Members of the Udupi unit of the Campus Front of India staged a
demonstration in front of the Udupi Deputy Commissioner’s office on January 26,
Wednesday demanding concession in fees to poor students in accordance to the income
of their families.
The Udupi District All College Students’ Union observed an all college bundh
in the district on January 12, Wednesday in support of its demand to have a Mangalore
University sub-centre in Udupi district.
The St Aloysius Autonomous College in Mangalore has taken undue
pride in introducing in the college curriculum, the Booker award winning ‘ White Tiger’
authored by Mangalorean Aravind Adiga who also happens to be an alumnus of the
institution. The book has been selected as a text book for first semester BA course in the
college.
Eight students were injured in a clash between two student groups at
the University College premises in Mangalore on August 10, Tuesday. The clash broke
out between students affiliated to the ABVP and the PFI over the issue of lecturer and
thinker Pattabhirama Somayaji participating in a function organized by the Popular Front
of India.
The Department of Public Education has come under fire for organizing sports meets for students in the midst of monsoons. Recently, a Padubidri level inter-school volley ball tournament had been organised at the government school near Nandikur
The Udupi District unit of the Campus Front of India staged a demonstration
near the Clock Tower near the service bus stand in the town on July 17 Saturday,
demanding action against the principal of the Udupi Government Women’s Pre-
University College who, it said was indulging in widespread irregularities in the college.
The agitators also demanded action against the Deputy Director of the Pre-University
Education Department in the district for abetting with the irregularities.
The Udupi unit of the Karnataka Dalita Sangharsha Samithi (Prof. Krishnappa) has submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister through the Udupi Deputy Commissioner, demanding action against the Udupi Government Women’s Pre-University College Principal who is facing charges of unauthorisedly collecting donation from the students.
The State High Court has directed the Mangalore University to grant degree certificates to the post-graduate degree students who studied at the St Aloysius College during the year 2007-2008.
The Mangalore University has recommended to the state government to initiate legal action against Stephen Quadras, Lecturer in Carstreet First Grade College, who is facing the charges of granting marks to students who did not appear for the 2008 LLB exams.
A shocking news that the answer sheets of as many as 900 SSLC students are missing, has come in of late, thereby proving a great shock to the hundreds of students who have applied for revaluation or for photocopies of their answer sheets.