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Train departure to be delayed

Bangalore: The Yeshwantpur-Guwahati Express Special (Train No. 0201) scheduled to leave Yeshwantpur on Monday at 11.55 p.m. will leave at 7 a.m. on Tuesday because of the late running of its pairing train, South Western Railway said here on Monday. — Staff Reporter

RGUHS counselling for PG courses

Bangalore: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences will conduct counselling for postgraduate courses in government colleges and government seats in private aided and unaided minority and non-minority colleges in Karnataka on Tuesday and Wednesday. The counselling will be held on Tuesday for Physiotherapy (9 a.m.), Pharmacy (10.30 a.m.) Nursing (1.30 p.m.) and Homeopathy (4 p.m.) and on Wednesday for Ayurveda (9 a.m.). Visit www.rguhs.in for details.

— Staff Reporter

Scholarships for Muslim students

BANGALORE: The Akhila Karnataka Mohammadeeyara Kannada Vedike has invited applications for scholarships from Muslims students who have passed SSLC with Kannada as the medium of instruction and scored more than 85 per cent marks. The students should send their marks cards attested by the heads of their institutions to the Vedike, at Abhimana, 477/D, 1st B Cross, Mathikere, Bangalore 54 before May 31. Dial 99455-19149 for details. — Staff Reporter

Drugs declared not of standard quality

Bangalore: The Drugs Testing Laboratory, Bangalore, has declared the following drugs "not of standard quality": NEDGE tablets (Nitazoxanide and Ofloxacin tablets), Batch No. ND-01, manufactured by Orbit Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., and Ciproz-CT (Ciprofloxacin and Tinidazole tablets), Batch No. TCT-476, manufactured by Sanchez Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.

The laboratory has alerted chemists, wholesalers, doctors, hospitals, nursing homes and the public not to stock, sell or use the drugs. In case any of these drugs are currently present in the stock, the Drugs Inspector of the area concerned or the Assistant Drugs Controller should be informed. — Staff Reporter

Nilekani lecture

MYSORE: Nandan Nilekani of Infosys will deliver a lecture on "Opportunities for India in the era of globalisation" at JSS Women's College, Saraswathipuram, here on Thursday. It is being held as part of the JSS golden jubilee celebration lecture series. The programme will commence at noon. Sri Shivaratri Deshikendra Swamiji will participate.

— Special Correspondent

Training

MYSORE: RUDSET Institute here will conduct a 30-day motor-rewinding and pump-set repair training in July. It is a residential programme and free boarding and lodging accommodation will be provided to the participants. Unemployed youth aged between 18 and 35 may submit their applications along with a self-addressed envelop affixed with Rs. 5 stamp to RUDSET Institute, Main Road, Hinkal, Mysore-570017. Details may be had on Ph: 0821-2519663. — Special Correspondent

Protest

MYSORE: Activists belonging to Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishat recently staged a demonstration here against the donation menace and urged the authorities to curb it failing which they threatened to launch an agitation against all private educational institutions. The parishat also refuted allegations that it had vandalised the premises of Marimallappa's College on Thursday last during an angitation and accused the management of hiring anti-social elements to attack its members. — Special Correspondent.

Meditation camp

MYSORE: Sri Upanishat Yoga Kendra will conduct a 15-day meditation and pranayama camp from Thursday. The camp will be held on the kendra premises at 501, A and B Block, Chitrabhanu Road, next to Kuvempunagar post office, Mysore-570023. For details contact Ph: 2541801. — Special Correspondent

Campus interview

HUBLI: Larsen and Toubro, e-Engineering Solutions, Vadodara, is conducting a campus interview at KLE Society's Polytechnic College, Hubli, on June 1 at 8.30 a.m. Students with 60 per cent marks in SSLC, who have cleared all the five semester examinations in Diploma Mechanical and Automobile in the first attempt, are eligible. For further details contact Ph: 9880271208. — Staff Correspondent

Fined

HUBLI: The Hubli-Dharwad Police booked 658 cases against traffic rule violations in the twin cities on Sunday and collected a fine of Rs. 73,700, according to a release.

— Staff Correspondent

Arrested

DHARWAD: The Dharwad Police arrested a student on Sunday on the charge of lifting vehicles and seized spares of two motorcycles valued at Rs. 27,000 from him. The name of the arrested has been given as Vijay Shekhar Sangolli (19), a second year PU student of Anjuman College here. The Dharwad Vidyagiri Police have registered a case. — Staff Correspondent

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