Warning to PU students: Use social media cautiously during exams; possession of paper may result in 5-year jail

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January 23, 2018

The Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) is taking all necessary steps to prevent the leakage of question paper and curb the fake question paper mafia that fool students and make money during examination period.

A senior official said that the department will begin to caution students to use social media carefully. It will soon issue a circular asking colleges across the State to conduct parent-teacher meetings to educate them on the consequences of getting involved in paper leakage.

According to the Karnataka Education (Amendment) Act 2017, amended last year, any person involved in buying, selling, or procuring or inducing a person to get the question paper through any means will be penalised. Students possessing the question paper may also land in the soup. The maximum penalty may extend to imprisonment of up to five years or a fine, which may extend to Rs. 5,00,000, or both.

This is for the first time that the rules will be enforced as the amendment came into force midway when the 2017 examinations had commenced.

An official said the purpose of the exercise is to ensure that students are careful.

“Students may get messages on social media, such as WhatsApp, during exam time. We want students to report these matters to their principals, who should in turn, report it to the department so that the authenticity of the papers can be examined. Very often, many of these papers doing the rounds are false ones,” the official added.

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Hari
 - 
Tuesday, 23 Jan 2018

Z+ catagory should arrange for question papers :-P

Danish
 - 
Tuesday, 23 Jan 2018

Whatever be the method, people will find loopholes and leak questions

Ganesh
 - 
Tuesday, 23 Jan 2018

Better to conduct open book exams. 

Kumar
 - 
Tuesday, 23 Jan 2018

Exams should be in online mode

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Agencies
February 7,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7: Making a scathing attack on the Central government, Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Issac on Friday said the BJP-led NDA government was "strangulating" the southern state by denying funds.

Presenting the 2020-21 budget of the Pinarayi Vijayan led-LDF government, he alleged the centre has been "helping" corporates rather that the common man.

"The Centre has been strangulating Kerala by denying funds for the state and has been moving on a self-destructive path by corporate-friendly policies and privatisation. The GST implementation has not been beneficial for the state," he said.

"The government proposes 2.5 lakh water connections in the upcoming financial year. We will also construct one lakh houses under Life Mission," the finance minister said.

The budget has allocated Rs 90 crore for Pravasi Welfare Fund and the government proposes power projects with a capacity of 500 MW.

"The government proposes Kochi development plan with a fund of Rs 6,000 crore. The city will get an unified travel card and Metro project will be extended," Issac said.

The state government has increased all welfare pension funds by Rs 100, allotted Rs 40 crore to paddy farmers and Rs 10 crore for startups in the state.

The local self-governments have been allotted Rs five crore for waste management, Rs 20 crore has been set apart for 1,000 food stalls under hunger-free Kerala, where meals will be made available at Rs 25. 

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News Network
January 4,2020

Puttur, Jan 4: As many as 27 passengers travelling in a private bus escaped with minor injuries after it toppled and fell into a roadside trench at Amai near Perne on Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway last night, police said on Saturday.

Police said that the driver of the Bengaluru-bond bus lost control over the vehicle while traversing through the narrow bridge at Amai.

The bus was damaged in the mishap.

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SAYED HUSAIN
 - 
Sunday, 5 Jan 2020

this is one of the important case that now seen to be increasing these days.  and one of the most problem that is faced and had has to be found a solution is overspeeding by bus driving which have resulted in enomours numbers of accidents with negligence of passengers lifes inside the bus.  passengers safety and lifes are not given value anymore. and another important factor is overspeeding in humps  which have resulted in backbone injuries in high number of passengers

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News Network
June 28,2020

Udupi, Jun 28: The Padubidri police have booked cases against two patients of Novel Coronavirus for not revealing their primary contacts and hiding their travel history.

According to DHO Sudhirchandra Sooda, two siblings from Hejamadi in Padubidri had tested positive for COVID-19 recently. After shifting to the hospital, when the officials asked them about their primary contacts and travel history, the patients furnished false information.

When the officials collected information from various sources, they realised that the duo had travelled to Bantwal, Kasargod, Ullal and other places in Dakshina Kannada, said Dr Sooda. Hence, the district administration decided to file cases against them, he added.

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