Centre blocks Rs 1.44 cr for incomplete civil works

While approval was given for the sanction of Rs 10.82 crore to implement Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme in Kodagu district for the academic year 2009-10, the Centre has blocked the release of Rs 1.44 crore since civil works related to school buildings were not completed in time.

The cut off percentage for admissions into agricultural universities in the State has fallen from 82 per cent in the 1990s to 37 per cent in 2007.

The number of applicants for 600 seats at the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, has plummeted from 4,000 in 1996 to a mere 1,200 in 2007.

National Institute of Technology-Karnataka Department of Mining engineering in association with Centre for Continuing Education will hold certificate course in mine surveying (CCMS) between June 19 and July 18.

Ramya Kannan and Priscilla Jebaraj

CHENNAI: According to a government order, a school has no business to turn any student away. But whether integration into the mainstream, especially of disabled students, is smooth and beneficial for the student is still a matter of debate.

Manmohan Singh By the time you read this, some of the jostling for the key positions in the Cabinet will be over. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will be ready to begin its second innings. And everyone will be keenly watching if Manmohan Singh unveils any big bang steps to

New Delhi: Industry chambers Ficci and the CII both announced their respective 100-day agendas for the new government. Expressing satisfaction with the new government, Ficci

New Delhi: With Arjun Singh

In a bid to learn from the Chinese agricultural practices, the Karnataka Government has decided to send a team of farmers to China, who will study the main cropping patterns there. The Government has also allocated a budget of Rs 7 crore that would be spent on sending farmers

The second batch of farmers from the state will leave for China on June 10 for studying farming methods, cultivation of crops, marketing of produce among others in the land of the orient.

As New York City officials prepared to reopen 20 public schools shut down because of the swine flu, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg warned on Monday that further closings would not slow the march of the virus.