
Bhopal: The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has issued notices to five telecom companies in the state for not following due procedure while issuing SIM cards. The notice comes after some SIM cards were allegedly procured by five members of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and Indian Mujahideen (IM) on fake identities. The members of the terror outfits were arrested in June 2011 from Bhopal and Jabalpur. ...

12:09 PM, Jun 01, 2012

New Delhi: In the wake of the Andhra Pradesh High Court order striking down the 4.5 per cent sub-quota to minorities within OBC reservation, IITs have decided to abide by the ruling, "ignoring" the quota provision till further legal developments. With this, candidates who benefited under the sub-quota and shortlisted for counselling have been advised to register the choice of courses accordingly under the ongoing counselling process, IIT-JEE 2012 organising...

08:32 PM, May 31, 2012

New Delhi: The opinion over making Class XII results count for IIT entrances has been divided. While career counselors say it will increase stress on students, IITs insist the move will rejuvenate the schooling system. Speaking to CNN-IBN Career counselor Zubin Malhotra said, "I am of the opinion that it is wrong on just about every objective that this new format seeks to address. Let's try and understand what those...

08:50 AM, May 29, 2012

New Delhi: The joint council of the IITs and NITs will meet on Monday to discuss the government's move to hold a single entrance test for undergraduate technical courses. Sources say that the IITs, by and large, have opted to retain the existing format of JEE for 2013. Ahead of Monday's crucial meeting, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday met the IIT faculty federation and is understood to have sought...

09:01 AM, May 28, 2012

New Delhi: The results of the class XII Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board exams will be announced on Monday. The results will be declared at 11:00 am. The results will be available on the websites www.results.nic.in, www.cbseresults.nic.in and www.cbse.nic.in. Students can also get their results on email by registering themselves on these websites. Students can also dial 011-24357276 to get their results. Besides, they can get their results...

06:36 AM, May 28, 2012

New Delhi: If the Apple iPad be the Goliath of tablets, meet David - Aakash, the world's cheapest tablet computer. With hardly any flab beyond that 7-inch screen, it might also be among the smallest. Unlike the original iPad, it accepts pen drives. Something Indian university students, who get these tablets before everyone else, will find useful. But there are few gripes. The screen is rather unresponsive. Sometimes one has...

06:33 AM, May 26, 2012

New Delhi: The results of class XII Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination 2012 will be announced on May 28. The results will be declared at 11 am on May 28, said a CBSE statement on Friday. The results will be available on the websites www.results.nic.in, www.cbseresults.nic.in and www.cbse.nic.in. Students can also get their results on email by registering themselves on these websites. Students can also dial 011-24357276 to...

12:51 AM, May 26, 2012

Bangalore: Two Pre-University students in Karnataka ended their lives after failing to clear the second year exam results of which were announced on Wednesday, police said. 18 year-old Bharat committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Chamarajpet here, they said. In Karwar another PUC student, son of a goldsmith, killed himself by consuming cyanide used for polishing gold ornaments at his residence, police said. Vivek took the extreme...

01:02 PM, May 24, 2012

BANGALORE:Much has been said and written about Richard Loitam, the 19 year-old Manipuri student who died in mysterious circumstances last month. However, the incident would have gone unnoticed if it was not for a concerted campaign demanding justice in view of his death that went viral and made waves throughout the country.The Justice for Loitam Richard campaign started off as a small group on Facebook, when Monika Khangembam, a student...

08:39 AM, May 24, 2012

Mumbai: With the number of class IX students failing to secure a minimum of 25 per cent marks in their final exams in their Maths and Science papers rising this year, city-based schools are a worried lot. School principals believe that special efforts are required from teachers, students and their parents to obtain better results in the coming years. As per state government's new rule, all class IX students will...

03:41 PM, May 22, 2012

Chennai: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class X examination results for the Chennai region were announced on Monday with an overall 99.66 pass percentage. Out of 1,52,024 students who appeared for the examination, a total of 1,51,509 have qualified for admission to higher classes under the new continuous comprehensive evaluation (CCE) system, an official release said on Monday night. A total of 2,117 schools, including independent schools, Jawahar...

12:16 AM, May 22, 2012

London: Amidst renewed calls to the David Cameron government to review recent curbs on student visas, the British universities have reported a significant fall in applications for courses from India for the forthcoming academic year starting September-October. The actual scale of fall in students from India and other non-EU countries will be clear by September, when students arrive to start their courses, but lesser number of applications received by April-May...

04:39 AM, May 20, 2012

COIMBATORE: The availability of BE/BTech seats in Tamil Nadu is all set to shoot past the 2.65 lakh mark this year with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) allowing existing engineering colleges to add an additional 40,000 seats in undergraduate courses. The apex regulatory agency for technical education has sanctioned the increased intake of students at a time when nearly 65,000 out of the total 2.26 lakh BE/BTech...

09:22 AM, May 18, 2012

New Delhi: The India Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has started the admission process for the July 2012 session for masters, bachelors, diplomas and certificate programmes. The last date for Masters of Computer Application (MCA), Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA), Bachelor Preparatory Programme (BPP) and all certificate programmes is June 15 and for other master degree programmes the last date is July 30, an IGNOU statement said. "The university also...

08:12 PM, May 17, 2012

London: Keen to attract students from India, China and other countries, a leading Italian university has decided to teach its courses exclusively in the English language, signifying a major shift in Italy's higher education sector. Amidst increasing global competition in the higher education sector, top officials of the Politecnico di Milano, established in 1863, believe that if it retains Italian as its language of instruction, it risked isolation and will...

06:55 PM, May 17, 2012