The City West Police have registered a case.

Five arrested

Raichur April 12. The Raichur police raided five matka dens and arrested Ramesh, Basawant, Nazeer, Vijayakumar and Mahalingappa and recovered Rs. 2,255 from them when they were allegedly gambling at Hutti village in Lingsugur taluk on Monday. They have been remanded in judicial custody. The Hutti Police have registered cases.

15 injured

Raichur April 12. Fifteen persons were injured, some of them seriously, when the tempo in which they were travelling fell into a ditch near Gundagurti Cross in Deodurga taluk on Monday. The Deodurga Police have registered a case.

Training

GULBARGA April 12. The Horticulture Department has invited applications for a 10-month training programme at the Horticulture Training Institute, Munirabad, in Koppal district from May 1 to February 28, 2006. An official press release said that trainees will be paid Rs. 450 a month as stipend and the applicants for the general category should have passed the SSLC examination. Candidates from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes should have passed the 7th standard examination. The applicants' parents should own agricultural land. Completed applications should reach the office of the Senior Assistant Horticulture Office in Raichur by April 19. Applicants should be present at the office in Raichur on April 20 with original certificates for an interview.

Essay contest

GULBARGA April 12. The Hyderabad-based Swami Ramanand Theertha Memorial Committee will organise a contest on the life, achievement and philosophy of Sri Swamy Ramanand Theertha, a freedom fighter. The Director of the Swami Ramanand Theertha Research Institute, Vasant Kustagi, said in a press release said here on Tuesday that the best essay will be awarded Rs. 10,000. The entries should reach the General Secretary, Swami Ramanand Theerth Memorial Committee, by June 1. They may be mailed to the following address: 1-10-342, Lane No. 9, Swami Ramanand Theerth Marg, Brahmanwadi, Begampet, Hyderabad - 500016.

Counselling for teachers

BELGAUM APRIL 12. The Department of Public Administration is organising counselling sessions for the teachers appointed in the government higher secondary schools in the district.

According to a release here on Tuesday, the final list of candidates promoted and newly appointed has been notified and educational district-wise counselling will begin from Belgaum taluk from April 18 at the department's office on Club Road in the city. Counselling for Chikkodi educational district will be held on April 19, Bijapur on April 18, Dharwad and Gadag on April 21, Bagalkot and Karwar on April 22, and Haveri on April 23.

Inspection centre

DHARWAD April 12. A multipurpose motor vehicles inspection centre will become functional in the premises of the office of the Superintendent of Police from Wednesday. The centre has been set up as a part of the plan to extend the facilities available in Bangalore to the district centres. The centre will be able to provide information about the vehicle to the buyers of the old vehicles and also in getting the no objection certificate from the police for the interstate transfer. A nominal fee of Rs. 20 will be levied for the purpose. The details of the registration number of 4.81 lakh vehicles, stolen and subsequently seized by the police will also be available.

Felicitation

BHADRAVATI APRIL 12. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Employees' Association of the Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Ltd. and the Mysore Paper Mills Ltd. will felicitate meritorious students belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to mark the 114th birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar. Students with particulars of their educational institution and marks obtained may contact Mahadevappa, Kanakanagara, Newbridge Road, Old Town, Bhadravati.

Boy drowns

Karwar April 12. Ganesh M. Pakki (18), a 12th standard student and son of an employee of Kaiga Project, Manju Pakki, drowned in swimming pool in Mallapur Township of the Kaiga Generating Station a few hours after it was inaugurated on Monday.

The swimming pool was expected to be open for the public use on Tuesday. However, at 2 p.m., Ganesh Pakki along with his friends was said to have entered the swimming pool by jumping over the wall. He was said to have jumped into the swimming pool at a depth of 3.5 meters, though he was not trained in swimming. His friends, who saw him drowning shouted for help. The security guard and local people rescued him. Ganesh died while he was being taken to the hospital.

`Utilise State's share of water'

HUBLI April 12. Basavaraj Bommai, MLC, has said that the State should concentrate its energies on harnessing its share of Krishna waters rather than trying to prevent Andhra Pradesh from going ahead with the execution of projects in the Krishna Basin without clearance from the Centre. Reacting to the statement made by the Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh, here on Monday that an all-party delegation will meet the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in this connection, Mr. Bommai said on Tuesday that it would be a futile effort. The Centre had many times in the past expressed its helplessness in intervening in the matter and the Supreme Court had said that the dispute should be taken before the tribunal concerned. He said the new tribunal constituted to decide on the sharing of surplus waters among the riparian States will take time to start functioning. It will be too late if Karnataka waits till the tribunal gets its act together. The time has come for the State to take some bold steps to protect its interests and plan for the utilisation of its entire share of water instead of limiting its approach to the allocation under Scheme A of the Bachawat Tribunal award. The State should go ahead and raise the height of the Alamatti dam to 524 metres to store the surplus water. "Let other States protest against Karnataka instead of Karnataka begging for justice as it is doing now."

