Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Karnataka Higher Education Minister V S Acharya died in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Acharya, 71, collapsed after having a heart attack, while attending a function. He was rushed to a private hospital, where he was declared dead. He had not been keeping well for some time. Acharya is survived by his wife, four sons and a daughter. "He (Acharya) is no more with us," Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said as he rushed to the hospital.
The six Muslim girl students of the Government Pre University Girls College in the coastal town of Udupi did not turn up for classes on Wednesday, a day after their petition seeking permission to wear hijab inside classrooms was dismissed by the Karnataka high court.
Karnataka Higher Education Minister Dr G Parameshwara said the Common Entrance Test ranking list, which had already been prepared, would hold good for 2003-2004 academic year only.
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