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BHU’s Chief Proctor resigns over campus violence

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Lucknow, Sep 27 (IANS) BHU’s Chief Proctor O.N. Singh has resigned, taking moral responsibility for the violence inside the campus on Saturday.

Banaras Hindu University spokesperson Rajesh Singh said that Vice Chancellor G.C. Tripathi has accepted Singh’s resignation which he tendered late on Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, Tripathi has rubbished reports suggesting that he had been summoned by the Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Ministry over to the campus violence when police used force to disperse students protesting molestation of a student on Saturday.

He said he had gone to Delhi on Tuesday to attend the varsity’s executive council meeting and returned. The Vice Chancellor claimed that some people were spreading false information stating that the HRD Ministry had summoned him.

“Talks are held with the HRD Ministry on some or the other matter on a daily basis. I had a telephonic conversation with Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar even today and briefed him about the violence on the BHU campus. I also told him that the Judicial Commission will probe the matter,” he said.

Tripathi said the HRD Minister also offered him suggestions on how to tackle the situation in the aftermath of the violence.

The Vice Chancellor added that all facts will come out after the probe by the Judicial Committee into the campus violence.

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As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon

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Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.

Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.

CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS

The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.

COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION

He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.

The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.

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