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Hyderabad: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTU-H) is planning to relax the number of credits needed by students to get a promotion to the next year. The decision was taken in view of the ongoing separate Telangana agitation in the city. While currently 50 per cent of the total credits (unit of marks) are required to pass from one year to another, for students who went through the Telangana turmoil, the required percentage might be just 40 to 45.

The university authorities have set up a committee to look into the damage on the academic activities on campus to decide on what should be the required pass percentage for academic year 2009-10. The exams of JNTU for the year are scheduled to be held from Jan 2 as they got postponed due to separate Telangana struggle in the state.

“We will decide the percentage of reduction only in 2010 depending upon the number of students who failed due to their academic disruptions. While the decision will be taken only in the next year, we assure the students that they do not have to worry about how the turmoil in the state will affect their grades,” said D N Reddy, vice-chancellor, JNTU, Hyderabad.

JNTU students mail bomb threats in V-C?s name
HYDERABAD: Detained students of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad (JNTUH) are suspected to have sent out email threats to Technical Education Minister MV Ramana, Andhra Pradesh Council for Higher Education chairman KC Reddy and their own vice-chancellor DN Reddy.

According to DN Reddy, unknown persons have created a fake email address on his name by using false information and have sent threatening emails to the Minister, APSCHE chairman KC Reddy and also to his original email address.

In their email, the miscreants reportedly demanded that the authorities retain about 2,500 students of JNTUH who were detained during the first semester of the academic year 2009-10 due to shortage of attendance.

The offenders allegedly threatened to bomb the State Legislative Assembly and the JNTU main building apart from poisoning the drinking water tank in the main campus. They also threatened to attack the recipients unless they take immediate action and retain students without damaging their academic year for reasons like poor attendance.

?We knew that it was an act of mischief by students. But they have been sending the same threats through email everyday that too on my name. I am lodging a complaint with the Inspector General of Police (Intelligence) to take action,? DN Reddy told reporters here on Wednesday. He lodged a complaint with the police along with the copies of emails received by him and sought action against the offenders.

Meanwhile, the email threats were issued even as the JNTUH officials were discussing the issue with the college managements. The detained students form nearly two per cent of the total number of students studying in colleges affiliated to the University. The University authorities are planning to conduct extra classes for students who were detained during the current academic year.