Bihar toppers scam: Ruby Rai did not write copy herself
Patna, Oct 8 (IANS) Ruby Rai, an accused in the Bihar toppers scam, did not write her examination copy herself but it was written by someone else, police said on Saturday on the basis of…
Education
Italy’s anti-graft chief targets country’s universities
Rome, Oct 7 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s national anti-corruption chief Raffaele Cantone on Friday vowed to wage war on nepotism, cronyism and graft in the country’s universities. “We are going to tackle this problem head-on and involve…
Hyderabad varsity students stage protest over panel report
Hyderabad, Oct 7 (IANS) Students at University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Friday staged a protest against the report of Justice Ashok Kumar Rupanwala Commission, terming it an attempt to shield two Union ministers and the…
NGO files contempt plea in Delhi HC on teachers’ vacancies
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) An NGO on Friday moved the Delhi High Court to seek action against the Delhi government and authorities of three municipal corporations for alleged non-compliance with the court’s earlier order…
MIAL first Indian airport to bag IGBC ‘Platinum’ rating
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) The Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL), which administers the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, has bagged the prestigious Platinum rating of the Indian Green Building Certification (IGBC), an official said here…
Yogendra Yadav resigns from CSDS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Three days after taking over as national president of the newly-launched Swaraj India party, Yogendra Yadav on Wednesday resigned from the faculty position at the Centre for the Study of…
Punjab border schools reopen; no word on evacuated villages yet
Chandigarh, Oct 5 (IANS) Schools in border areas of Punjab reopened on Wednesday — although with less than 50 per cent attendance, officials said. Reports from schools in the six border districts of Amritsar, Pathankot,…
Delhi Police to inaugurate annual school road safety drive
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) In a bid to educate 10 lakh students of 866 Delhi schools about traffic rules within three months, Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma will on Thursday inaugurate the ‘Annual…
No end in sight to Kerala standoff over fee hike
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 5 (IANS) With the Kerala government and the Congress-led opposition in no mood to budge from their stance on the issue of fee hike in private medical colleges, a solution eludes the ongoing…
Cabinet clears transfer of IARI land to veterinary council
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal for transfer of two acres of land from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) to the Veterinary Council of India (VCI). “Transfer of…
Talks fail, Kerala opposition to continue protest
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 5 (IANS) Talks between the Kerala government and the opposition Congress on Tuesday to end the latter’s week-old protest against the “indiscriminate” fee hike in private self-financing medical colleges failed to break the…
Punjab border area schools to reopen on Wednesday
Chandigarh, Oct 4 (IANS) The Punjab government has ordered that schools in the border belt of the state would reopen from Wednesday “All schools in border belt will open from tomorrow (Wednesday). These had been…
Punjab border area schools to reopen on Wednesday
Chandigarh, Oct 4 (IANS) The Punjab government has ordered that schools in the border belt of the state would reopen from Wednesday “All schools in border belt will open from tomorrow (Wednesday). These had been…
NSUI denounces ABVP for letting people in with firearms inside DUSU office
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The National Students Union of India (NSUI) on Tuesday lodged a complaint against ABVP members for brandishing firearms inside the DUSU President’s office saying that the incident has brought infamy…
British trio win Nobel Prize in Physics
Sweden, Oct 4 (IANS) British trio — David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz — won Nobel Prize in Physics “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of…
India, Singapore sign three agreements
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) India and Singapore on Tuesday signed three agreements, including two in the area of skill development, following delegation-level talks headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore Premier Lee Hsien…
Tamil Nadu, Kerala have high female literacy – and most women entrepreneurs
By Prachi Salve The five states with the largest proportion of literate women — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra — account for 53 per cent (4.3 million) of all business establishments…
Five polytechnic teachers in Gurgaon booked for harassment
Gurgaon, Oct 3 (IANS) Five faculty members of a government polytechnic in Manesar, in Gurgaon district of Haryana, have been booked on charge of harassing and mentally torturing a staff member due to his caste,…
Kerala opposition to intensify protest against medical colleges fee hike
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 3 (IANS) The Congress-led opposition on Monday continued to interrupt proceedings in the Kerala assembly for the sixth consecutive day and decided to intensify its protest against the “indiscriminate” fee hike in private…
Ex-CM flays Kerala government stand on fee hike issue
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 2 (IANS) Former Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan on Sunday accused the state government of handling the indefinite fast by opposition legislators on the “steep” fee hike in a wrong manner. “The government…