Gurgaon, Feb 22 (IANS) With interest in digital devices growing among children, a Gurgaon-based technology company recently launched a range of tablets with pre-bundled educational content. The EduOne Tablet series by Amosta enables one to…
Imphal, Feb 22 (IANS) Manipur authorities’ use of CCTV cameras and resort to orders against “unlawful assembly” in conduct of the Class 12 exams only at some test centres and districts of the state have…
Beijing, Feb 22 (IANS) Finding suitable employment could prove difficult for China’s fresh college graduates this year due to a slowing economy, the media reported on Monday Zhang Jingxiu, executive director of Beijing-based employment consultancy…
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dr. Karan Singh at the convocation of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), in Varanasi on Feb 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Varanasi, Feb 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declined…
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dr. Karan Singh at the convocation of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), in Varanasi on Feb 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Varanasi, Feb 22 (IANS) One must keep alive and nurture…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Umar Khalid, one of the six students accused of raising anti-national slogans at the JNU on February 9, late on Sunday said he was “not a terrorist”, adding the BJP…
Islamabad, Feb 21 (IANS) Urdu being the dominant language in the multi-ethnic Pakistani society through the school system is a choice of necessity but has frequently been a source of grievances linked to wider issues…
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia addresses a press conference in New Delhi, on Dec 15, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Schools in the national capital will remain closed on…
By Gokul Bhagabati Much water has flowed under the Yamuna bridge — dirty though — since the February 9 “cultural” event inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)campus, against what the organisers called the “judicial killing”…
Aligarh, Feb 20 (IANS) Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah (retd.) on Saturday denied allegations that beef was being serving in the medical college canteen, and termed it a “vicious” attempt…
Kolkata: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi during a press conference in Kolkata on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) Nobel Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi on Saturday urged the Indian government to invest…
Hyderabad, Feb 19 (IANS) The faculty of Moulana Azad National Urdu University has demanded the withdrawal of “false cases” against the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University including students union president Kanhaiya Kumar. While seeking justice…
Saurabh Sharma photo by Amit Mehra New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Sparking off a new controversy, the JNUSU joint secretary on Friday called and chaired a council meeting which passed several resolutions including for a…
Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) The faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) on Friday extended support to Jawaharlal Nehru University students and condemned “attempts by the State to stifle dissent in educational institutions and…
Panaji, Feb 19 (IANS) The National Students Union of India (NSUI) will collaborate with left-aligned students unions countrywide to combat “a concerted effort by the ABVP and the BJP to take control of university campuses”,…
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Amid the pro-Afzal guru slogan controversy, Jadavpur University Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das called on West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi on Monday and later asserted the varsity will maintain its tradition of…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Three members of the JNU’s ABVP unit on Wednesday resigned their posts and decided to disassociate themselves from the organization following “difference of opinions” over the recent developments and crackdown…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Jadavpur University was on the boil on Wednesday as posters appeared on the campus expressing solidarity with students “seeking independence” for Kashmir and demanding ‘freedom’ for Manipur and Nagaland. The posters,…
By Priyanka New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition, has never made anti-national remarks and in fact opposes all forms of extremism, fellow students and his Phd teacher-guide say….
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) A day after anti-national slogans echoed in a rally at Jadavpur University, vice chancellor Suranjan Das on Wednesday claimed certain “fringe elements” had indulged in such sloganeering. He said such slogans…