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AMU demands CBI probe into student’s murder

Published: November 2, 2009Posted in: Education, NationalTags:

Aligarh, Nov 2 – Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of a final year B.Sc student and the alleged role of politicians in the case, an official said Monday.

‘We have today (Monday) faxed a letter to the central government, seeking a CBI probe into the murder,’ Mujahid Beg, an AMU professor and member of the varsity’s executive council, told reporters in Aligarh, western Uttar Pradesh, about 300 km from state capital Lucknow.

‘A delegation from AMU will also meet Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal in this regard shortly,’ he added.

In its letter to the central government, the varsity also stressed the need to probe the alleged role of politicians in connection with the murder.

‘Without enjoying the patronage of politicians, students dare not indulge in vandalism and violent protests,’ Beg told IANS.

‘Actually, on the pretext of protesting against the student’s murder, some local politicians and a handful of students have connived for vested interest. Their sole intention is to disrupt the academic atmosphere on campus and malign AMU’s image,’ he added.

AMU was temporarily shut down Friday following protests by students over the murder.

The violent protests by the students started Oct 26 – a day after Shahnawaz Alam, a B.Sc final year student – was shot dead.

Around 600 students blocked the Delhi-Kolkata rail route for hours, demanding that those involved in the murder be handed over to them.

Police believe the murder involved two to three men and have already arrested a suspect.

Judicial probe ordered into Orissa student’s death

Published: October 25, 2009Posted in: Education, NationalTags:

Bhubaneswar, Oct 25 – The Orissa government Sunday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of an engineering student Saturday and the violence that followed in Bolangir district, officials said Sunday.

The incident would be probed by a retired high court judge, the official said.

Meanwhile, another student succumbed to his injuries Sunday after being ‘hit by police’, during a baton-charge Saturday. Sashikant Panda died in Burla Medical College Hospital where he was shifted from Bolangir Saturday after his condition deteriorated.

‘My son was hit by police on the head. He could have been saved had he not been hit on the head,’ said Umakanta Panda, the father of the student.

The state government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs.5 lakh to the next of kin and promised to bear the medical expenses incurred for the treatment of the injured.

The situation remained tense in the Bolangir district Sunday.

The district administration held consultations with political parties to defuse the tension. Security forces also conducted a flag march in the town.

Violence erupted in the town following the death of an engineering student Saturday, after a police vehicle allegedly hit the motorcycle of the student.

Hundreds of students took to the streets and destroyed half a dozen vehicles and ransacked the town police station.

Meanwhile, the driver of the police vehicle has been suspended.

‘We are probing the entire incident. The driver has been suspended. We have ordered a departmental inquiry into the matter,’ said Inspector General of Police Y.B Khurania.

Bolangir is some 400 km from Bhubaneswar.

IIM-Lucknow celebrates silver jubilee

Published: October 25, 2009Posted in: Business, Education, NationalTags:

Lucknow, Oct 25 – Top business leaders gathered at the Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow Sunday to celebrate the silver jubilee of one of the country’s premier business school and asked the students to espouse the corporate social responsibility cause.

‘We have human infrastructure in abundance. Besides earning for our self, we should also think for the betterment of our country and participate in nation building. We should also make efforts to establish a constructive and virtuous political party from which all of us can profit,’ Meera Sanyal, country head of ABN AMRO bank, said.

Founder and CEO of Rediff.com Ajit Balakrishnan said: ‘As far as I can project, the technological infrastructure of the country will soon change it into an emerged economy rather than an emerging economy.’

‘India is providing glorious services to the world in the field of health care, automotive and other fields, and I am sure we are progressing at a good pace to become world leaders in many professional fields.’

Chairman of NASSCOM Pramod Bhasin highlighted on the ‘digital divide’ exsiting in the country.

‘As compared to 250 million broadband users in China, we have only 5 million subscribers. This is causing a digital divide between the rural and the urban population,’ he noted.

‘Another shocking fact – rural India is buying more mobiles than the urban population. Such a gap in the market exists because our decision-makers leave the economy entirely to the market. They think that the market and industry will perform and improve on its own’, Pramod said.

