Karnataka notifies 50% fee waiver for 'out of favour' streams at govt engineering colleges: Report
Bengaluru: In a recent move to address the declining demand for certain engineering disciplines, a 50% fee waiver has been announced for a few 'out of favour' engineering streams in government colleges. This includes once-popular courses such as mechanical engineering, civil engineering, and others.
Adding the fee waiver decision to the official gazette issued, the higher education department said, if private colleges wish to add their list to the fee waiver, the same can be communicated to the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), as reported by Deccan Herald on Thursday.
According to the gazette, fee reduction applies to streams that have seen a decline in student enrollment over the years, including mechanical, civil, textiles technology, silk technology, and automobile engineering. The 50% fee waiver will take effect from the 2025-26 academic year.
So far, no private engineering college has updated about fee waiver, the report added.
Simultaneously, the higher education department has issued an official order to raise fees for engineering and architecture courses. The fee hike amounts to 7.5% for both government and private quota seats. Specifically, government engineering colleges will see a 5% increase in their fees.
The fee at private colleges is Rs 81,800 for CET seats (type-1 colleges) and Rs 91,000 (type-2 colleges). These figures do not include university registration or processing fees.
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Pune airport runway restored after IAF aircraft snag; ops resume
Pune (PTI): The runway at Pune airport, which was temporarily unavailable due to an incident involving an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft, has now been restored and declared operational, the Air Force said on Saturday.
The authorities at the Pune International Airport had earlier said that around 10.25 pm on Friday, a fighter aircraft experienced an undercarriage failure during landing, causing the runway to be blocked.
As many as 91 flights of airlines, including IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet, Akasa, and Air India Express, were affected due to the incident, they said.
Earlier on Friday night, the Air Force had stated that the runway at Pune airport was temporarily unavailable following an incident involving one of its fighter aircraft. The aircrew are safe, and there is no damage to civil property, it had said.
"The runway at Pune Airport, which was temporarily unavailable due to an incident involving an Indian Air Force aircraft, has now been restored and declared operational. All necessary safety inspections and clearances have been completed. Operations are resuming in a phased manner," it said in a post on X.
Flight operations at Pune airport are being gradually restored. The situation has been brought under control with the highest priority given to the safety of citizens, a Defence PRO said.
