Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur has been awarded by the Indian Intellectual Property Office for being the top academic institute for patents in 2016, its director said on Saturday. “IIT Kharagpur…
Jammu, April 9 (IANS) Students from four local colleges on Saturday blocked the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district. Police and civil administration called the principals of the four colleges who spoke…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) With West Bengal reeling under intense heat, the state government on Saturday requested school administrations to declare summer vacations early from April 11. “We urge the state-run as well as private…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) In a bid to highlight the importance of community radio services, the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) has announced a special video competition among youth. This year’s topic…
Srinagar, April 9 (IANS) Talks between the government and the non-local students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here have failed to end the deadlock as the boys and girls stuck to their demands,…
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday criticised the fee hike in IITs and said that there should have been…
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) Authorities of a city women’s college, where Calcutta University Vice Chancellor Sugato Marjit was heckled during a demonstration by women students, suspended nine of the agitators on Friday. The vice chancellor,…
Srinagar: Security beefed-up at the Srinagar campus of National Institute of Technology where clashes broke out between a section of students and police on April 7, 2016. The campus atmosphere has been surcharged ever since…
Ranchi, April 8 (IANS) Five composite schools will be opened in Jharkhand, union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said on Friday. “These schools will be opened in Ranchi, Palamau, Dumka, Chaibasa and Hazaribagh, with…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) India needs priority reforms in land acquisition, dispute resolution, permitting processes and addressing risks in PPP to overcome business environment challenges for successful execution of the smart cities project, said…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Gurgaon based B-school Management Development Institute (MDI) launched its National Management Programme-29 (NMP) and Energy Management Programme (2016-17) which is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) in UK. The…
Sonipat (Haryana), April 8 (IANS) Experiential learning was central to the training methodology adopted to develop and strengthen the language skills of 25 Indian Army personnel who have just completed an intensive three-week course in…
Bhubaneswar, April 8 (IANS) Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged the central government to set up a National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) in the state. Currently there are seven NIPERs…
Srinagar, April 8 (IANS) Non-local students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here on Friday tried to take out a march, demanding action against policemen who assaulted them, but police disallowed them. A senior…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Aspirants for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for premier engineering institutes from 2017 onwards will be required to score 75 percent marks in their Class 12 board exams, an official…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have hiked the annual fees for undergraduate courses from Rs.90,000 to Rs.2 lakh, official sources said on Thursday. Many felt the hike was too…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Iclassonline, a leading e-learning portal with offices in North America and South Asia, has launched its India operations with an aim to help students prepare for competitive exams using cutting-edge…
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh. (File Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, April 7 (IANS) After a gap of nearly five decades, former prime minister Manmohan Singh is all set to re-join his alma mater Panjab University, and…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The VHP on Thursday demanded action against what it said were “jehadi students” and their supporters for the lathicharge on NIT students in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded a Supreme…
Bhubaneswar, April 7 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced the setting up of a Kosli dialect and literature research centre in Bargarh district which will be named after Padma Shri recipient Haldhar…