Nagendra S., spokesperson of the media relations committee, said: ‘We, as a part of our 25th year of existence, have organised various programmes and the Samvit 09 – The leaders’ conclave, is a part of it.’

Work begins on Rs.100 crore knowledge park in Orissa

Published: October 25, 2009Posted in: Education, NationalTags:

Bhubaneswar, Oct 25 – Work on a Rs.100 crore Konark Knowledge Park has begun in Orissa with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday laying the foundation stone for the project, officials said.

The park will be developed under public-private partnership between the Orissa government and Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International at Mauja-Andharua on the outskirts of state capital Bhubaneswar.

‘The project aims to boost investments in the areas of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals in the state by providing such industries high class infrastructure,’ a senior official of the state’s science and technology department told IANS.

The state government has allocated 64.86 acres of land where the park is slated to be completed in eight years. The area includes 10 acres where a Biotech Incubation Centre would also be built, the official said.

The state government will provide all external infrastructure facilities, such as four lane roads to the gate, and uninterrupted water supply and power to facilitate rapid development of internal infrastructure.

Over 40 kids fall sick in Ghaziabad

Published: October 25, 2009Posted in: Education, NationalTags:

Ghaziabad, Oct 25 – More than 40 children of Babugarh area here were rushed to a hospital after they complained of suffocation and nausea, an official said Sunday.

The kids were rushed to a government hospital at Hapur Saturday evening, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Mahendra Prasad told IANS.

He said the children fell ill after they ate fruits of a Jatropha plant.

But parents of the children said it was unlikely that all the children consumed the fruits the same day Saturday. The Jatropha trees have been planted near the school premises for years.

The parents blamed the food consumed by children as mid-day meal in their school.

When asked about the mid-day meals served to the students, Prasad said: ‘I am not here to inquire about the mid-day meal and I will not give any instructions to collect the food samples which may have been served to them. All locals are saying that they consumed Jatropha fruits.’

Student’s accidental death triggers violence in Orissa town

Published: October 24, 2009Posted in: Education, NationalTags:

Bhubaneswar, Oct 24 – The death of an engineering student in an accident involving a police vehicle triggered violent protests in Orissa’s Bolangir town Saturday, police said.

Rampaging students of the Sushree Institute of Technical Education torched vehicles after their college mate was hit by a police vehicle.

The angry students also ransacked the town police station. Police baton charged the protestors and fired warning shots to disperse them.

‘The situation is under control,’ said Superintendent of Police P.S. Ranpesh.

St. Stephen issues notice for giving student zero mark

Published: October 23, 2009Posted in: Education, NationalTags:

New Delhi, Oct 23 – The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to Delhi University (DU) and St. Stephens college for giving a zero mark to a student in her internal assessment.

Justice Geeta Mittal issued the notice asking the college why no marks were given to Tanwi Gupta, a first year student of B.A. honours History.

According to Gupta, who is a international tennis player, zero mark in the her internal assessment barred her from taking admission to the second year.

Gupta, in her petition, said that since she was busy practicing tennis she could not attend all the classes, but other classmates ‘were given marks’.

Gupta fell two marks short to qualify for admission to the second year.

The court asked the college to take her entire examination record to the Examination Controller of DU Oct 26 and file a status report by Nov 5, the next date of hearing.

Kerala school asked to shut down due to swine flu

Published: October 23, 2009Posted in: Education, Health, NationalTags:

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 23 – A private school in this Kerala capital was Friday asked to close down by the district administration after 16 students tested positive for swine flu.

Thiruvananthapuram District Collector Sanjay Kaul directed the management of St Thomas School to shut down for a week. The school has more than 5,000 students enrolled in it.

Amar S. Fettle, the state nodal officer for swine flu, said: ‘In the past, there have been instances where schools on their own took the decision to shut down, but this is the first time that the state has come up with such a directive.’

‘Today, (Friday) a dozen people tested positive in the state taking the total number of affected to 900. The thing is that the health department alone cannot control the spread of the virus. People should rise to the occasion and maintain a civic sense,’ Fettle said.

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