DU urges teachers to end strike for students' sake
New Delhi, June 8: The Delhi University on Friday urged the striking teachers to come back to work and start evaluating exam sheets in interest of the students.
In a meeting conducted on Friday, several deans and college principals expressed "serious concern" at the strike, fearing that this may lead to delay in declaration of results of thousands of under-graduate students.
"... it is appealed to all teachers concerned, in the larger interest of the career of students, to immediately join the process of evaluation work at their respective evaluation centres and evaluate answer-scripts," the varsity said in a statement.
Hundreds of Delhi University teachers are on strike since last month to demand that ad hoc teachers be made permanent and colleges not be not allowed to go 'autonomous' - as offered under a scheme by the Human Resource Development Ministry.
Teachers are opposing autonomy, saying that this will provide a pretext to increase fees and make higher education out of bounds for poor students.
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
