1. KSEAB forms three-member taluk level committees to review SSLC internal marks
The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) has taken steps to constitute three-member committees at the taluk level to review the internal assessment marks given to Class 10 students in all high schools under the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system. The committee will comprise a Head Master of a high school and two teachers from Science and Arts/Language subjects in every taluk.
The internal assessment marks are given based on the total score obtained in four Formative Assessments (FA) and eight activities of the academic year. However, the board has received many complaints about the negligence of teachers in scoring internal assessment. Although maximum marks are given to students in the internal assessment at the school level, the board noticed that students score much lower in the written exam conducted by the KSEAB.
2. Adani Total Gas Limited facing permission issue with KIOCL, Union Minister tells Lok Sabha
There is a delay by Adani Total Gas Limited in connecting its City Gas Station (CGS) at Panambur in Mangaluru with the Kochi-Koottanad-Bengaluru-Mangaluru natural gas trunk pipeline of GAIL owing to long-pending permission issue with Kudremukh Iron Ore Company, according to a reply given in the Lok Sabha by Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi.
Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Kota Srinivas Poojary had questioned the shortage of CNG in Udupi district forcing autorickshaw drivers to wait in long queues in front of CNG pump stations and the steps taken by the government to resolve the issue. The MP wanted to know about the time by which the CNG pipeline issue would be resolved to facilitate direct CNG supply in Udupi district.
3. Two workers charred to death in fire mishap at under construction building in Bengaluru
Two labourers were charred to death while another had a narrow escape after an accidental fire broke out at a multi-storeyed under-construction residential building at Seegehalli on Magadi road in Bengaluru on February 6, 2025.
The trio were doing woodwork for the interiors of the house, when a gas cylinder leak led to the fire, said the police. The Magadi road police visited the spot and are conducting a probe to ascertain the exact cause of the fire.
4. Ballari administration to organise tribal fest in March first week
A State-level tribal festival will be held in Ballari during the first week of March to showcase the rich cultural tradition of tribal communities in Karnataka.
With over 600 cultural activists from tribal communities across the State expected to participate in the event, officials have been directed to make arrangements for their accommodation, food and travel.
