Maharashtra: Week after CM letter to PM on cancellation of final year exams, councils undecided
(WorldNews India)

More than a week after Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 25 requesting him to instruct apex councils governing different professional courses in state colleges to endorse Maharashtra`s decision to cancel all final year examinations, the apex authorities are still undecided on the matter. A few deemed universities, including Pune-based Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics and Mumbai`s Institute of Chemical Technology, which do not fall under the state government, meanwhile, have begun conducting exams for final-year students. These institutions have cited non-violation of norms. The state Higher and Technical Education department on June 19...