Princeton University evacuated its sprawling campus in New Jersey on Tuesday after receiving a bomb threat to multiple buildings, the latest of threats that have disrupted schools, government buildings and air travel across the country the past two days.
"This is NOT a test. There has been a bomb threat to multiple unspecified campus buildings," the university tweeted about 10:30 am.
The threat came a week after Princeton's commencement, and a university spokesman said about 6,900 people were on campus, half of them university staff.
A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Texas from Los Angeles with 143 passengers aboard was forced to land in Phoenix on Monday after a telephoned bomb threat. Early on Tuesday, Richmond International Airport in Virginia was evacuated after a threatening phone call, but a sweep of the airport located no dangers, officials said....
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07:47 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Guwahati: The North East Tea Association (NETA), a leading tea growers association in Assam, has appealed to the state government to include a chapter in the school textbooks on tea and its health benefits. NETA chairman Bidyananda Barkakoty said this while addressing the 16th biennial annual general meeting of the association at Jorhat and added that the proposed chapter in school text books should also include the role of tea...
05:40 AM, Jun 09, 2013
Greater Noida: One of the most important aspects lacking in the education system is interpersonal communication, CBSE Chairman Vineet Joshi said on Tuesday. This aspect was important as an individual has to connect with everyone -- children, parents, peers or colleagues-- around them, he said. Interpersonal communication means a deeper understanding of the problems faced by a child or teacher and the ability to address the same within the school...
12:30 AM, May 29, 2013
The Citizen Journalist Show in partnership with Video Volunteers bring you these reports on the condition of schools in Odisha and Chhattisgarh. ...
10:52 PM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has pulled up the Gujarat government once again, this time over the appointment of part-time teachers instead of full-time ones in primary schools. The apex court was critical of the Modi government's policy of appointing Vidya Sahayaks in place of teachers in primary schools. It has questioned the government on ignoring the Right To Education Act. The apex court has asked the state government to...
02:54 PM, May 20, 2013
Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian academic has called for the closure of Tamil and Chinese medium school in the country to strengthen national unity, drawing sharp reaction from largest ethnic Indian political party which said the remarks are against the Federal Constitution. Former education ministry director-general Abdul Rahman Arshad has called for the abolishment of vernacular schools in favour of a single stream school which uses Malay as medium. "If we...
11:46 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld the Chief Information Commision's (CIC) order directing the unaided private schools to give out information relating to total no of seats in all classes. The court, however, said the schools need not disclose informations relating to their financial records. Justice Rajiv Shakdher passed the order while hearing a plea of Delhi State Public School Management Association challenging the CIC's December 2010...
01:30 AM, May 03, 2013
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday made a series of announcements to strengthen the state police. The announcements include annual recruitment of personnel for police and fire services departments, construction for their housing, creation of youth brigade, extension of closed user group telephony facility to family members, residential school for children and others measures. Jayalalithaa also announced hike in food allowances to Rs 200 from Rs 85...
05:58 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Young swimmer Bobby Rana returned home with two bronze medals (50m and 100m butterfly) in his bag, which he won at the World Schools Swimming Cup Championship under-18 (boys and girls) held in Herzilya (Israel). ...
12:05 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Chandigarh: The Punjab government has ordered closure of 473 private schools after they failed to implement norms of the right to education (RTE) act, a minister said on Wednesday. Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the non-affiliated private schools have been asked to wind up their operations immediately. "The Punjab government had been sympathetic towards these educational institutions for long. They had been time and again requested to adhere to...
04:51 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Chandigarh: Nearly 1.5 lakh students studying in Class 12 of government schools in Punjab will get tablet computers, a minister announced on Tuesday. Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the state government will provide free computer tablets to all the 1.5 lakh students studying in Class 12 in government schools at a total cost of Rs.110 crore in the current financial year. Maluka said satellite-based education (EDUSAT), earlier launched in...
03:56 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Delhi School of Business, which claims to be empowered with with technology driven learning management systems, held a day long conclave where the panel discussed about 'Management Education for Modernising India'. ...
07:50 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai girl Ashwini Nene has topped the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) - a pre-requisite for admissions to most US graduate schools and for some other countries - by scoring full marks of 340/340, an official said here on Wednesday. Nene, 20, is a student of Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Andheri. The GRE results were announced by Educational Testing Services, a US-based organisation that conducts the examinations worldwide. Coached...
11:00 AM, Apr 04, 2013
The government on Tuesday rejected the demand of some states of extending RTE deadline on meeting infrastructure norms but asked them to act tough on schools which are lagging far behind in implementing them. Amid concerns over schools which have failed to meet the RTE obligations by the March 31, 2013 deadline, HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju said the states have the rights to decide on such schools as well...
04:30 AM, Apr 03, 2013
This is the second fast since March 19, which was observed by the Tamil Nadu Film Directors Association. ...
04:47 PM, Apr 02, 2013
In the largest cheating scandals to hit the US public education system, 35 Atlanta public schools educators and administrators have been indicted on charges of large-scale racketeering and corruption. ...
08:00 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Delhi BJP state President Vijay Goel on Monday criticized the state government's reported move to shut down 2,235 unrecognized public schools in the city saying the step will deprive four and a half lakh children of education. "As a result of closure of 2235 schools, four and a half lakh children will be deprived of education. Before implementing any provision, the government will have to see what alternative arrangement for...
01:40 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Arvind Kejriwal, Mohandas Pai, Wharton School, business schools, Wharton India Economic Forum, Narendra Modi, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Aam Aadmi Party ...
12:43 PM, Mar 13, 2013
The second day of the two-day Think Edu Conclave organised by the New Indian Express brought to the fore a kaleidoscope of views on India's education sector. ...
10:24 PM, Mar 10, 2013
What ails India's growing schooling system? How can we create an education system that is secular, creative student centric? These were some of the key issues discussed during the two day Think Edu Conclave. ...
10:13 PM, Mar 10, 2013
