PU exams set to begin on March 1
Preparations in full swing
Bengaluru, Feb 27: The second PU exams are set to start from March 1 across state, in which 6.80 lakh students will take the examination. The PU Education Department, police department and the district administrations have made all preparations and taken all steps to ensure smooth and fair exams.
On the first day, students will write Economics and physics subjects and the examination will eventually end with the English subject on March 18. The hall tickets of all students including regular, repeaters and private students registered for 2018-19 examinations were issued through online portal of the PU Education department.
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy held a meeting with the police and PU department officials and directed them to conduct the exams fairly. Department director has held video conference with the DCs and DDPOs of all districts and directed them to all precautionary measures to check exam malpractice. The students were also given guidelines.
The question papers will be sent to respective exam centers from the District Treasury on the exam day. Exam halls were equipped with CCTV cameras to keep a vigil on students. It was directed to close down all Xerox centers around exam centers.
The entry and exit of students and invigilators would be recorded. Exam centre supervisor, room observers and squad were being deputed at district level. For the assistance of students, help lines would work, according to a senior officer of the department.
GPRS for vehicles
The formation of teams to take question papers from district Treasury to the exam centres was completed. All vehicles carrying question papers were installed GPRS and district level officers will track those vehicles. After reaching the exam centres, the message will be sent. The work of installing GPRS to the vehicles was completed and preparations for the smooth exam process were completed led by respective deputy commissioners, according to PU department Director.
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4 workers die after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad
Dhanbad (Jharkhand) (PTI): At least four workers died after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on Saturday, a police official said.
The incident took place at Moonidih coal washery in the command area of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL).
"Bodies of all four workers were dug out of debris during a rescue operation," Putki police station in-charge Waqar Hussain told PTI.
The incident took place when coal slurry was being loaded into trucks by workers, during which a large chunk of slurry fell and trapped several workers underneath, officials said.
The deceased have been identified as Manik Bauri, Dinesh Bauri, Deepak Bauri, and Hemlal Gope.
Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased and local villagers placed the bodies in front of the washery gate and began a protest.
They demanded compensation, jobs for dependents and action against those responsible for the incident.
Police and administration officials are trying to pacify the protesters, an official said.
