Around 50 OBC MPs cutting across across party lines today made a strong plea for immediately setting up a Parliamentary Committee to ensure a fair deal for the backward classes.
In a memorandum submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, the MPs, including V Hanumantha Rao, convenor of the Parliamentary ..
With the fate of hundreds of students hanging in balance, the government is reaching out to various political parties to get the bill concerning IIIT, D&M Kancheepuram passed in the last day of Monsoon session tomorrow.
The passage of the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and ..
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), which is being set up in Rishikesh, will start functioning from February next year.
"AIIMS will start functioning from February next year and a total of 100 students will get an opportunity to pursue an MBBS course from the first year," said ..
The city saw the launch of bilingual dictionary ‘My First English – English – Bangla Dictionary’ on September 7, at the South City International School. The dictionary consists of two sections, each of which contains a list of words in alphabetical order, in English, as well as in Bangla. Chief ..
Bengal Institute of Business Studies (BIBS) launched its community service programme, Chetana, on September 3, and celebrated teacher’s day in advance. Reverend Father Borris D’Santos, of St. Xavier’s Collegiate School presided over the inaugural ceremonies and participated in the celebrations. The ..
Teachers play a vital role in crafting the character of a human being, and to commemorate their immense contribution to society, Calcutta Citizen’s Initiative and TAKE 5 Communications presented TEACHER, on the occasion of teacher’s day on September 5, at Gyan Manch. This special occasion was graced by ..
The International College of Nutrition Calcutta Chapter in academic partnership with Nestle Nutrition Institute organised a one day workshop on combating child under-nutrition to commemorate National Nutrition Week. The workshop was held at the Indian Science Congress Auditorium on the theme ‘Nutrition is the ..
Reliance Webel Media and Entertainment Academy launched its state of the art academy centre in Kolkata on September 7. Located in Salt Lake Sector 5, this is Reliance Webel Media & Entertainment Academy’s first venture in eastern India.
The academy will offer opportunities to the aspiring ..
As part of its efforts to encourage differently abled, the Tamil Nadu govt announced rewarding such persons topping Classes 10 and 12 Board exams with cash prize of a maximum of Rs 12,000 and Rs 18,000.
"From this year onwards, students with speech and hearing disablities in government-run schools ..
The education committee of the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has decided to introduce constant and overall evaluation in class X from June 2012. This means that the board exams will carry a weightage of 70 marks while school exams conducted over the year will carry a weightage of 30 per ..