Mangaluru: Congress releases party manifesto for MCC election
Mangaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC President Dinesh Gundurao along with other local Congress leaders released the party’s manifesto for the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) Election that is scheduled to be held on November 14.
Siddaramaiah while speaking during the event added that the allegation being made by the BJP that Congress had not initiated any developmental work in Mangaluru during its regime, were false and noted that the saffron party was known for speaking such lies every time.
The party’s manifesto has nine promises that Siddaramaiah added will all be fulfilled if Congress is voted to power. He however added that he was confident that the party will swipe the elections of MCC.
Among the promises made in manifesto providing water facilities, drainage under ADB Project and construction of roads and footpaths has been prioritized followed by construction of underpass and railway crossing, vehicle parking facilities, construction of circles and bus stand.
Scientific disposal of waste also finds a place in the party’s manifesto which also promises new measures for improving healthcare system in the city.
The manifesto also promises improving tourism in the city while also upgrading the local markets. Among others promises are Development of port and upgrading of fisheries department, E-governance and administrative changes and housing facilities.
MLA UT Khader, former MLAs J R Lobo, Mohiuddin Bava and Ramanath Rai along with MLC Ivan D’Souza and Harish Kumar were present during the event.
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Student found dead in hostel room in IIT Kharagpur
Kolkata (PTI): A 22-year-old M Tech student was found dead in his hostel room in the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, the second such incident reported on the campus within a span of 10 days.
The student, identified as Soham Haldar, was found hanging from the ceiling of his hostel room on Tuesday and he was immediately taken to the institute hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, an IIT Kharagpur official said.
Haldar, a dual-degree student in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, was a boarder of the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Hall of Residence on the campus.
Police from the Kharagpur Town police station have initiated a probe into the incident as preliminary findings indicated that it could be a case of suicide, though the exact cause of death will be ascertained following the post-mortem examination, the official said.
In a statement, the institute expressed deep grief over the student's death and said a detailed inquiry has been initiated.
The authorities have informed the family and are extending all possible assistance to them, it added.
Director Suman Chakraborty told PTI that the institute will strengthen the mechanism to identify stressed-out and depressed students and take follow-up steps to address their issues.
The grief-stricken parents of the student, who hailed from Barasat in North 24 Parganas district, have come to the campus and the authorities will speak to them, he said.
"Haldar's friends, faculty and staffers also could not gauge any stress or anxiety in him. But we need to enable students suffering from anxiety and extreme stress to open up their minds and do everything needed to prevent such incidents," he said.
Investigators are also scrutinising CCTV footage from the hostel premises to piece together the sequence of events leading to the incident.
The incident comes close on the heels of another student's death reported on April 18, when 21-year-old Jaibir Singh Dodia, a third-year Mechanical Engineering student from Ahmedabad, allegedly died after jumping from the eighth floor of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hall of Residence. That case is also under investigation.
The back-to-back incidents have once again brought the issue of mental health and student support systems at the institute into focus, especially in view of several such cases reported last year.
