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Mangaluru: As many as 730 honorary teachers have been appointed to nearly 700 government schools across the state under the Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project’s (SKDRDP) Jnanadeepa programme, said SKDRDP executive director L h manjunath. tnn

The Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) has revived 394 lakes under the ‘Nammooru Namma Kere’ initiative across the state. Apart from this, under the Kere Sanjeevini programme of the state government, as many as 65 lakes have been rejuvenated.

Dharmasthala-based NGO Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) has been awarded the prestigious Microfinance India Award 2010 by Hongkong-based HSBC Bank and Access Development Services.

With incumbent president M P Prakash expressing inability to function effectively, JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda has decided to don the mantle on Manjunath.

A 39-year-old cab driver, distressed after his wife filed for divorce, committed suicide by setting himself on fire outside her house in Bengaluru. He died on the spot. The man's mother lodged a complaint suspecting foul play involving the wife and her family.

The cost of a Covid-19 test in Karnataka, regardless of the mode, is likely to come down with the government initiating the process to revise prices. Officials say the cost of a test could be slashed by up to 30%.

The mangaluru sri kshetra dharmasthala rural development project skdrdp is planning to clean the surroundings of 16239 religious centers across the state ahead of the makara sankranthi. The cleanliness drive will be held from january 7 to january 13, and an idea that was conceived by dharmasthala dharmadhikari d veerendra heggade said projects’ executive director l h manjunath. The activity involves cleaning the surroundings of places of worship and removing vegetation and other unwanted material around it. The focus will also be on cleaning the interiors of temples masjids churches and basadis’ and cleaning water sources surrounding these places besides cleaning water sources of plastic clothes and other wastes. The public will be encouraged to use cloth bags instead of plastic ones.

IOC handed over a cheque of Rs 26 lakh to the family members of Manjunath, its employee who was killed by oil mafia in UP.

A Bengaluru police sub-inspector has been suspended for allegedly assaulting his mother and sisters during an altercation regarding his affair. The victim, while in hospital, lodged a complaint leading to the sub-inspector and his associates being booked under relevant sections for causing harm and intimidation.

Police arrested one person for allegedly attacking the deputy conservator of forest (DFO) of Honnavar on Thursday.

B h manjunath and former minister M Shivanna (Kote Shivanna) took charge as president of the BJP Mysuru city unit and the district unit respectively on Sunday.