More than 30 Engineering colleges get zero admissions in state!
Bengaluru, August 21: In the present academic year, more than 30 engineering colleges in the state have got zero admissions into engineering courses under Comed-K entrance test.
The admission process under the government and Comed-K quota for engineering courses for the academic year 2018-19 was closed recently. According to the data from Comed-K, more than 62 per cent seats under Comed-K quota were not filled. This year, total 16,236 engineering seats were available under the Comed-K quota. Of them, 10,175 seats are not filled.
Interestingly, 33 engineering colleges in the state did not get even a single student and each of the 33 other colleges have less than 10 admissions. Only 10 colleges have 80 to 99 per cent seats were filled. In the government quota, out of 64,000 seats, more than 21,000 seats were lying vacant, it is said.
Six engineering colleges which got 100 per cent admissions have shared 1,349 seats and among those six colleges, four are situated in Bengaluru and two in Mysuru.
As per the Comed-K and college managements, the trend of less demand to the engineering courses is not new. Same trend has been continuing for the last eight years.
Comed-K executive secretary Dr S Kumar said that nowadays, students have become more intelligent. They would not fall prey to the advertisements and false assurances. The engineering colleges have to ensure basic infrastructure and quality education, he said.
Civil, Mechanical divisions have less demand
For the last three-four years, computer science division was cornered like civil and mechanical. But this year, compared to previous years, the computer science division has got good number of students. But the civil and mechanical departments have less demand, officers said.
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Lok Sabha confirms imposition of President's rule in Manipur
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New Delhi (PTI): The Lok Sabha early Thursday adopted a Statutory Resolution confirming the imposition of President's rule in Manipur with opposition supporting the decision but slamming the Centre for the situation in the state.
Replying to a short debate, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government has taken all possible steps to bring back normalcy in the restive northeastern state.
He said there has been no violence in Manipur in the last four months, adding that talks were on with both Meitei and Kuki communities for a peaceful solution.
"By and large the situation is peaceful. As long as people are in camps, I would not say the situation is satisfactory. The government is taking all possible steps to restore peace in Manipur," he said.
The home minister said the ethnic violence in Manipur had started following an order of the state's high court.
"The day the order came, we sent the central forces by air. There was no delay on our part (in taking action)," he said.
He said, so far, 260 people have died in the violence that started in May 2023 and 80 per cent of them lost their lives within the first month.
Shah said he did not want to compare the violence that had taken place during the tenure of the previous governments but wanted to tell the House about the clashes between the Naga and Kuki communities that took place in the 1990s over five years.
"Sporadic violence continued for a decade where 750 people lost their lives. There were Kuki-Paite clashes in 1997-98 when 352 people were killed. In the Meitei-Pangal clashes in the 1990s, over 100 people died. Neither the then prime minister nor the then home minister visited Manipur," he said.
The home minister said an impression has been given that violence erupted only during the BJP rule, which is not correct.
Earlier, participating in the debate, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said his party supported the resolution but wanted the restoration of peace and stability in the state.
"End insurgency, restore peace and stability, promote dialogue with each other, promote inclusivity," he said.
Sayani Ghosh of the Trinamool Congress said her party too supports the resolution but favours early restoration of peace.
DMK's K Kanimozhi said "divisive" politics should come to an end in Manipur.
"We want normalcy to return, peace and harmony should be restored. We also want the formation of an elected government," she said.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant expressed concern over the prevailing situation in Manipur and said peace must be restored.
NCP (SCP) member Supriya Sule said the President's Rule is not good for democracy and sought "strong intervention" of the home minister in bringing back normalcy.
The resolution 'Consideration on the Proclamation issued by the President on the 13th February 2025 under article 356 (1) of the Constitution in relation to the State of Manipur’ was adopted by the House by a voice vote.
The violence started after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised against the high court order.
There have been many efforts from the central government to bring the warring communities to the negotiating table.
