Kanpur: India needs to boost quality research in science and technology with a sense of urgency, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday. Addressing the convocation ceremony at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here, the Prime Minister also called for increased collaboration between the IITs and the corporate world. "We as a nation urgently need to increase quality research in science and technology," Manmohan Singh said. "Science and technology...
09:10 AM, Jul 04, 2010
New Delhi: A total of 13,104 candidates on Wednesday cleared the prestigious IIT-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) 2010 with Anumula Jithendar Reddy from Madras zone topping the test. These students will be eligible for admission in 15 IITs, ISM Dhanbad and IT-BHU. There are 9,509 seats in these institutions. Over 4.5 lakh candidates had appeared in JEE-2010 which was conducted by seven of the IITs on April 11. The number of...
08:39 AM, May 26, 2010
India thrashed Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs in the second Test at Kanpur. ...
09:31 AM, Nov 24, 2009
Kanpur: A man carrying a revolver broke through the heavy security cordon and entered the Green Park Stadium premises, hours after the Indian and Sri Lankan teams arrived on Saturday for the second Test. The man, who claimed to be a journalist, was arrested by the police immediately and he is being interrogated. Kanpur DIG BP Jogdand said the city police immediately sprang into action after they got information that...
10:19 PM, Nov 21, 2009
New Delhi: With pollution levels rising across the country, India on Wednesday revised the national ambient air quality standards after 15 years, bringing about uniform standards for residential and industrial areas. "We have notified the ambient air quality standards in India which is equivalent to the European level and exceeds the standard prevalent in the US," said Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh. The revised ambient air...
09:10 PM, Nov 18, 2009
4 cops including the SHO of the police station has been charged of murder. ...
02:59 PM, Jul 27, 2009
Kanpur: The constituency of the Union Minister of State for Home Sri Prakash Jaiswal has been the scene of public urge for instant justice. Locals in Kanpur thrashed up a policeman on Sunday after the body of a youth was found in the morning. Residents claim that the youth had been picked up by some policemen last night. People also accuse that the police picked on him because he allegedly...
03:09 PM, Feb 22, 2009
Kanpur: Upset over not getting a job through campus recruitment, a post graduate IIT student on Saturday allegedly committed suicide in Kanpur by hanging himself. G Suman, a second year M-tech student hailing from Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his hostel room this afternoon, Sanjay Govind Panday, Director of IIT Kanpur. Suman, who was pursuing electrical engineering, was upset after he failed...
08:47 PM, Jan 03, 2009
The assailant was unarmed and made no resistance at the time of arrest. ...
10:43 AM, Nov 16, 2008
Former Kanpur univ official says he is being made scapegoat. ...
03:16 PM, Nov 06, 2008
The divide between the UP government and the Centre is deepening. ...
01:32 AM, Oct 27, 2008
Cops suspect the skeleton is of a designer who went missing after visiting the institute. ...
09:00 PM, Oct 23, 2008
The UP CM demands Rs 1 crore from Rajiv Shukla's state cricket association. ...
05:49 PM, Oct 19, 2008
The incident occurred in Colonelganj near Thana Bajaria. ...
07:16 PM, Oct 14, 2008
The worst hit by the mystery disease is Akbarpur, where 100 people have died. ...
09:23 PM, Aug 26, 2008
CNN-IBN's cricket experts discuss the possibility of India playing five bowlers against Australia in their first World T20 Super Eight game. ...
07:46 PM, Jul 01, 2008
Kabul: Former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson will assist the Afghanistan team as consultant during the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Queensland August 11-26. Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) spokesman Nusratullah Wafa, while releasing the 15-member squad, said that Lawson will work with the players on arrival in Australia for the event, almost three weeks ahead of the event that features 16 teams, divided into four groups, reports
Xinhua. The 15-member...
03:02 PM, Jun 08, 2008
London: England off-spinner Graeme Swann said he looked forward to playing a big part in his team's push for a 4-0 whitewash of India on the final day of the fourth and final Test at The Oval. I look forward to it, having to play a big part in a potential victory for England. It's going to be a hard day, make no bones about that. We've got seven more...
10:04 AM, Feb 23, 2008
Hamilton (Bermuda): West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has admitted he considered quitting international cricket recently but says he now intends to fight for his spot in the regional side. For the stylish Guyanese right-hander the last year has been a turbulent one, starting when he was overlooked by the West Indies Cricket Board for a central contract last September and then axed for the ensuing Test tour of Sri Lanka. ...
08:53 PM, Feb 17, 2008
Nottingham: England captain Andrew Strauss praised his team's resolve after they fought back from a couple of tight spots to thrash India by 319 runs in the second Test at Trent Bridge here on Monday. Victory, achieved with more than a day to spare, gave England a 2-0 lead in this four-match series and left them on the brink of replacing India at the top of the ICC's Test Championship...
09:24 AM, Feb 17, 2008
