KEA employee among 10 arrested for engineering seat-blocking scam
1 month, 1 week ago

KEA employee among 10 arrested for engineering seat-blocking scam

The Hindu  

The Malleswaram police have arrested a 10-member gang, including a contractual employee of the Karnataka Examinations Authority, for their alleged involvement in the engineering seat-blocking scam. The issue came to light when the Administrative Officer of KEA, Islahuddin J. Gadiyal, noticed that 52 engineering government seats had been manipulated and blocked to help BMS Engineering College, Akash Institute of Engineering, and New Horizon Engineering College to sell under management quota. City Police Commissioner B. Dayananda said, “The racket’s modus operandi involved sourcing the details of the 52 seats using login passwords and a secret key of the candidates. The accused working in the KEA would share the details of the candidates with the other accused.” Mr. Dayananda said that the accused would also rope in some meritorious students to write the entrance exam to get seats and use their login and password details to block seats.

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KEA to develop mobile app for CET
1 day, 22 hours ago

KEA to develop mobile app for CET

The Hindu  

With an aim to curb seat-blocking scam and simplify the process of applying and counselling for the Karnataka Common Entrance Test, the Karnataka Examinations Authority will soon come out with a dedicated mobile application. “When the CET aspirants fill an application through third party like cyber centres, there are chances that their login credentials are being misused. The app will …

KEA sets record by conducting 17 competitive exams, processing 20 lakh applications
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The Hindu  

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Engineering seat-blocking scam: Higher Education Department requests investigating officers to consider previous years’ seat allotments for inquiry
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Engineering seat-blocking scam: Higher Education Department requests investigating officers to consider previous years’ seat allotments for inquiry

The Hindu  

The Higher Education Department has requested the investigating officers probing the seat-blocking scam reported during the seat allotment of engineering courses this year at the Karnataka Examinations Authority to consider the previous years’ seat allotments for the inquiry. Following the arrest of at least 10 people, including an outsourced employee of the KEA, Higher Education Minister M.C. Sudhakar said: “We …

Bengaluru Police arrest eight people in connection with engineering seat-blocking scam; three colleges questioned
1 month, 1 week ago

Bengaluru Police arrest eight people in connection with engineering seat-blocking scam; three colleges questioned

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru police have arrested eight individuals, including a staff member of the Karnataka Examinations Authority, for their alleged role in an engineering seat-blocking scam. Based on the complaint by KEA, a case was registered under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita According to a PTI report, the matter came to light on November 13 when KEA officials lodged a …

‘All vacant govt. quota seats in private engineering colleges should be allotted through KEA only’
2 months ago

‘All vacant govt. quota seats in private engineering colleges should be allotted through KEA only’

The Hindu  

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Karnataka engineering seat blocking scam: FIR booked against IP addresses
2 months ago

Karnataka engineering seat blocking scam: FIR booked against IP addresses

The Hindu  

Following a complaint by the Karnataka Examinations Authority regarding suspected seat-blocking during this year’s engineering admissions, Malleshwaram police have registered an FIR against the Internet Protocol addresses that were used for multiple option entries and registrations. Meanwhile an in internal KEA probe revealed that the same IP addresses bad been used last year as well to block seats. The FIR …

KEA blocks three students for forging documents to land medical seats
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KEA blocks three students for forging documents to land medical seats

The Hindu  

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Panel to look into assistant professor recruitment scam
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Panel to look into assistant professor recruitment scam

Hindustan Times  

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Karnataka Police recruitment scam: 5 arrested in Pune including BJP leader Divya Hagaragi
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Karnataka Police recruitment scam: 5 arrested in Pune including BJP leader Divya Hagaragi

India Today  

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