Workshop on computers

MYSORE April 12. The Indian Institute of Hardware Technology (IIHT) Ltd, Mysore branch, is conducting a free workshop on computer hardware and networking on April 16 for SSLC and PUC students.

For details and registration, interested students can contact IIHT Ltd, #1023, I floor, Panchamantra Road, Kuvempunagar, Mysore, ph. 2560268 and 3091130.

Summer camp for students

MYSORE April 12. The Academy of Management and Corporate Attitude Development (AMCAD), an institute for development of human potential, is organising a 10-day State-level children's summer camp in Mysore on personality development.

The camp, which is open to high school and PUC students, is expected to help the candidates study better and grow confident. Interested students can contact the Director, AMCAD, #134, II Main, Jayanagar, Mysore, ph. 94480-63607 and 3091155.

Counselling for teachers

BELGAUM APRIL 12. The Department of Public Administration is organising counselling sessions for the teachers appointed in the government higher secondary schools in the district.

Felicitation

Students with particulars of their educational institution and marks obtained may contact Mahadevappa, Kanakanagara, Newbridge Road, Old Town, Bhadravati.

56 students debarred

BANGALORE April 12. Fifty-six students were debarred on Tuesday by the Department of Pre-University Education for alleged malpractice during the ongoing II PUC examinations across the State. History and computer science examinations were held on Tuesday. Of the debarred students, 20 are from Bijapur, 16 from Gulbarga, five each from Gadag and Bagalkot, three from Bangalore North, two each from Kolar and Tumkur and one each from Hassan, Davangere and Belgaum, the PU Director, D.N. Nayak, said in a press release.

Complaint to Governor

Bangalore April 12. The President of the State unit of the Janata Dal (Secular), N. Thippanna, has complained to the Governor, T.N. Chaturvedi, against the former Congress Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who reportedly threatened some slum dwellers of Okalipuram in Bangalore that their houses will be demolished. In his letter to the Governor, Mr. Thippanna said that a company owned by Mr. Shivakumar is using anti-social elements to threaten the slum dwellers who have been residing on land allotted to them by the Karnataka Slum Clearance Board. The slum dwellers have complained to the Srirampuram police and have also brought the matter to the notice of the Commissioner of Police. He said, the anti-social elements have already demolished 132 houses after intimidating the residents. The other residents are now living in a state of fear despite being in possession of legal title deeds, he added.

Sub-divisional offices closed

Bangalore April 12. The Information Minister, B. Shivaram, today announced the abolition of nine sub-divisional offices of the Department of Information in the backward taluks of Chikodi, Yadgir, Madhugiri, Sagar, Tarikere, Chickballapur, Pandavapura, Sakleshpur and Puttur. Announcing this at a meeting of officers of the department here today, Mr. Shvaram said he wants to streamline the department. Officers and other staff working in the nine sub-divisional offices will be placed at the disposal of the district offices. The Principal Secretary, Information, Tourism and Youth Affairs, C.S. Kedar, called upon officers to provide information sought by the people. The Information Commissioner, C. Chandrasekhar, and the Joint Directors, K.S. Bevinmarad and M. Ravi Kumar, spoke.

Poppy growers: leniency likely

Bangalore April 12. The Government is considering taking a lenient view of farmers in some parts of the State who were booked by Excise Department officials for growing poppy. Speaking to presspersons, the Agriculture Minister K. Srinivasa Gowda, said that it is easy for farmers to cultivate poppy as it does not require much water. It can be grown in 30 days and fetches good returns. The farmers grew poppy without realising the seriousness of the offence they were committing. The Minister said that he had raised the issue of allowing farmers to officially cultivate poppy with the Union Commerce Minister, Kamal Nath, during his visit to New Delhi. Mr. Kamal Nath assured him that the Centre would consider the request of the State. Mr. Gowda said Mahyco will be asked to pay compensation to cotton growers in north Karnataka who lost the crop owing to substandard seeds supplied by it. The Government might even ban the production of Chamatkari seeds in the State if the company fails to pay compensation, he added.

Quality management in schools

Bangalore April 12. The Confederation of Indian Industry, Institute of Quality, Bangalore, is launching its first facilitator programme on Total Quality Management (TQM) in education with a focus on school education. Principals, administrators and senior teachers of schools will be taken through a series of lectures, activities and discussions and case studies that will facilitate an understanding of TQM and how it can be applied to classrooms and the school. The programme has two phases: the first will be held from April 26 to 29 at Christ College, Bangalore, and the second will be held in October. The objective, according to Senthil Kumaran, counsellor, TQM, CII, is to empower school principals and teachers to act as agents of change in their campuses. Schools interested in participating may contact Dr. Senthil Kumaran on 23289391, 23580315, 9845390263 or email a.senthil@ciionline.org

M.P. Subramaniam mourned

BANGALORE APRIL 12. The Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh, has mourned the death of the former President of the Tamil Nadu Pradesh Congress Committee and MP, M.P. Subramaniam. In a press note, Mr. Singh said that he had known Mr. Subramaniam personally. His services to the neighbouring State as an MP, MLA and in other capacities were memorable, he added.

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