STATESMAN FILE
Manjot Singh has been elected as the next Undergraduate Student Government (USG) president.
The results of the election were announced on USG’s Instagram a few hours after polls closed on SBEngaged on April 4. Singh, a junior civil engineering major and political science minor, is currently a USG senator representing the Residence Hall Association. He was elected with 86.86% of the vote and ran unopposed.
“I am honored to be elected as the President of the Undergraduate Government,” Singh wrote in an email to
The Statesman. “Not only will I have the opportunity to represent over 17,000 well-achieving undergraduate students, but I have the opportunity to work with an excellent executive board to accomplish some great initiatives.”
STATESMAN FILE
By Alek Lewis and Maya Brown
The candidates for the Executive Council of Stony Brook University’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) debated their platforms on March 26.
USG elections started on SBEngaged on March 29 and will be held until April 2 at noon. Candidates are elected by a simple majority.
USG controls the funds of sponsored student clubs and organizations on campus, which are mostly funded by the student activity fee. It also represents the undergraduate population at the university and hosts its own events as a part of student life. USG is composed of two branches of student-elected representatives, elected to either the Senate or the Executive Council.
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PRAYAGRAJ: Sleuths of Special Task Force (Prayagraj unit) on Sunday busted a cheating racket during Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) exam conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) New Delhi and arrested seven members including four teachers and one solvers\ proxy candidate from two separate spots including Prayagraj and Gorakhpur districts.
While six racketeers were arrested near Colonelganj area in Prayagraj, another was held in Gorakhpur.
The police have also recovered seven admit cards, two photo copies of registration papers, 43 mobile screenshots, three forged Adhar cards, two forged PAN cards, eight mobile sets, two cheque books, a cheque of Rs 4 lakh, two bikes, one car, and Rs 13,500 cash from their possession. The arrested persons were identified as Prashant Singh of Mau (currently posted at Government Inter College, Amroha), Dharmendra Singh of Kaushambi (Primary teacher at Usri – Raibareilly disrict), Shiv Pujan Patel of Ha