Most students return to schools on reopening day
The Hindu
As the schools reopened for Classes IX to XII after remaining closed for many months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the students in Coimbatore district attended physical classes in their respec
As the schools reopened for Classes IX to XII after remaining closed for many months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the students in Coimbatore district attended physical classes in their respective schools on Wednesday. According to the officials from the Department of School Education, over 600 government, aided and private schools (high and higher secondary) reopened and many schools allowed only Class X and Class XII students on the first day.
Nearly a decade after the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes completed the Socio-economic and Educational Survey (caste census) of families in the State, the Cabinet on Friday accepted the report — running into 50 volumes — which will now be discussed in detail at the special Cabinet meeting on April 17.

Lingayat Panchamasali seer Basava Jaya Mrutynjaya Swami’s open support and call for protest in favour of expelled BJP leader Basanagouda R. Patil Yatnal has not gone down well with the Akhila Bharat Lingayat Panchamsali Samaj Trust, which has resolved to meet in a week to decide its future course of action.

A Cabinet sub-committee has been announced to look into the future of the Bangalore-Mysuru Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project being executed by the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE). The sub-committee, that is yet to be formed, will look into allegations of excess land being acquired, sale of land and other issues, and would explore whether the road project should be continued or not. The report is expected in two to three months.