Mangaluru: As the medical and paramedical colleges of the state are currently under the administration of Rajiv Gandhi Medical University, preparations are on to open its zonal office in Mangaluru, said UT Khadar, District in-charge minister.
Informing this to presspersons at the City's circuit house, he said that students, staff, and others need to visit Bengaluru for various works related to medical and paramedical colleges, including to open a college. To avoid such problems, the government has initiated to open a zonal office in Mangaluru.
"We are planning to open this near the Mangaluru University. This zonal complex will be opened on the five acres of land near the University if it allots the land. The next syndicate meeting of the Rajiv Gandhi University would be held in Mangaluru," Minister UT Khader hoped.
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Wayanad(Kerala) (PTI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday took part in various official and outreach programmes, including inaugurating a health laboratory, in her Lok Sabha constituency.
Vadra, who is in Kerala on a three-day visit, inaugurated a health laboratory in Malappuram that was set up by the Kalikavu Service Cooperative Bank.
Later in the day, she interacted with potters at Nilambur, held a meeting with the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) state president T P Abdullah Koya Madani at Edavanna and met locals at Wayanad Churam (tunnel) bypass road at Chippilithode.
Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) is an Islamic reformist organisation.
The pottery workers, who presented Vadra with several gifts made by them, told the Congress MP about the difficulties faced by them in their profession.
She assured them that she will work on their issues.
Regarding the Wayanad Churam bypass road, the Congress MP told the people that she has already spoken to the Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari who has constituted a committee for a study to explore what is possible here and what is not.
She said that she will request for expediting the process.
