The Udupi district unit of the Campus Front of India staged a demonstration in front of the Gandhi statue near the service bus stand in the town on July 24, Tuesday, condemning what it said the false complaint lodged by the principal and management of the Ramakunjeshwara Degree College of Puttur against the CFI State President and some innocent students.
Students of the Puttur Government First Grade College at Jidakallu, have to either trek a distance of over 5 kms to reach the college, or else spend as much as Rs 8 to reach the college by autorickshaw. The reason, the college has been shifted to the new building at Jidakallu here, which is nearly five kms away from Puttur town.
Students of the Government First Grade College in the town have complained that the college authorities were collecting an additional Rs 1000 from them as donation.
Students of Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty College of Shirva boycotted classes and staged a protest in the town on Saturday opposing the creation of a new post of administrative officer in the college, which they alleged was done merely to sideline the principal of the institution who was discharging his duty sincerely but has resigned some time back for unknown reasons.
Students of the Kaup Government First Grade College boycotted class and staged a protest on March 22, Thursday in protest against the suspension of eight students on the charges of indiscipline by the College principal.
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