CET exams postponed to avoid date's collision with LS Polls
Bengaluru: In the wake of Lok Sabha Elections that will be held in two phases in Karnataka on April 18 and 23 respectively. The Common Entrance Test (CET) has been postponed by the authorities to avoid collision of two events.
Earlier, the CET was scheduled on April 23 and 24, colliding with the date of second phase of Lok Sabha Elections.
To avoid the collision which would lead to cause inconvenience to the students to cast their votes, the exams have now been postponed to new dates. The exams will now be conducted on April 29 and 30.
The revised schedule of the exams announced by the authorities is as follows.
Biology exam will be conducted on April 29 between 10:30 to 11.50 am, Maths exams will be conducted on the same afternoon between 2:30 to 3:50pm.
On April 30, Physics exams will be held 10:30 to 11.50 am, while in the afternoon between 2:30 to 3:50pm Chemistry paper will be conducted. Kannada Language paper will exams will be conducted on May 1, according to the revised time-table.
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Double-decker electric bus gutted in fire at Kurla BEST depot
Mumbai (PTI): An empty double-decker electric bus was gutted in a fire during servicing at a BEST depot in Mumbai's Kurla area on Sunday, officials said, adding that nobody was injured.
The blaze broke out inside the Kurla BEST bus depot near Kanakia Building at 4.14 pm, according to preliminary information from the Mumbai Fire Brigade.
The parked bus was unoccupied at the time of the incident.
Fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control. The exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, they said.
No injuries were reported in the incident, officials added.
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has hired 50 electric double-decker buses from Switch Mobility in its fleet of around 2,700 buses.
