Mangaluru, Jun 11: City police on Thursday filed a 700-page chargesheet in connection with the arrest of Aditya Rao, 36, accused of planting an IED at Mangaluru International Airport on January 20.
The chargesheet said the bag placed near MIA entrance had a real bomb, as per the FSL report. The IED in the tin box was made of sulphur, ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate and charcoal.
Rao, an engineer, who learnt bomb-making through online videos, had also placed a timer along with it and sharp objects such as nails and metals. However, he had not fixed wires to trigger a blast. “His intention was not to cause a blast but only to create a scare,” said sources.
The bomb was made in less than two weeks. However, it had taken Rao several days to procure raw materials. Police had completed the chargesheet process in April.
Mysuru, Jan 2: Mysuru-based Karnataka State Open University is gearing up to offer courses online from this year onwards and a proposal in this connection will be placed before the University Grants Commission (UGC) this month, after approval from the board of management.
As of now, the university offers 31 courses, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and diploma programmes.
Vice-chancellor Vidyashankar S Said that the university will submit its proposal to the UGC soon.
“This is being done to make learning convenient and help students study their courses of choices from the comfort of their homes.”
After launching online admissions for courses, this is another step to go paperless and towards an e-campus, the V-C explained.
The university has also proposed to launch 12 new courses for 2020-21.
A proposal in this regard will be placed before the board for approval on Thursday and the same will be submitted to the UGC for its nod.
Prof. Vidyashankar said the these courses will be in addition to the 31 already available.
The new courses include LLM, MA in Education, BBA, BSc, BCA, diploma in Information Technology, postgraduate diploma in Information Technology, BSc in Information Technology, MSc in Information Technology, MSc in Botany, PG diploma in Banking and Insurance, MSc in Zoology, MA in Telugu, Executive MBA, and MSc in Food Sciences and Nutrition.
The new courses had been proposed based on students’ feedback and the trend.
The V-C said the admissions for the January cycle have begun and over 380 students had so far taken admissions online.
“We are hoping for good admissions this cycle and are expecting around 12,000 admissions,” he replied.
Mangaluru, May 9: An Indian expatriate worker from Karnataka’s coastal district of Dakshina Kannada died of in Dubai after he suffered a cardiac arrest.
The deceased has been identified as Yashwant, 37, hailing from Malali Kajila House in Tenkulipady village, on the outskirts of Mangaluru.
He was working as an air-conditioner mechanic in Dubai for the last two years.
As per sources, he suffered a heart attack. However, the exact cause of this death is yet to be known.
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