'Then Veerappan, now Yeddyurappan'

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July 23, 2011

Mangalore, July 23: “Once there was a Ripper Chandran who killed people ruthlessly, then there was a Veerappan who looted the jungles and now there is Yeddyurappan, the Chief Minister of our state,” said Bantwal MLA and DK district Congress President B Ramanath Rai.

He was addressing a demonstration organised by the Dakshina Kannada district Congress Committee in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner here on Saturday morning to protest the phone tapping of Justice N Santosh Hegde and the leakage of Lokayukta report.

Mr Rai, who held Yeddyurappa led State Government responsible for leakage, demanded that phone tapping incident should be handed over to the CBI for a thorough investigation. He alleged that this was one of the foul tactics of the ruling party to pressurise on the Lokayukta

Criticising the State Government's 'negative approach' towards the Lokayukta, he said the tears on the eyes of Justice Hegde reveal the height of anarchy in the state.

He said that those ministers of UPA government, who had involved in scams were behind the bars, whereas the BJP led Karnataka state government was full of corrupt ministers such as Halappa, Renukacharya and Reddy brothers.

Chief Whip of the Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly and Mulki-Moodbidri MLA Abhayachandra Jain lamented that it is a big shame to have a corrupt man like Yeddyurappa as the Chief Minister of our state. “The illegal activities of the State government have caused great shame to the people of Karnataka,” he added.

Former MLA Vijayakumar Shetty, comparing the BJP led state Government to the Hitler's rule in Germany, questioned the silence of RSS over the unabated corruption of its political arm.

Local leaders of Congress party Ivan D'souza, Mamatha Gatti and members of DK district Congress Committee and Youth congress were among the protesters.

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Karnataka to scrap separate entrance exams for private universities from 2025

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September 20,2024

Starting in the 2025-26 academic year, private universities in Karnataka offering professional courses will no longer conduct separate entrance exams. This decision follows a directive from the state’s Higher Education Department, prompting private universities to form an association and agree to this significant change.

In a recent meeting with Higher Education Minister Dr. M. C. Sudhakar, representatives from 17 private universities confirmed their decision to discontinue individual entrance tests. Of the 27 private universities in the state, 17 offer professional courses, and they have collectively agreed to accept scores from existing national or state-level entrance exams.

“Some universities will consider JEE scores, others will rely on KCET, and a few are inclined towards COMEDK,” Dr. Sudhakar stated, leaving the choice of examination to the universities themselves. However, the department has also suggested that the universities consider a unified entrance test for admissions.

Looking ahead, Dr. Sudhakar hinted that the government may introduce a common entrance test for general degree courses at private universities as well. "As government colleges and universities currently don’t require entrance exams for general degree courses, we haven’t made any decisions on this yet," he explained.

The meeting also addressed concerns over the high fees charged by private universities. To regulate this, the universities were instructed to establish fee fixation committees, headed by retired judges, as required by law. These committees will be responsible for determining tuition fees. Additionally, the government will continue to regulate fees for 40% of seats in professional courses that are filled through KCET.

In an effort to bring greater uniformity among private institutions, the government is considering enacting a common law for all private universities, which would replace the individual acts currently governing each university. This would place all private universities under a single regulatory framework.

This move is expected to streamline the admissions process and create a more standardized system for both professional and general degree programs across Karnataka's private universities.

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