Hyderabad: Osmania University (OU) on Wednesday declared holidays for colleges under its jurisdiction and postponed all exams scheduled to be conducted from July 14 to 16.
The university declared the holidays following the State government’s decision to extend holidays to all educational institutions in the State till July 16 in view of the forecast of heavy rainfall for the next three days.
The rescheduled timetable for all the postponed examinations would be hosted on the OU website www.osmania.ac.in in due course of time, it said, adding that other examinations scheduled from July 18 would be held as per schedule.
Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) has also postponed the post-graduate second-year examinations scheduled to be held on July 14 and 15. The re-scheduled examination dates will be intimated later. Further details are available on www.braouonline.in or 040-23680241.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.
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