Since 2003, the Indian government has taken up over 550 High Impact Community Development Projects in Nepal in various sectors and has completed 488 projects.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s assurance came amid uproarious scenes in the assembly by opposition members, who entered the well of the House, protesting the “inhuman” timings.

Addressing reporters after visiting the St Gerosa English school, former state minister B Ramanath Rai and Vinay Kumar Sorake said an impartial probe should be conducted into the incident that threatens to affect communal harmony.

The parents of a student on Monday lodged a complaint at the Mangaluru South police station seeking action against the teacher who allegedly used derogatory words while speaking about Hindu Gods during a class on ‘work is worship’. BJP MLAs Bharat Y Shetty and Vedavyas Kamath had taken up the issue and demanded stringent action against the teacher or else face protests.

The Zilla Parishad-run primary school at Fazalwadi village in Phulambri tehsil of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has been grappling with this issue of lack of electricity supply, school officials said.