School, Colleges to resume in Karnataka from August 23: CM Basavaraj Bommai
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday announced that the schools and colleges in the state will resume from August 23.
The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by the CM in the state’s capital. In the first phase class 9th, 10th, and PUC I and PUC II classes will resume across the state.
The decision on resuming classes for primary school students and class 8th students will be taken after a review of COVID situation by August-end, the CM said.
The classes for students will be held on alternate days.
The CM also directed the school and college management to undertake all the COVID-19 precautionary measures and to follow guidelines set by the government.
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Eight fruit vendors killed, ten injured as truck falls into 50-metre deep valley in Yellapura
Yellapura (PTI): At least eight persons were killed and 10 others sustained injuries when the truck in which they were travelling fell into a 50-metre-deep valley near here in the wee hours of Wednesday, a police officer said.
The victims, all fruit vendors, started from Savanur and were heading towards the Yellapura fair to sell fruits. They were traveling on the Savanur - Hubballi road when the accident occurred in a forested section, the Uttara Kannada Superintendent of Police M Narayana said.
"Around 5:30 am, the truck driver in a bid to give side to another vehicle went to the extreme left and fell into an about 50 metre deep valley," Narayana told PTI.
He added that there was no protection wall in the road in the valley.
"Eight persons were killed on the spot and two got critical injuries. The injured have been shifted to the KIMS Hospital in Hubballi," the officer said.
