An expert group headed by former RBI Governor C Rangarajan for formulating a comprehensive job plan for youth of Jammu and Kashmir will submit its report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tomorrow, March 3.
The report will be presented by Rangarajan to the Prime Minister ahead of his two-day visit from tomorrow to ..
A government-run engineering and technology college here today lodged FIR under various sections of IPC against 14 students on charges of forgery.
With this, the number of students of Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI) booked so far has reached 40.
The HBTI, which had on ..
Kumari Selja, the Union Minister of Culture said her ministry was working on a proposal to set up five new regional centres of National School of Drama (NSD) at Bengaluru and Kolkata and in Maharashtra/Goa, Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Selja said ..
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to conduct a survey of 16,000-odd school buildings in the state following the collapse of the boundary wall of the Senior Secondary School, Chhattarpur Dhadha in Una district in which four students died.
All the school buildings would be surveyed and all unsafe ..
Denying reports that Government proposed to set up a madrassa board, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today said there was little support to the formation of such a regulatory board from the Muslim community.
"There is no proposal, because unless the community wants it, why should we intervene... unless the ..
Armed conflict is keeping 28 million children around the world out of schools, where they are often targets of sexual abuse and violence, according to a report released today by UNESCO.
The report entitled "The hidden crisis: armed conflict and education" said that 42 percent of children not ..
Seven out of every 10 engineering students in India prefer Bangalore as their 'first job' city, ahead of the capital Delhi, reveals a survey.
According to employability measurement and recruitment firm Aspiring Minds Research Cell, about 72 per cent of the engineering students surveyed ..
Voicing concern over dipping budgetary allocation of state governments towards education, the Minister of State for HRD has said the imbalance is proving to be a major hindrance in achieving a provisional target of six per cent of the GDP for this sector.
"Until some time ago, the allocations made by the ..
Modifying its January 9 order, the Madras High Court today permitted the Medical Council of India (MCI) to proceed with inspection of medical colleges for
renewal of permission.
Justice P Jyothimani in his order said the council should not pass orders till March 7.
On January 9, the ..
The visually challenged can now enjoy 'reading' their favorite books in the District Central Library in the city after special equipment was installed that
would help them read books in digital and braille formats.
District Collector C Munianathan, who sought the help of PPN Power Generating Company, ..