Kasargod: The dead body of a student who drowned while swimming along with his classmates in Chandragiri river on Monday was recovered on Tuesday morning.

Mangaluru: Nearly eight months after all the educational institutions halted their operations owing to the COVID-19 lockdown in the country, various degree colleges in Dakshina Kannada resumed offline classes in the campuses. The move to resume colleges comes on the back of guidelines issued by the state government that allowed degree colleges to resume offline classes from November 17.

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday ordered the formation of a corporation for all-round development of the politically-influential Veerashaiva Lingayat community in the state.

Amid a spurt in coronavirus cases in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday sought power from the Centre to impose lockdown in those markets which may emerge as COVID-19 hotspots, and decided to withdraw an order allowing 200 guests to attend wedding functions.

Two commercial Lorries transporting oversized machinery to MRPL became stranded near the Padil overpass on Tuesday, leading to a traffic jam that hindered the movement of other vehicles in the area. 

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the CBSE and the Delhi government to waive examination fees for students of classes 10 and 12 in the current academic year in view of COVID-19 and financial problems being faced by some parents.

Indian students contributed USD 7.6 billion to the US economy in the academic year 2019-20, even though there was a 4.4 per cent drop in the total number of Indian students, according to a report.