Row over dress code in more colleges in Karnataka
The Hindu
The institutions declare a holiday even before the State Government announcement comes
The row over dress code impacted three more colleges in the coastal belt on Tuesday forcing them to declare a holiday even before the State Government announced a three-day holiday in this connection.
The colleges declared a holiday to bring the tense situation under control after some students turned up with saffron shawls with saffron peta and hijab.
Hence, the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Pre University and Degree Colleges, both situated on the same premises, in Udupi and the Government First Grade College at Vamadapadavu, Bantwal taluk in Dakshina Kannada, declared a holiday.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.