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Protest against

`official apathy'

PATHANAMTHITTA: The local people of Vazhamuttom East on the banks of the Achenkoil river have condemned the alleged official indifference towards the illegal sand-mining from the river. A meeting of the people held at Vazhamuttom on Monday resolved to launch an agitation against the official negligence towards illegal sand-mining in the locality. The former grama panchayat member Gopalakrishnan Nair presided the meeting. — Staff Reporter

Pamban award presented

KANNUR: The Pamban Madhavan Award, instituted by the Kannur Press Club, was presented to V.S. Rajesh, chief sub-editor, Kerala Kaumudi, at a function here on Tuesday. The award was presented by short-story writer T. Padmanabhan. Press Club president P.P. Saseendran presided over the function. Secretary K.C. Rajagopal was also present. — Staff Reporter

KUTC plea to Governor

KANNUR: The Kannur University Teachers' Collective has appealed for the Governor's intervention to rectify `administrative deadlock' in the university. In a representation to the Governor, who is also Chancellor of the university, KUTC general secretary M. Dasan said that despite the statutory requirement that statutory officers of the university be available at the university headquarters round the clock, most of the statutory officers were away from the administrative office on most working days. He said that the newly recruited permanent teaching staff had not been paid their salaries even after three months of their appointment. Dr. Dasan said that the Internet connection on the Thalassery campus, which used to be available for 24 hours to students and the staff, had not been available for the past one week. Although this was reported to the Registrar, no action had been taken. He also said that despite repeated requests, the university had not done anything to rectify the statute violations involved in the appointment of the lecturer in virtual media in the Department of Studies in English. — Staff Reporter

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