K'taka HC issues notice to govt as villagers in Tumakuru challenge shift of PU College
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Karnataka Government and the Department for Public Instructions, after hearing a PIL against the shifting of the pre-university college in Kanakuppe village of Tumakuru district to Hebbur.
CS Yathish and five other residents of Kanakuppe challenged the government order dated March 21, 2023 to move the college from Kanakuppe since the number of students had dipped, saying that the decision puts the local children’s interest at stake.
Also, the 60 students of the college would face problems as the college was being shifted to a place with poor connectivity, the petitioners said.
The case will be taken up next on May 18.
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Vadodara varsity staffer held for stalking, intimidating student
Vadodara, Jan 12: An associate professor of a university in Gujarat's Vadodara has been arrested for allegedly stalking and intimidating a woman student, police said on Sunday.
Mohammed Azhar Dheriwala, an associate professor of Hindi at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU), allegedly harassed the student and threatened to end her career, an official from Sayajigunj police station said.
Dheriwala, who has been associated with MSU for 23 years, was arrested on Saturday night.
Police inspector Z N Dhasura said the accused was earlier suspended based on the recommendation of the University's internal complaints committee (ICC) of the women's grievance redressal cell (WGRC) after another student accused him of sexual harassment.
The complainant, a second-year Master of Arts student, has alleged that Dheriwala approached her on the afternoon of January 4 and asked her to accompany him to his house.
When she refused, he allegedly threatened to end her career and even followed her to her residence, she stated in her complaint.
Dhasura said a case was registered under sections 78 (stalking), 352 (intentionally insulting someone to provoke a breach of peace) and 351 (2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).
