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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Bengal: On way to PM's rally, 3 mowed down by train amid dense fog
Kolkata (PTI): Three persons died and three others were injured after being hit by a train amid dense fog on Saturday, while travelling to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at Taherpur in West Bengal's Nadia district, a senior official said.
The incident occurred between Taherpur and Badkulla railway stations under the Sealdah-Krishnanagar section of Eastern Railway, he said.
Modi, whose helicopter could not land at Taherpur due to dense fog and low visibility, condoled the death of the “BJP workers” in his virtual address from Kolkata airport.
“I have come to know that some BJP workers, while travelling to the rally, lost their lives in a rail accident. My condolences are with the families of those who have lost their loved ones, and I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” Modi said.
The Eastern Railway official told PTI that the incident occurred in the morning when these people, who were travelling by a bus, had stopped the vehicle and walked to the railway tracks to answer nature's call.
"While three persons died on the spot, two others with injuries were admitted to a local hospital," he said.
Another person with minor injuries was released after having been administered first aid, the official said.
The deceased have been identified as Ramprasad Ghosh (74), Shaktipada Sutradhar (55) and Gopinath Das (38).
Meanwhile, Mahua Moitra, Trinamool Congress MP from Krishnanagar constituency in Nadia district, alleged that the BJP ignored the incident and went ahead with the rally.
"Terrible tragedy hushed up at altar of @narendramodi ego. @BJP4India supporters brought from far Murshidabad for PM rally in Ranaghat today," she said in a post on X.
"4 went to answer nature's call and were killed by 31814 down local train near Taherpur. BJP ignored, blacked out & went ahead with rally," Moitra claimed.
Reacting to her remarks, the West Bengal BJP, in a post on X, asserted that the TMC "has always been adept at milking tragedies", and was being "disrespectful to the unfortunate victims of this tragedy".
The TMC alleged that BJP leaders have not shown "neither concern nor compassion" over the mishap.
"The loss of three lives in Taherpur should have united everyone in grief. But @BJP4India leaders showed neither concern nor compassion," it said in another post on X.
"At this painful moment, Smt @MamataOfficial and Shri @abhishekaitc put humanity above party lines and stood beside the families of the deceased," the party said.
TMC’s on-ground leaders promptly reached out to the grieving family members, ensuring them of help and assistance, it said.
"While Delhi’s rulers chase Bengal with arrogance, our leadership chose empathy. This is the difference between politics of power and politics of people!" the TMC added.
