Heavy rain: Schools, Colleges to remain closed for Saturday in Udupi and Uttara Kannada Districts
Udupi/Karwar: Udupi Deputy Commissioner, G Jagadeesh on Friday evening declared holidays to all colleges and schools in the District for Saturday October 26 owing to heavy rain that is expected to continue on Friday due to which the three coastal Districts of Karnataka have been put on red-alert by the authorities.
Earlier on Friday Jagadeesh had declared holidays to all colleges and schools in the District for Friday. With the latest order Saturday is set to be the second consecutive day in the District when all educational institutions have been asked to declare holiday.
Similarly, Uttara Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Harish Kumar also declared holidays all schools, colleges and anganwadis across five Coastal Taluks of the District (Karwar, Ankola, Kumta, Honnavar and Bhatkal) on Saturday.
DDPI of Uttara Kannada has also issued notices to all the BEOs of the District to postpone the exams that were scheduled for Saturday.
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Israeli cable provider halts Al Jazeera broadcasts, citing government ban
Jerusalem, May 5: Israel's main cable provider has halted broadcasts of the Al Jazeera news station, citing a ban on the channel approved Sunday by the government.
The “Hot” cable provider on Sunday afternoon turned off Al Jazeera's broadcasts in both English and Arabic.
“In accordance with the government decision, broadcaster Al-Jazeera has stopped in Israel,” it said in a message on screen.
In Israel, the channel's websites in Arabic and English remained operational, and the station could still be watched live on YouTube in both languages.
