File photo of Maharashtra’s higher and technical education minister Uday Samant
MUMBAI: University and college campuses in the state can reopen physically for students from February 15, after a 10-month-long break. The state’s higher and technical education minister Uday Samant announced that colleges can start classes with 50% attendance on a rotation basis. Classes and examinations will be conducted both online and offline and attendance will be voluntary, he said. Mumbai University will take a call on the matter soon and issue its circular after deliberating with local authorities, report Sujit Mahamulkar and Yogita Rao.
Samant said universities can come out with their own SOPs, adding the mandatory 75% attendance rule will be relaxed and students will not be debarred from exams.
Some of the candidates who won the gram panchayat elections.
MUMBAI: A revolution is quietly brewing in the patriarchal Marathwada region of Maharashtra, and women such as Sumanbai Nurude (55) are scripting it.
Nurude, who was widowed 30 years ago and sent back to her parents’ village with her two daughters, contested the gram panchayat elections from her Bhaswadi village in Nanded district and, to her surprise, won.
“I was surprised when I was declared winner. It is hard for a single woman to come so far. But now that I have got the opportunity, I will work to raise the issues of women and focus on helping more single women,” said Nurude, adding that her daughters and brother have been her pillars of support.
Single women scripting Maharashtra revolution
Single women scripting Maharashtra revolution
ByBhavika JainBhavika Jain / Updated: Jan 24, 2021, 10:33 IST
Maharashtra, and women such as Sumanbai Nurude (55) are scripting it.
Nurude, who was widowed 30 years ago and sent back to her parents’ village with her two daughters, contested the gram panchayat elections from her Bhaswadi village in Nanded district and, to her surprise, won.
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“I was surprised when I was declared winner. It is hard for a single woman to come so far. But now that I have got the opportunity, I will work to raise the issues of women and focus on helping more single women,” said Nurude, adding that her daughters and brother have been her pillars of support.
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Senior Congress leaderNana Patole said that his party is working to establish the next government in the state on its own.
Differences within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) was out in the open on Friday when of its constituents said that it wants to form government in Maharashtra on its own. Senior Congress leader and Assembly Speaker Nana Patole said that his party is working to establish the next government in the state on its own.
Patole, who is the front runner for the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee post, said that he will accept whatever role the party s leadership gives him and work for bringing the party to the power on its own.