Patna, March 2 (IANS) Soon after Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar was granted interim bail by the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, a sense of relief, happiness and joy swept his house…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula’s mother on Wednesday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as being “anti-Dalit” and “anti-students”. Speaking during a protest here, organised by the Indian Youth Congress (IYC)…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday took a serious view of mushrooming of private B.Ed. colleges in the country, saying they want “everybody on the street to become Bachelor in Education…
Ghaziabad, March 2 (IANS) The parents of a Class 11 girl student on Wednesday filed a police complaint against a male teacher at a public school in Ghaziabad for slapping her, police said. Police said…
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi at the Parliament in New Delhi, on Feb 24, 2016. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Congress vice president on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on…
Agartala, March 2 (IANS) The National Book Trust (NBT) has taken an ambitious plan to boost tribal literature in northeast India, trust chairman Baldeo Bhai Sharma said here on Wednesday. “As a first step of…
Ranchi, March 2 (IANS) A delegation of opposition parties on Wednesday met Governor Draupadi Murmu and sought her intervention in the alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) main examination results last week….
New York, March 2 (IANS) Even small increases in social spending — monies for welfare, education, and health — can significantly reduce the risk of dying, says a US-based study. Each additional $250 spent per…
Lucknow, March 2 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government will be setting up a state university and modern library in Allahabad, an official said on Wednesday. Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan has asked the Uttar Pradesh State…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Two Delhi University students, belonging to the Left-affiliated AISA, said they were beaten up in their college on Tuesday when they attempted to paste posters for a students’ march to…
Bhubaneswar, March 1 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced that a medical college will be set up in the mineral-rich Keonjhar district at an investment of Rs.500 crore. Addressing a gathering in…
Pune, March 1 (IANS) Barely five hours after the Maharashtra government sealed the Sahara India Pariwar’s flagship Aamby Valley Resort for non-payment of tax, the company paid up the outstanding non-agriculture tax dues and the…
Ranchi, March 1 (IANS) The Jharkhand assembly was disrupted for the third consecutive day on Tuesday over the opposition’s noisy protests against the alleged irregularities in the state civil services examinations. The opposition parties allege…
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents national budget 2016-17 at the Parliament House in New Delhii on Feb, 29, 2016. (Photo: IANS/ Lok Sabha TV) Chennai, March 1 (IANS) The central government on…
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) The Indian Air Force’s Induction Publicity Exhibition Vehicle (IPEV), a mobile platform promoting its various activities across the country, will visit various colleges in Kolkata and adjoining cities from March 3….
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai will arrive here on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh, an official said. He will visit the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur where…
Cairo, Feb 29 (IANS) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Monday expressed the hope that cooperation in the field of education will be strengthened with Japan. In an address to the Japanese House of Representatives,…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced the setting up of a higher education financing agency with an initial budget of Rs.1,000 crore. Presenting the union budget for 2016-17 in…
New Delhi Feb 29 (IANS) It’s an initiative targeted at addressing challenges in the pre-primary education space in Uttar Pradesh by introducing the material from TV show “Galli Galli Sim Sim” materials (print, audio, visual…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced the setting up of a higher education financing agency, with a fund of Rs.1,000 crore. Presenting the 2016-2017 Budget in the Lok Sabha,…