Quality education, skills important factors in empowering youth: Karnataka Minister Ashwath Narayan
Virtual launching of International Migration Regional Centre in Mangaluru held
Mangaluru: Karnataka Minister for Higher Education, IT&BT, and Skill Development CN Ashwath Narayan on Thursday said quality education and skills are the most important factors in empowering the youth.
He was speaking at the job fair organised by DK District Administration where he also virtually launch Migration Regional Centre under International Migration Centre, Karnataka.
“Today we compete against a world where education and necessary skills are essential,” he said at the event that was organised in collaboration with Karnataka Skill Development Corporation and the Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, and Livelihood.
He further added that additional training sessions will be organised for those who did not qualify to participate in this session.
Speaking about the benefits of job fairs, he noted the initiative named “Skill Hub” at Ramnagar, which aims to provide training and soft skills for the thousands of unemployed youth.
He also virtually inaugurated the English Language Lab to impart working knowledge on the English language, for as many as 300 unemployed youths in 3 months’ duration.
Further, Mangaluru North MLA Dr. Bharath Y Shetty spoke about the need for establishing a tech park in Mangaluru.
Dakshina Kannada MP, Nalin Kumar Kateel, Mangaluru South MLA, Vedavyasa Kamath, Mayor, Premananda Shetty, Deputy Mayor, Sumangala Rao, Head of AJ Group of Institutes, AJ Shetty, KEONICS head Harikrishna Bantwal, Santhosh Kumar Rai Boliyar, Raveendra Shetty, Nithin Kumar, Ashwin Gowda, Sanjeev Gupta, Sandeep Maini, Rohit Bhat, Sudhakar Gudipati and others were present.
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Ranchi: Temple guard bludgeoned to death during robbery attempt, 3 held
Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.
"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.
"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.
Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.
An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.
