Bengaluru, September 3: The Public Instruction Department has announced the state level best teachers awards for 2018-19 for 31 teachers. The department has announced the best teachers award to 20 teachers from the primary schools, 10 teachers from high school section and one teacher for special award from the high school section.

Primary school section

Ramesh M (Assistant teacher, Pura Lakkur Complex, Malur taluk), Priscilla Shanta Kumar (Asst Teacher, Purnapura, Bengaluru North), Hullappa S Vanakihala (Asst Teacher, Echanala Tanda, Lingasugur), Sathish CN (Asst Teacher, Mullur, Somawarpete), Shankar (Asst Teacher, Mangaluru North), GK Sriramaiah, (Asst Teacher, Uppinahalli, Tiptur), Jairam M Bhat (Asst Teacher, Kadra, Karwar), Baby B (Headmistress, Saralebettu, Udupi), Yamuna P Nayak (Headmistress, Hitlahalli,Yellapura), Santosh Madivalappa (Asst Teacher, Hanamapura, Gokak), Mahalakshmamma (promoted Headmistress, Mahadevanahalli, Arasikere), C Thimmeshappa (Asst Teacher, Gandhi Grama, NR Pura), G Revanna (Promoted head master, Singenahalli, Holalkere), Babu Gangu Chauhan (Asst Teacher, Mudala, Yadagiri), Mallesh D Hariwana (Asst Teacher, Adavi Somapura, Gadag), Neelappa T (Headmaster, Itakala, Sedam taluk), Venkata Reddy Basareddy (Asst Teacher, Immadi, Koppala), Revanappa MR (Asst Teacher, Bhadravati), Y R Bhootali (Asst Teacher, Gundanaparle, Bagalkote), Shantavva H Shivannavar (Asst Teacher, Yaraguppi).

High School section

Soumya Jain (Music teacher, Varuna, Mysuru), S Yaqub (Asst Teacher, Belthangady), PN Prakash Rao (Headmaster, Inna, Karkala), Sivakumar (Asst Teacher, Siddaganga Matha, Tumkur), Chidananda Swamy (PE teacher, Hiriyur taluk), Krishnamurthy L Bhat (Asst Teacher, Ganesh Nagar, Sirsi), KN Manjunath (Asst Teacher, Ponnampete), SS Biradar (PE Teacher, Agrahara Dasarahalli, Bengaluru), BAsavareddy Adiveppa Rangannavar (Asst Teacher, Kondikoppa, Navalgunda), Ranganathappa (Asst Teacher, ID Halli, Madhugiri), B Syed Hussain (Asst Teacher, Kariganur, Hosakote, Ballary).

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy would present the awards at a programme at Vidhana Soudha Banquet Hall tomorrow. Primary Education Minister N Mahesh, Deputy Chief Minister Dr G. Parameshwar, Union Ministers D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Ananth Kumar and Nirmala Sitharaman would be present as chief guests and MLA Roshan Baig would preside over it.

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Kohima (PTI): Nearly 20 per cent of 22,382 electors exercised their franchise in Nagaland's Koridang Assembly bypoll in the first two hours of polling on Thursday, officials said.

The voting that commenced at 7 am across all 30 polling stations has so far been peaceful, they said.

The polling will continue till 4 pm.

Security has been significantly tightened across the constituency following violence on April 5 and 6, in which one person died, and several vehicles were damaged.

The byelection was necessitated by the demise of sitting BJP MLA Imkong L. Imchen in November last year.

A total of 22,382 electors, including 11,071 women, are eligible to decide the fate of six candidates in the fray.

The ruling People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) has fielded BJP nominee Daochier I. Imchen, while the Congress candidate is T. Chalukumba Ao. The National People’s Party (NPP) has nominated I. Abenjang, while the Independent candidates are Imchatoba Imchen, Imtiwapang, and Toshikaba.

Of the 30 polling stations, 13 have been categorised as vulnerable and 17 as critical, prompting deployment of additional security personnel and intensified surveillance measures. Two polling stations have been designated as all-women booths.

Counting of votes is scheduled for May 4.