596 seats vacant after first round of medical counselling
The Hindu
6,043 seats under govt quota allotted
Neya Kavya Chander with 701 marks in NEET is the first candidate under State quota seats to be admitted to Madras Medical College. The second, third and fourth candidates have scored 682 marks.
Among the top 10 candidates, three belong to Open Category while the rest are from BC category. A total of 596 seats remained vacant on Friday at the end of first round of counselling for State quota seats. These seats will be filled in the second phase of counselling.
The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok were engaged in war of words over the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, with the former calling the latter “ignorant and entertaining people”. In response, Mr. Ashok said the Chief Minister “sometimes wakes up from deep slumber to exhibit his arrogance and anger”.
Makineni Jishnu Sai from Guntur secured the first position in the engineering stream while Yellu Srishant Reddy from Nizampet in Telangana bagged the first place in the Agriculture and Pharmacy (Bi.P.C. stream) in the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET)-2024.