PU college principal ends life; kin allege harassment by upper caste men

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January 22, 2016

Mangaluru, Jan 22: A principal of a pre university college in Kodagu district allegedly committed suicide inside a lodge in Mangalur on Thursday.

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The incident came to light on Thursday evening when the staff of the lodge located in Bijai area forced open the door of the room booked by the 45-year-old Sudesh.

Sudesh, a Dalit, hailing from Talapady in Mangaluru taluk had been working as the principal at Srimathi D Chennamma PU College at Madapura, Somwarpet.

His family members have alleged that harassment by the upper caste men in college management led him to resort to the extreme step.

It is learnt that he had booked the room on Wednesday night. He was supposed to leave the room on Thursday.

When he did not come out of the room till Thursday evening, the staff grew suspicious and peeped into the room only to witness Sudesh lying in an unconscious state.

After the door was broke open, it came to light that he had consumed poison. The police from Urwa station rushed to the spot and shifted the body for post-mortem after a doctor confirmed that he was dead.

Sudesh is survived by his wife, who works as a lecturer at a private institution in Krishnapura, a son and a daughter.

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Goodman
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Saturday, 23 Jan 2016

Identify those hatred mongers.
Public, punish them.

Dalits, Practice the faith where equality is given, practiced and proved.

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July 14,2020

Bengaluru, July 14: Girls outshone boys in the Second Pre-University Board examinations in Karnataka, results of which were announced on Tuesday.

As many as 6.75 lakh students had written the examination of which 4.17 lakh students passed.

Thus, the pass percentage is 61.80 per cent, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar said while announcing the results.

He said 68.73 per cent girls cleared the exam against the boys whose pass percentage was 54.77 per cent.

In terms of urban versus rural, 62.60 per cent students passed in the urban area while 58.99 per cent were from rural areas.

The three districts where the students' performance was excellent were Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu whereas the districts where students fared badly were Chitradurga, Raichur and Vijayapura, the minister said.

Both Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have recorded 90.71 percent results. Kodagu has bagged second position with 81.53 pass percentage. Vijayapura district has recorded lowest pass percentage (54.22)

Combination wise, the pass percentage of students in science stream is 82.57 per cent, Commerce 72.60 per cent and Arts 47.90 per cent, said the Minister.

He also said of those who passed the examination, 72. 45 per cent were from English medium and 47.56 from Kannada medium.

There are 68,866 distinction scorers, 2,21,866 students who got first division and 77,455 students who passed the exam in second division, the minister added.

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According to sources, the ambulance carrying a 70-year-old woman for critical care treatment to Mangalore was blocked at Thalapadi border on Kasaragod-Mangalore National Highway on Friday evening.

A pregnant lady had to deliver in an ambulance recently as the police denied permission to cross over to Mangalore.

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