NEET cutoff ranks rise for medical seats in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The allotment of medical seats in Karnataka for the 2024-25 academic year has seen a notable increase in cutoff ranks. The NEET cutoff rank for general merit seats at Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute, a top choice for medical students, has risen to 2154, up from 2995 last year.
The last rank to secure a general merit government seat for MBBS this year is 69,117 at Jagadguru Gangadhar Mahaswamigalu Moorusavirmath Medical College, Dharwad, compared to 72,354 in 2023. This rise in cutoff ranks aligns with the higher scoring in NEET 2024, which has sparked several controversies.
The first-round seat allotments, announced by KEA, also show increased cutoffs for private colleges. Kasturba Medical College, Mangaluru, now has a cutoff of 6,463, up from 8,144 last year, while Mysuru Medical College has moved to third place with a cutoff of 7,069. Other notable cutoffs include Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences at 7,166 and ESI Medical College, Mangaluru at 12,263.
The next step for candidates begins today, with the procedure starting on August 31. Students can enter their choices from 11 am on August 31 to 11:59 pm on September 3. All participating institutes have been instructed to treat all weekends and holidays as working days to adhere to the schedule.
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TMC MLA Humayun Kabir apologises for claiming 'coterie' influencing Mamata's decisions
Kolkata (PTI): Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir has apologised to the party's leadership for his recent comment that a "coterie" was influencing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's key decisions.
Kabir, the MLA of Bharatpur in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, expressed his apology on Friday in reply to a show cause notice issued by the party's disciplinary committee.
"Yes, I have sent a reply. I will certainly follow party discipline. But I think being a person from the rural belt, not conversant with the ways of the city, I faced this situation for speaking my mind. However, I had not said anything against my party or its leadership," he told reporters.
"Our CM epitomises the spirit of 'Maa-Mati-Manush' and being a person of the grassroots level, I always stay rooted to the ground. Maybe I should have been more careful about my way of expressing," he said.
A senior member of the TMC's legislative disciplinary committee said the reply to the show cause letter was received, and a decision on it will be communicated soon.
Kabir, however, said some other TMC MPs had on earlier occasions made comments against party colleagues but were not censured.
On Thursday, he met the CM in the assembly's lobby where she had asked him to reply to the show-cause notice first.
On November 26, Kabir had said a coterie within the party was taking certain decisions to cement their position and was influencing the CM's key decisions for their short-term gains.
He had said this a day after the TMC national executive meeting where the party had categorically asked its leaders not to make comments in public against any internal decision and formed disciplinary committees at different levels.
Kabir had earlier advocated for giving more responsibility to TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, reiterating that the Diamond Harbour MP was undoubtedly the number two in the party's hierarchy and those trying to undermine his influence would not succeed.
