Chennai Apr 18 PTI The Madras High Court on Monday stayed the operation of the notices of the University of Madras which demanded payment of continuation of affiliation fee in respect of the courses offered by the autonomous colleges in Chennai Justice Anita Sumanth granted the injunction while admitting a batch of writ petitions from Loyola College Madras Christian College Womens Christian College New College and Stella Maris College challenging the notices issued in March this year Petitioners contended that the University has arbitrarily fixed the fee without considering any of the parameters to be followed in such cases It suffered from non-application of mind If the University collected the bulk and hefty fee it would result in heavy revenue loss and financial deficit and would cripple the functioning of the colleges Hence it should be quashed in the interest of the educational institutions as well as the students Moreover it would affect the fundamental right of the petitioners to establish and run educational institutions under Article 301 of the Constitution they added PTI CORR SA SA
New Delhi Dec 31 PTI V S Pathania took charge as the Director General of the Indian Coast Guard ICG on Friday an official statement saidPathania replaced K Natarajan who served as the Chief of the ICG from July 1 2019 to December 31 2021Pathania is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College Wellington and National Defence College New Delhi the ICGs statement saidHe is a qualified helicopter pilot and holds a Masters Degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from the University of Madras it mentionedHe has also undergone specialisation in search and rescue and port operations with the US Coast Guard it statedPathania was elevated to the rank of additional director general in November 2019 and took over the reins as Coast Guard Commander Eastern Seaboard at Visakhapatnam it mentionedThe period under his apex watch on eastern seafront saw surge in major operations that included apprehension of gold and tons of drugsnarcotic substance worth thousands of crores pollution response operations joint exercises with foreign coast guard anti-poaching operations mass rescue operations and humanitarian assistance during cyclonesnatural calamities and strengthened coastal security it noted PTI DSP ANB ANB
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