New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia was awarded the ‘Finest Education Minister’ award here on Monday by former President Pranab Mukherjee. Sisodia, also the Deputy Chief Minister, was presented the award…
Adelaide, Dec 11 (IANS) An Indian schoolgirl who was in this Australian city to play football at the Pacific School Games drowned off a city beach, police said. The 15-year-old was with four other girls…
Agartala/New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday deferred hearing in the case relating to 10,323 government teachers of Tripura, who are set to lose their jobs on December 31 following an apex…
Lucknow, Dec 11 (IANS) Actor Arbaaz Khan has lauded Kripalu Mahila Mahavidyalaya for taking the lead in providing free education to thousands of poor and destitute girls from different regions and religions. Attending the annual…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) on Monday criticised the fee hike in the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and ascribed the move to the “grant-cut policy of…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Four siblings studying by candlelight received burn injuries after a fire broke out in their house here, police said on Monday. While two have been discharged, the other two are…
Bengaluru, Dec 11 (IANS) A sleep assistant that uses a wireless device to remotely monitor sleep patterns won students from IIT-Kharagpur the grand prize at the first “Accenture Innovation Challenge” here on Monday. Other winners…
Aligarh, Dec 11 (IANS) Students voted on Monday to elect new student unions at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and the Women’s College here, officials said. Results from the voting, which began at 9 a.m….
Islamabad, Dec 11 (IANS) Authorities in Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have closed down around 1,000 government primary schools due to low enrolment, the media reported. They said that the abandoned school buildings, which had cost…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea for cancelling the anticipatory bail to the Pinto family of Ryan International School in the Pradhuman murder case. A bench of Justice…
Lucknow, Dec 11 (IANS) Eminent scientist and ‘Father of DNA finger printing in India’, Lalji Singh has passed away after suffering a massive heart attack at the Varanasi airport, an official said. Singh was 70….
Jaipur, Dec 10 (IANS) Two juveniles and a young man were arrested after a video clipping of the molestation of some girl students of a private school went viral on the Internet on Sunday, police…
London, Dec 10 (IANS) Britain’s Department for Education (DfE) said on Sunday that it plans to introduce accelerated two-year degree courses in universities, reducing the time taken to get a bachelor’s degree by a year….
Ghaziabad, Dec 10 (IANS) Citing Delhi and Gujarat, the Ghaziabad Parents Association (GPA) on Sunday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government for allowing private schools to raise fees at will. GPA President Seema Tyagi…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday launched a scheme under which free entrance coaching will be provided for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students preparing for civil…
Agartala, Dec 9 (IANS) The two-day old railway and road blockade called by a section of 10,323 Tripura government school teachers, who are set to lose their jobs on December 31 following a Supreme Court…
London, Dec 9 (IANS) UK universities have been accused of complacent and inadequate response to sexual harassment and gender violence after a media investigation found inconsistencies in the support and services offered to victims across…
New York, Dec 9 (IANS) The Sikh Human Development Foundation (SHDF) has raised over $210,000 for underprivileged students pursuing higher education in Punjab during its latest fund drive, according to the organisation’s chairman, Gajinder Singh…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Delhi Police has busted a fake education board by the name of Board of Higher Secondary Education Delhi and arrested six persons including its “Chairman” for cheating over 2,000…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Delhi government will provide financial assistance for entrance examination coaching of Scheduled Caste (SC) students for admissions to civil service, law, engineering, medicine and banking, among other major courses….