had actually not anticipated the degree to which merit violations could happen,” Prof Sunil Kr Sarangi, chairman, CSAB 2013, said.

The violations happened since an upgradation of seats was done to minimise vacancies, but in the process, some got advantage over others, he said.

Earlier, more than one lakh students were on July 18 ‘wrongly’ allotted mechanical engineering branch at NIT Patna against the 93 seats actually available.

The error was noticed in an hour and corrected. Soon after, the chairman tendered an apology on the official website for the faulty allotments. This was the second apology letter. The first came after the first round of counselling where a tech glitch changed the institute and seats allotted to the students.

Admitting that errors had occurred during NIT counseling, Sarangi said: “Till lastNEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC host and former Republican Rep. Joe Scarborough has made his departure from the GOP official.

The “Morning Joe” anchor said on Twitter on Thursday that he became an independent and he added a picture of himself with an elections official in New Canaan, Connecticut, smiling while holding a form.

Scarborough announced that he would leave the party in July and accused Republicans of abandoning their fiscal principles. Scarborough has been a fierce critic of President Donald Trump, who has targeted Scarborough and his fiancee and co-host Mika Brzezinski on Twitter.

Scarborough was elected to four U.S. House terms from Florida starting in 1994.

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