New Delhi: The results of the IIT Joint Entrance Examination will be declared on Wednesday. Over 4 lakh candidates had appeared for the examination in over a 1000 centres across India this year. IIT Kanpur, the nodal agency conducting the exams this year has declared that all candidates will get full marks for two questions that had an error in the mathematics paper. The institute has also decided to withhold...
09:23 AM, May 25, 2011
Kanpur: Over 4.85 aspirants will appear for IIT-JEE, to be held at 1,051 centres in 131 cities across the country on Sunday. "A total of 4,85,262 candidates will fight it out for roughly 10,000 seats in 16 IITs and Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad," IIT-K director SG Dhande said. This year IIT-K is the conducting body of the entrance test, the result of which will be out on May...
08:50 AM, Apr 10, 2011
Kanpur: The Dalit girl from Fatehpur who was maimed for resisting a rape attempt may have to live with the trauma of 'permanent hearing loss' and a 'disfigured face'. "The perpetrators crossed all limits of humanity when they brutally chopped off her right ear. The savage attack has dislocated her right ear bone. Similarly a finger of her right hand too is severed," said Dr Anand Swaroop, in-charge of Hallet...
02:09 PM, Feb 08, 2011
New Delhi: Cold wave in north India has thrown rail traffic off-track with three trains – Swaraj Express, Udayan Abha Toofan Express and Purshottam Express – have being cancelled and 20 delayed. Two flights have also been delayed due to the fog. In Kanpur, residents have taken to the streets to demand relief measures from the state government as a cold wave sweeps across the region. Residents not equipped with...
09:09 AM, Jan 11, 2011
Kanpur: The parents of an ill teenager in Kanpur have asked a local court to permit them to sell their kidneys so that they can raise the money needed for his treatment. Anuj Behl, 14, has aplastic anemia - a disorder in which the body does not produce new blood cells. He needs a bone marrow transplant - that and other medical attention that he needs could cost up to...
08:51 PM, Nov 11, 2010
Ajmer: A village in Ajmer is getting all set for its e-date with US President Barack Obama . The hamlet of Kanpura 25 kilometers off Ajmer will show the world's most powerful leader how e-governance is changing the lives of the people in the village on a video conference. The excitement is palpable in Kanpura. Though it's just a dry run for the D-DAY but all are set to have...
08:35 AM, Nov 07, 2010
Kanpur: Three people have been killed and some others injured in an explosion in one of the staff quarters of a community health center in Kanpur. The explosion took place inside the health centre, which is at 12 Sirohi Road of Kanpur at around 2 PM. Uttar Pradesh ADGP Brij Lal said that the explosion was caused by fire crackers, which were being manufactured in one of the houses at...
03:57 PM, Oct 28, 2010
Kanpur: At least 10 people were injured when police resorted to baton charge after locals in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district Wednesday staged demonstrations demanding closure of a school where one student Divya recently died after alleged sexual assault. Divya's family along with other protesters are demanding the arrest of the school manager's son Piyush Verma who they alleged raped 12-year-old Divya, a Class Six student on 27th of September. Divya,...
05:38 PM, Oct 13, 2010
New Delhi: Hours after CNN-IBN exposed how VIP security protocol allegedly took the life of a 10-year-old child, the DGP of Uttar Pradesh has instructed the DIG of Kanpur to set up an enquiry into the matter. Public outrage is growing over the death of 10-yr-old Aman. His family says they couldn't get him to the hospital on time because the police had blocked traffic during the prime minister's visit...
11:06 AM, Jul 10, 2010
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
