Srinagar, April 8 (IANS) Non-local students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here on Friday tried to take out a march, demanding action against policemen who assaulted them, but police disallowed them. A senior…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Aspirants for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for premier engineering institutes from 2017 onwards will be required to score 75 percent marks in their Class 12 board exams, an official…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have hiked the annual fees for undergraduate courses from Rs.90,000 to Rs.2 lakh, official sources said on Thursday. Many felt the hike was too…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Iclassonline, a leading e-learning portal with offices in North America and South Asia, has launched its India operations with an aim to help students prepare for competitive exams using cutting-edge…
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh. (File Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, April 7 (IANS) After a gap of nearly five decades, former prime minister Manmohan Singh is all set to re-join his alma mater Panjab University, and…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The VHP on Thursday demanded action against what it said were “jehadi students” and their supporters for the lathicharge on NIT students in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded a Supreme…
Bhubaneswar, April 7 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced the setting up of a Kosli dialect and literature research centre in Bargarh district which will be named after Padma Shri recipient Haldhar…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The annual fee for undergraduate courses in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has been hiked from Rs.90,000 to Rs.2 lakh, official sources said on Thursday. “The Human Resource Development…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Terming as “unprovoked action” the baton-charge by police on students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, the BJP on Thursday said police should change its behaviour towards young…
Srinagar, April 7 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered a magisterial probe into the unrest in the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, where non-local students are boycotting classes in protest. “The…
Srinagar, April 7 (IANS) The stand-off in the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here continued on Thursday with non-local students staying away from classes. Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh arrived here on…
Srinagar: Security beefed-up at the Srinagar campus of National Institute of Technology where clashes broke out between a section of students and police on April 7, 2016. The campus atmosphere has been surcharged ever since…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The annual fee for undergraduate courses in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) has been hiked from Rs.90,000 to Rs.2 lakh per annum, official sources said. The decision to hike…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condemned the use of force against students at the National Institute of Technology, Srinagar. “Please listen to students and understand their problems and concerns,…
London, April 7 (IANS) Sex education for youngsters should be much more than just about pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, says a new study, adding that there is an urgent need to explicitly focus on…
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) A day after being heckled during a demonstration by students of a women’s college, Calcutta University vice chancellor Sugato Marjit on Wednesday alleged that the incident was “instigated” by outsiders and…
Hyderabad: Students stage a demonstration at University of Hyderabad to demand the immediate removal of Vice Chancellor P Appa Rao on April 6, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, April 6 (IANS) Protests erupted again on and…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Wednesday said benefits of the Right to Education (RTE) Act should also be extended to children in the age group…
Agartala, April 6 (IANS) The visiting central team will resolve the problems faced by students protesting in the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Jammu and Kashmir soon, union minister Ram Shankar Katheria said here…
Jammu: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti takes oath as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister in Jammu, on April 4, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mehbooba Srinagar, April 6 (IANS) A three-member team of central government officials visited the…