210 students in Udupi skip SSLC examination on first day; officials say nothing to do with Hijab row
Udupi: As many as 210 students in the Udupi district were reported absent on the first day of the SSLC examination which commenced on Monday. The examinations were held at 58 centres in the Udupi district.
According to the official data, 117 students at regular centres and 93 at private centres remained absent during the exam on Monday.
A senior government official confirmed to the reporters that despite confusion pertaining to the Hijab issue and the government orders regarding the rules and regulations, the students were unable to appear for the exam due to personal reasons and not due to the Hijab controversy.
He further added that a majority of the students who did not appear for the exams on Monday were those who had returned home to other parts of the state owing to the COVID Pandemic. “As we were not considering the attendance of the students this year, we did not leave out their name from the list,” he said.
In the 5 zones of the district, he said, “Including 13,666 fresher and 9 repeaters a total of 13675 students have registered for the exam, out of which 13550 fresher and 8 repeaters appeared for today’s exam. Thus, 117 candidates were absent including 116 fresher and a repeater.”
Reports said that no candidate wrote their exam from the COVID Care Centre today. However, in the special rooms arranged for the affected persons in respective examination centres, about 12 candidates were reported to have written their exams considering safety.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
