Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 5 (IANS) With the Kerala government and the Congress-led opposition in no mood to budge from their stance on the issue of fee hike in private medical colleges, a solution eludes the ongoing…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal for transfer of two acres of land from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) to the Veterinary Council of India (VCI). “Transfer of…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 5 (IANS) Talks between the Kerala government and the opposition Congress on Tuesday to end the latter’s week-old protest against the “indiscriminate” fee hike in private self-financing medical colleges failed to break the…
Chandigarh, Oct 4 (IANS) The Punjab government has ordered that schools in the border belt of the state would reopen from Wednesday “All schools in border belt will open from tomorrow (Wednesday). These had been…
Chandigarh, Oct 4 (IANS) The Punjab government has ordered that schools in the border belt of the state would reopen from Wednesday “All schools in border belt will open from tomorrow (Wednesday). These had been…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The National Students Union of India (NSUI) on Tuesday lodged a complaint against ABVP members for brandishing firearms inside the DUSU President’s office saying that the incident has brought infamy…
Sweden, Oct 4 (IANS) British trio — David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz — won Nobel Prize in Physics “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) India and Singapore on Tuesday signed three agreements, including two in the area of skill development, following delegation-level talks headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore Premier Lee Hsien…
By Prachi Salve The five states with the largest proportion of literate women — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra — account for 53 per cent (4.3 million) of all business establishments…
Gurgaon, Oct 3 (IANS) Five faculty members of a government polytechnic in Manesar, in Gurgaon district of Haryana, have been booked on charge of harassing and mentally torturing a staff member due to his caste,…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 3 (IANS) The Congress-led opposition on Monday continued to interrupt proceedings in the Kerala assembly for the sixth consecutive day and decided to intensify its protest against the “indiscriminate” fee hike in private…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 2 (IANS) Former Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan on Sunday accused the state government of handling the indefinite fast by opposition legislators on the “steep” fee hike in a wrong manner. “The government…
Panaji, Oct 2 (IANS) A regional languages front backed by rebel RSS leader Subhash Velingkar announced the formation of a new political party on Sunday, with its spokesperson Uday Bhembre claiming the new outfit will…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Madhya Pradesh on Monday to preside over a function of the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Project. Mukherjee will attend the event where ownership certificates…
By Imran Khan Buxar (Bihar), Oct 2 (IANS) Several Class 10 students of a school in Bihar have forsworn gold jewellery until their parents build toilets in their homes to save them the shame of…
Lucknow, Oct 1 (IANS) The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Saturday won the President’s post in the students union at Allahabad University. ABVP’s candidate Rohit Mishra was elected President of the union, defeating his…
United Nations, Oct 1 (IANS) The UN has revealed that over 10,000 children were unable to resume school in Central African Republic (CAR) in 2016 because of the prolonged civil war in the country which…
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Delhi Police on Friday organised a mass demonstration programme of self-defence techniques — “Ab Nahi Hai Darna” — aiming to train girl students here. The programme was organised in Heera…
Chandigarh, Sep 30 (IANS) With schools in Punjab’s border belt being shut indefinitely due to escalation of tension between India and Pakistan, state Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema on Friday issued instructions to provide alternate…
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) The BRICS nations on Friday adopted the ‘New Delhi Declaration on Education resolving to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all. The declaration was…