Mangalore University approves challenge valuation

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April 6, 2012

muMangalore, April 6: The guidelines for implementing the challenge valuation in the various post graduate courses was approved at the academic council meeting held at Mangalore University on Thursday.

 

Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor Professor T C Shivashankra Murthy chairing the academic council meeting in Mangalore on Thursday.With this a candidate who has appeared for PG examination conducted by Mangalore University may apply through the Institution/Head of the Department for challenge valuation on payment of the prescribed fee, within 20 days after the publication of the result or 10 days from the date of dispatch of the marks cards by the Registrar (Evaluation) to the Institution/HoD, or within seven days from the date of communication of the result of re-totaling whichever is later.

 

Addressing the meeting, Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor Professor T C Shivashankra Murthy said that if there is a difference between marks awarded initially and on Challenge Valuation, the final marks shall be the average of the two awards.

 

In case the difference between the initial award and the final award is more than 10 per cent and is to the advantage of the candidate, then 50 per cent of the fee paid for the challenge valuation shall be refunded to the candidate. Grace marks shall not be taken into consideration for eligibility for refund of the challenge evaluation fee.

 

“Challenge valuation is permitted for all theory papers only. Answer scripts will be evaluated by a suitable external examiner selected from the panel of examiners approved by the Vice-Chancellor. However, such examiners should not have been valuers for that paper during the examination. The answer scripts for Challenge Valuation can also be sent to examiners or other universities, said VC.

 

12th Five Year Plan

 

The UGC had asked the University to submit the 12th Five Year Plan proposal after getting it duly approved by all the statutory bodies of the University.

 

Since the actual allocation of resources for the 12th Five Year Plan is yet to be finalised by the Government of India, the Universities have been requested to develop two parallel scenarios priority-wise, one with a hike of three times and another with a hike of five times of the 11th Five Year Plan allocation to University under both development of merged schemes.

 

Accordingly a committee was formed under the chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor to draft the 12th plan proposals and a document titled “ Inclusive and Qualitative Expansion of Higher Education” is prepared.

 

The proposals are presented in two scenarios and are further classified under Capital Head, General Head and Salary Head.

 

Under scenario I the University has proposed Rs 40.5 crores as the required fund.

 

In scenario II Rs 65.80 crores has been proposed as the required fund.

 

Committee for PG course

 

As a college has requested the University to grant permission to start Post Graduate course in Bharathanatyam and Karnatak Music, a committee was formed to frame guidelines of the course and syllabus under the Presidentiship of Sarsa College of Fine Arts and Science Principal Dr Arati Shetty, said Vice-Chancellor Professor T C Shivashankara Murthy.

 

The regulations governing the choice based credit system (CBCS) for the two years (four semesters) Masters Degree Programmes in Bharathanatyam and Karnatak Music was presented before the academic council.

 

 

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January 8,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 8: The Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, has finally received green signal from the city police to hold an awareness meet against CAA, NRC and NPR on January 15, but on the outskirts of the city.

The Committee, which is a kind of umbrella body of Muslim organisations of the two coastal districts, had twice cancelled its planned protest against the same at Nehru Maidan, in the heart of the city due to permission denial by the city police. 

Addressing a press conference here today, Committee chairman, KS Mohammed Masood said that event will be held at Shaha Garden near Central Juma Masjid at Adyar Kannur.

He said that the representatives from the 28 different organisations unanimously finalised the date and venue after a consultations as the police refused to grant permission to hold the event at Nehru Maidan or Town Hall.

Representatives of various organisations including S M Rasheed Haji, Ibrahim Kodichal, B M Mumtaz Ali, Rafeeuddin Kudroli and Abdul Rasheed Zaini were present at the press meet.

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Abdul Gaffar Bolar
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Thursday, 9 Jan 2020

They giving Permission for RSS Terrorists to make any programs in Nehru Maidan. Why don't for Muslims???

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March 19,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 19: The officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, on March 11 intercepted 2 persons - Syed Mohammed and Shri Ashoka K S - Mangalore Central Railway Station and recovered 5.6 Kgs of gold bars in crude form.

The operation was conducted based on specific information about a network of operators who were bringing smuggled gold in the form of crude bars from Calicut to Mangaluru. The gold was then re-melted and cast into 100 gms bars with foreign markings, using foreign marking moulds, and was then getting distributed to various locations in Karnataka.

Further, one Mr. Manjunath Shet alias Rupesh who was supposed to receive the said gold from the passengers was also apprehended at the parking lot of the railway station.

Simultaneous searches were conducted in three different premises in car street Mangaluru, Udupi, and Shivamogga.

Further, the source of the gold was traced to melters/jewellers in Calicut and swift follow up action was conducted leading to seizures of gold and Rs 82 lakh Cash. Two cars of Toyota Etios model belonging to the syndicate having specially designed cavities for concealment which were used for transporting cash and gold between Calicut and Mangaluru were also seized.

Naveen Chandra Kamath of Udupi, who is the master mind involved in the case was also apprehended. Overall 7 persons were arrested during the entire operation. Further investigation is ongoing in the said case to uncover the other persons involved in the racket. The total seizure was 9.3Kgs of gold, valued at approximately 4 crores, 5.2 kgs of silver along with Rs 84 lakh in cash.

The team constituted of 40 officers from Bengaluru, Mangaluru and Shivamogga took part in the co-ordinated effort.

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April 5,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 5: The COVID-19 related lockdown has substantially improved the air quality of Bengaluru, taking it from satisfactory level to good, a senior state pollution control board offcial said here on Sunday.

"During the course of the lockdown 19 problem, we reached good position from satisfactory.

It is between zero to 50 AQI (Air Quality Index) now. We have good quality air," the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board member secretary Basavaraj Patil told PTI.

He said the indicator for knowing the air quality in

"If the AQI is zero to 50 then it is good. If it is 50 to 100 then it is satisfactory. 101 to 150 is moderate and if it is 151 to 200, then it is poor, he explained.

Patil said as per available recrods, there has been a 60 to 65 per cent reduction in pollution during the lockdown.

The city railway station and Peenya industrial area, which used to be among the areas with highest AQI, has seen pollution levels come down significantly, he said.

Another major contributor of pollution was construction activities, which too had ground to a halt due to the lockdown, resulting in zero dust emission.

Patil opined that the improved air quality would boost the immune system of the people.

"It will improve the immune system of people, including those who have breathing problems like asthma," he said.

He asked the public to learn lessons from the lockdown and later switch to sustainable means of transport such as public transport, walking and cycling,.

"We can still reduce the pollution load even after the lockdown is over," Patil said.

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