Postponed degree and post-graduation exams of Mangalore University to resume from August 11
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr. KV Rajendra on Thursday issued an order stating that graduation and post-graduation exams of Mangalore University will be resumed from August 11.
Chairing the meeting held at his office about Bachelor’s and Master’s degree examination for the year 2021, he said the exams for bachelor’s and master’s degrees can be held starting August 11.
“Owing to increase in the number of COVID exams in Kerala and looking at the number of students coming from Kerala to attend exams in Mangaluru, the exams were postponed and strict measures were taken to curb the number of commuters from Kerala and Kasargod District into DK,” he said.
“The exams will resume starting August 11” he added.
Students can attend the exam only if it is convenient. Otherwise, examinations be conducted separately for such students, he directed the officials.
Assignments assigned to undergraduate examinations should be delivered online or by post to the relevant colleges, with separate examination rooms for COVID infected and sick students who wish to attend graduate examinations.
29,052 undergraduate students, 5,493 postgraduate students, and 2000 students from Kerala (Graduate Examination) will be sitting for the exam. He instructed all college principals not to impose any penalties on the students ahead of the exams.
“At a meeting of the Mangalore University Chancellor's Office and on the advice of the District Collector, the graduate / postgraduate examinations, which were earlier postponed by the order of the District Collector, are scheduled to be resumed on August 11 with COVID precautions in place. The revised schedule will be communicated through the college's website. A special examination will be conducted for students who are unable to attend the examination due to commuting or COVID-19 reasons,” an official statement from Mangalore University read.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
