The Gujarat High Court on Friday turned down the state government's contention that students belonging to the minority community cannot be given scholarships at the pre-matric level. ...
03:16 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi launched the Aadhaar-based direct benefits transfer scheme in Ajmer months back. Over a month since its implementation, the supposed game changer of the UPA-II has little to boast about. ...
09:53 AM, Feb 06, 2013
UPA-II's game changer direct cash transfer scheme is all set to go big across the country. CNN-IBN is taking a look at how its implementation is affecting lives. In the backward districts of Kerala, students are benefitting from it in the form of scholarships, but the tribals there are still apprehensive. ...
10:15 AM, Feb 05, 2013
The winner, who must demonstrate strong participation in cricket, will have half his or her tuition fees paid for the duration of a degree at the University of Wollongong south of Sydney. ...
02:49 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: The last date for submission of online applications for The Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) fellowships has been extended to September 12. The Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is an on-going national programme of fellowships in basic sciences, initiated and funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to attract exceptionally and highly motivated students for pursuing basic science courses and career in research. Interested...
01:10 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: A scholarship scheme aimed at checking dropout of tribal students after the elementary level and improve their enrollment was approved by the government on Thursday, a move which will benefit about 22 lakh students every year. The scheme will cost the Centre around Rs 2700 crore during the five years of the entire 12th plan. The new centrally-sponsored scheme of pre-Matric scholarship for Scheduled Tribe (ST) students studying...
09:14 PM, Sep 06, 2012
Today, September 7, is the last date for submission of online applications for The Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) fellowships. The Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is an on-going national programme of fellowships in basic sciences, initiated and funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to attract exceptionally and highly motivated students for pursuing basic science courses and career in research. Interested candidates can log on...
11:57 AM, Sep 06, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has started accepting e-scholarship appplications under the Rajashree Shahu Maharaj Scheme (RSMS). The last date of application is September 30, 2012. Students who have secured 75 per cent marks in SSC examinations are eligible to apply for the scholarships. Students belonging to Scheduled Caste, Vimyukta Jati and Nomadic Tribes and SBC are also eligible for RSMS scholarships for 11th and 12th standard. Students can click here...
03:15 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Los Angeles: Tony Scott has been cremated, and his widow will keep his remains at their Los Angeles-area home. The information is included on Scott's death certificate. The document doesn't include a formal determination of Scott's cause of death. Coroner's officials expect it will take several weeks to finalize their investigation, but they are treating his case as a probable suicide. The Top Gun director jumped from a bridge into...
06:29 PM, Aug 28, 2012
HYDERABAD: A student of city-based Nalsar University of Law, Suhasini Sen, has been selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship for 2012.The Gates Cambridge Scholarship was instituted in 2000 with the munificence of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Nalsar student has bagged the prestigious scholarship in a stiff global competition. Fifty outstanding individuals were selected for the scholarship from 23 countries, of whom only three are from India. Of...
11:08 AM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Thursday decided to include some communities in the list of Scheduled Castes in Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Tripura. In Kerala, Pulluvan and Thachar communities will be included in the list of Scheduled Caste, an official release said in New Delhi. The carpenters in the Thachar community will not be included in the SC list. The Dahiya community of Madhya Pradesh and Amata, Amath, Bajia,...
05:33 PM, Apr 12, 2012
The Gujarat CM is against funding of a scheme targeting religious minorities. ...
08:59 AM, Aug 08, 2009
Brisbane: Australia move on to the second Test against South Africa charged with renewed belief they can win the three-match series but coach Mickey Arthur has warned his team they cannot afford another slow start. The Gabba Test may have ended in a draw on Tuesday but Australia will take great confidence from the fact that, after a poor start, they outscored South Africa with the bat and twice removed...
08:58 PM, Jul 18, 2008
The 2 lakh scholarships are to be divided equally amongst girls and boys. ...
03:23 PM, Aug 28, 2007
The first scheme based on the Sachar Panel Report for minorities is ready to be rolled out. ...
12:39 AM, Aug 03, 2007
Indian language courses are rising on popularity among American students. US universities will double the number of scholarships. ...
10:06 AM, Apr 01, 2007
