Karnataka - Bangalore   

Driving schools to be set up

BANGALORE: The Transport Department has decided to set up four driving schools in different parts of the State for training and recruitment of drivers for the public sector.

Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, Minister for Transport R. Ashok said driving schools would come up at Nelamangala, Hubli, Gulbarga and Hassan. A 50-acre plot had been acquired for a school at Hassan. About 18,000 vacancies of drivers, conductors and mechanics in the road transport corporations are to be filled, and officials have been instructed to complete the process soon.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

NREGS fails to attract labour in Davangere due to low wages
Elephant electrocuted
Polio surgery
Ugrappa demands white paper on curtailment of powers to GPs
Kumaravyasa Bharata hits stands
Syndicate Bank cuts BPLR by 75 bps
‘Let north India wake up to coffee’
Seminar on infiltration
Garment workers on strike
Increase milk price or face consequences: Revanna
Alleged LeT associate denied bail
Metro files application to vacate stay
Driving schools to be set up
Aspire to be leaders, Advani urges people
Countdown begins for the biggest headcount
Vigilance week at HAL
IAS officers transferred
A fun festival for children
When music was hearty company
A tribute to a mentor and colleague
Women engineers reach for the moon
City’s tryst with space exploration
A nice place to touch down
Man drowns in well Crime notes
City Limouzines slams on the brakes
Train fracas resolved; probe ordered into conduct of police
Residents demand measures for smooth flow of traffic
Police solve Manappuram Finance heist
Farmers pressured to cede land
Yeddyurappa congratulates Joshi
In Bangalore Today

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu