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Medical colleges seek 15% hike in fees

DHNS
June 19, 2018

Bengaluru, Jun 19: Private medical colleges in the state have sought a 15% hike in the annual fee.

The management representatives of private medical colleges met Minister for Medical Education D K Shivakumar on Monday with regard to the fee hike for undergraduate medical and dental courses for the academic year 2018-19.

Representatives of the Karnataka Religious and Linguistic Minority Professional Colleges Association and Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (ComedK) have sought a 15% hike in the fee.

The government-appointed fee regulatory committee chaired by former high court judge Justice Shylendra Kumar, had proposed a hike of eight percent and had written to individual medical and dental colleges in this regard earlier this month.

However, according to an MoU signed between private medical colleges and the state government, an annual fee hike of only 10% is allowed. The MoU is valid for three successive years.

Shivakumar told reporters, “They are demanding a fee hike citing the government’s decision to hike the pay scales of employees by 30%. They are also demanding that the fee be fixed on par with the fee charged at ‘deemed to be’ medical universities. We are examining the legal implications as an agreement has been entered into for a 10% hike for three years.”

Sources said medical colleges representatives may budge for a 10% hike if the negotiation for 15% fails. Colleges, however, are unhappy over the eight percent. The Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation said that they will approach the court citing that the fee-regulatory committee must send the proposal to the government and not fix a fee and send recommendations to colleges.

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Ibrahim
 - 
Tuesday, 19 Jun 2018

How poor students will manage

Kumar
 - 
Tuesday, 19 Jun 2018

Govt should do something. If management increasing fee means student may need to sell their house and land property

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January 31,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 31: Karnataka Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar on Friday announced to sanction 160 acres of land at Kenjar in the Taluk for setting up the Indian Coast Guard Academy.

The land was allotted from the land bank of Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB).

Mr Bhaskar made the announcement at the commissioning of the high-speed interceptor boat C-448 of the Indian Coast Guard at New Mangalore recently.

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June 14,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 14: In a fresh case of vigilante attack, a cattle trader was tied to a buffalo-laden vehicle and thrashed by the miscreants belonging to Bajrang Dal in the city today. 

The victim has been identified as Mohammad Haneef Guddemane (34), a resident of Jokatte village on the outskirts of the city. 

The attack took place in the early morning near Infosys office at Urva, when Haneef was transporting his four buffalos to Kudroli slaughter house. 

The miscreants continued to thrash him until the local police reached spot. Based on the complaint of ‘illegal cattle transportation’ by the Bajrang Dal, the police took the victim to custody and also seized the buffalos. 

The police also took the victim to hospital and subjected him to covid test before producing him before a local judge.

While the Bajrang Dal members lodged complaint of illegal transpiration against the victim, the victim showed all the records of the cattle and lodged a counter complaint against the attackers.

It is learnt that Haneef had purchased 10 cattle from Haveri district and sold six among them. He was transporting remaining four buffalos to Kudroli slaughter house.

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April 14,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 14: Karnataka Labour Department has issued an order instructing public and private establishments not to cut salaries or lay off employees during the lockdown imposed to counter Coronavirus.

In view of Covid-19, there may be incidents where services of employees or workers may be dispensed with on the pretext of the disease or employees may be forced to go on leave without pay, the Ministry of Labour and Employment said.

Legal action will be initiated if any establishment violates this advisory, Labour Department Secretary P Manivannan said in a statement issued here on Tuesday.

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