Bengaluru: Colleges in Karnataka will go for regular offline classes from January 15 for students of all undergraduate, postgraduate, engineering and diploma classes, Deputy Chief Minister of Higher Education, Dr C N Ashwath Narayan said on Monday.

"The final year offline classes are already underway successfully. The classes of first, second, and third-year students will start from January 15," Narayan told reporters after chairing a meeting with the officials.

The State government has also made up its mind to open the students' hostels.

Along with it, bus services will also resume.

The Deputy Chief Minister emphasised that all the preparations have been made as the standard operating procedure laid out by the Centre to contain the spread of COVID-19.

"There will be COVID screening, sanitizers, the mandatory wearing of face mask and social distancing in place at all the colleges," he added.

Narayan said the government has already decided to hold offline examinations or the conventional way of conducting examinations this year and necessary directions have been given to the colleges and the universities about it.

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Lucknow, Apr 30: Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians by four wickets in the IPL here on Tuesday.

Mumbai Indians posted 144 for 7 with Nehal Wadhera scoring 46. Tim David and Ishan Kishan made 35 not out and 32 respectively.

For LSG, Mohsin Khan took two wickets while Marcus Stoinis, Mayank Yadav, Naveen-ul-Haq and Ravi Bishnoi got one each.

LSG chased down the modest target in 19.2 overs thanks to Marcus Stoinis (62 off 45).

Brief Scores:

Mumbai Indians: 144 for 7 in 20 overs (Nehal Wadhera 46, Tim David 35 not out; Mohsin Khan 2/36).

LSG: 145/6 in 19.2 overs (Marcus Stoinis 62; Hardik Pandya 2/26).