Bengaluru: 547 state-run PU colleges don't have principal
Bengaluru: The results of government PU colleges in the state are extremely miserable. One of the many reasons for this is that, of the 1,229 government PU colleges, 547 of them don't have principals. The revelation has come at a time when the state is already grappling with ‘headless' first-grade degree colleges, a situation that has stayed the same for almost four years now.
According a BangaloreMirror report the PUE department received data from all district deputy directors across the state as on April 30. On May 16, the PU Education department director sent out a notice to all officials in the department and PU colleges, asking them to confirm if this was true.
Lecturers in these PU colleges, meanwhile, say that administration has become a challenge with no one at the helm to take decisions.
A lecturer from a city government PU college said: "For every small thing, we have to consult teachers in the college. There's no one to take decisive action. How long does it take for the department to fill the post?"
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Magisterial probe ordered into Goa nightclub fire; FIR lodged against owner, GM
Panaji (PTI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the fire at a nightclub which claimed 25 lives.
Speaking to PTI, Sawant said an FIR has been lodged against the owner and the general manager of the nightclub and they would be arrested.
The fire broke out at Birch by Romeo Lane after midnight. The popular party venue at Arpora village, located around 25 km from the state capital Panaji, opened last year.
CM Sawant, in a post on X, said, "I am closely reviewing the situation arising from the tragic fire incident at Arpora, in which 25 people have lost their lives and six have been injured."
"All six injured persons are in a stable condition and are receiving the best medical care. I have ordered a magisterial inquiry into the entire incident to identify the cause and fix responsibility," he said.
Speaking to PTI, Sawant said the police have registered an FIR against the owner and the general manager of the nightclub, and they would be arrested.
He said this is the first time that such an incident has happened in Goa.
A preliminary inquiry has indicated that the fire started on the first floor of the club, and due to congestion and small doors, the customers could not move out, the CM said.
"Some of them rushed to the ground floor and got trapped there," he said.
