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The high court directed the joint director of collegiate education to grant approval for the 19 appointments made at Loyola College within three months.
The chief minister said the state is emerging as an educational hub, with MBBS seats rising from a few earlier to 400 now. It currently has one government medical college, one society-run facility and one private institute.
Sachin S Gunthe, faculty coordinator at Sindhu Central University, said the university has already launched MTech in Atmospheric and Climate Science and MA in Public Policy at IIT Madras, and MTech in Energy Technology and Policy at IIT Kanpur.
A UGC panel found serious lapses at KIIT University in handling harassment complaints and student welfare, citing administrative failures and poor hostel conditions as contributing factors in two student suicides earlier this year.
Palanivel Thiaga Rajan said the centre would position Tamil Nadu to compete globally in areas such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, biotechnology, and clean energy.
Calling the recommendation "condemnable," the minister alleged it was part of the Sangh Parivar's bid to saffronise higher education. He said the songs were reportedly dropped after a complaint by governing body members appointed by the chancellor.
Two teachers mentioned in the suicide note, Mahinder and Shairy, were arrested under sections 108, 238, 79, 352, 351 (2) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The Alipore court granted bail to the accused student on a bond of Rs 50,000 and directed the student to deposit his passport and not to leave the state without its permission.
As part of initiative, every institute will have a ‘Shaktishree Empowerment Cell' coordinated by a woman faculty member and a female student.
First-year MD student from Odisha, Raghvendra Sahu, was found lying on the bed of his hostel room, said police.
