Rewriting NEET: HRD Ministry to decide soon on Karnataka's request
Bengaluru, May 6: The HRD Ministry has assured the Karnataka government it would soon decide on their request to allow over 500 students from the state, who missed the NEET exam on Sunday due to a train delay, to write it again, the Chief Ministers office said Monday.
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday held a meeting with Chief Secretary T M Vijaya Bhaskar and Higher Education Department officials on the issue.
The students missed the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) on Sunday as their train reached Bengaluru an hour after the scheduled reporting time and also due to a change in an exam centre, reportedly without any prior information.
"The CM held a meeting with the CS & Higher Edu Dept on the issue of 500+ students unable to take #NEET due to a train delay on Sunday.
The CS, as directed by the CM, requested HRD ministry to let students take the exam again.
The ministry has assured that they will take a decision ASAP," the Chief Minister's Office said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda also wrote to HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar, seeking an early solution to the issue.
"I have spoken to @PrakashJavdekar Ji and also written a letter For Early solution with Regards to #NEET Exam in Karnataka, which is attached," Gowda tweeted.
He said the situation could easily have been averted had the National Testing Authority given wide publicity on the change in exam centre and intimated students well in advance.
"I shall be grateful if you could kindly look into the matter and do the needful to provide one more opportunity to the missing students to write the exam," the letter attached to Gowdas tweet read.
According to reports, over 500 students from various places in North Karnataka districts failed to make it to the exam venue due to a five-hour delay in Hampi Express while the others missed the opportunity due to a change in an exam centre.
After my Personal discussion with Sh @PrakashJavdekar he has agreed to Conduct re exam for the students who missed #NEET Exam. Thanking Sh Prakash Javdekar Ji. https://t.co/4avgqsWhIh
— Chowkidar Sadananda Gowda (@DVSBJP) May 6, 2019
I have spoken to @PrakashJavdekar Ji and also written a letter For Early solution with Regards to #NEET Exam in Karnataka which is attached pic.twitter.com/magm8VROwR
— Chowkidar Sadananda Gowda (@DVSBJP) May 6, 2019
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
