Mangaluru: Students protest against daily fine for late fee payment at Sri Devi College
Mangaluru: A sudden protest broke out at Sri Devi College in Ballalbagh on Friday after degree students accused the college administration of imposing a fine of Rs 100 per day for delays in paying academic fees.
Students boycotted classes in the morning and gathered on campus to express anger against the management. They claimed that no such penalty clause was mentioned when they were admitted. “Now, the college is forcing us to pay a daily fine of Rs 100 for delayed fee payment and is even charging fines for attendance shortage,” students alleged.
They further said that students arriving after 10 am are not allowed to use the lift. “With classes being held on the sixth floor, we are forced to climb the stairs,” they complained.
The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) extended support to the students’ protest, terming the college’s action as unfair and against educational ethics. The organisations demanded that Mangalore University and the district administration take strict action against the college.
“The management is not only collecting excessive fines but also pressuring students to pay them. In a six-storey building, there’s only one toilet for every three classrooms per floor, used by over a hundred students. By the time they return from using it, the class period ends. The lack of sanitation facilities is also affecting attendance,” alleged SFI district secretary Vinuṣh Ramana and DYFI district secretary Santosh Bajal.
The two organisations warned that if students who protested are harassed or targeted, they will launch a larger agitation against the college management.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
