New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the “stray vacancies” issue in connection with postgraduate medical courses in deemed universities across the country. A vacation bench comprising Justices…
Srinagar, June 20 (IANS) An army goodwill school in the Kashmir Valley was on Thursday named after Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, who was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, the country’s highest peacetime military award….
Bhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) With the change in weather conditions in the state, the Odisha government on Thursday ordered the reopening of all schools from June 21. While the schools were earlier scheduled to reopen…
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) More Rabindra Bharati University teachers submitted their resignations on the racist slur issue, but withdrew them following an assurance from West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Wednesday. The teachers, however,…
Hyderabad, June 20 (IANS) The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) centre here on Wednesday reinstated 56 female housekeeping workers, allegedly after drawing flak for firing them over their sexual harassment allegations against a regular…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Maharashtra government on a plea challenging the Bombay High Court order, which declined to entertain a plea against 16 per cent…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Three Indian universities — IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc) — have found a place among the top 200 in the 2020 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)…
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) The fate of the resignations of department heads of the Rabindra Bharati University over racist slurs targeted against them by Trinamool Congress students wing members is still undecided, an official said…
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) In a bid to nurture the spirit of research and innovation among undergraduate students, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur will launch a sponsored research program from the upcoming Autumn semester…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) India-based O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has said that it’s the youngest university to have found a place in the 2020 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, which were declared…
L0ucknow, June 19 (IANS) All private universities in Uttar Pradesh will now have to give an undertaking to the government, saying that their campuses will not be allowed to be used for “any anti-national activity”,…
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) In a sensational turn of events, four departmental heads of the Rabindra Bharati University have stepped down alleging racist slurs targeted against them by state’s ruling Trinamool Congress students wing members….
Lucknow, June 18 (IANS) Even as the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is trying to promote Sanskrit in a big way by issuing press statements in this language, the number of students who wish…
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday informed the Supreme Court on Monday of its inability to “amicably” resolve the “stray vacancies” issue in connection…
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA) to file their response on a plea challenging the 2019 National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test (NEET)…
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) In a move to promote children’s theatre in rural India, the National School of Drama (NSD) will showcase the results of its first such effort with Odisha’s tribal children in…
Chandigarh, June 15 (IANS) Punjab has prohibited the sale of uniforms and textbooks in school premises, state Education Minister Inder Singla said on Saturday. He said directions have been issued to all private schools affiliated…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Initial investigation by the CBI into the multi-crore scholarship scam reveals a deep-rooted nexus between government officials, private institutions and public sector banks to siphon-off funds meant for poorest of…
Kathmandu, June 15 (IANS) Many schools across Nepal have made it mandatory for students to learn Mandarin lured by the Chinese government’s offer to cover salaries of teachers who teach the language, a media report…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Students from the Muslim community received about 80 per cent of total scholarships offered under 20 Central government schemes in 2018-19, official data shows. Those from the Christian community came…