Education still a male bastion Today is International Literacy Day. Karnataka, that has a global showpiece like Bangalore, has Raichur and Gulbarga districts with poor literacy rates as a paradox. The government has initiated several steps to achieve 100 per cent literacy in the State but the target seems to be far away. VIJESH KAMATH and
G MANJUSAINATH do a reality check on the status of literacy in Karnataka.
Literacy mission: The Raichur experience Karnataka that boasts of being the knowledge state for having Indias premier educational institutes has Raichur district on the flip-side. The 2001 census revealed that Raichur has maximum number of illiterates as the literacy rate there is merely 48 per cent...
BMTC going public The BMTC has contemplated going in for an Initial Public Offering (IPO), thus becoming the first public transport undertaking in the country to do so...
Less pay keeps space More students should be involved in space research and the government must enhance the remuneration of researchers to make research work attractive.
HIGH COURT
Daughter-in-law a trespasser, says in-law The High Court on Friday directed Ilkal police to trace the allegedly missing husband of a young woman whose father-in-law has sought her eviction from his house, terming her a trespasser.
Children enjoy the last show of magic by Prof Shankar and his Junior at the Town Hall, organised exclusively for DHiE students, in Bangalore on Friday. DH photo
The power game in Karnataka is headed for a climax. In October, the credibility of JD(S) will be put to test when it has to hand over power to BJP. Will the JD(S) do so? If yes, will B S Yediyurappa become the chief minister?
Deccan Herald invited readers to send in their predictions. Many argued that JD(S) would hand over the baton to BJP, but it would still be advantageous to JD(S) in the new dispensation.
Others were sure that BJP won’t gain power but will win public sympathy.
