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Student suicide: Engineering college chief discharged   New Delhi : An engineering institute's director and teacher, accused of abetting a student's suicide in 2005, were discharged by a Delhi court due to lack of evidence to ma ... More

10 lakh students appear in all-India engineering entrance test   Around 10 lakh students Sunday appeared in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) 2012 at 1,735 centres across the country. ... More

‘India should have single engineering entrance exam’   With reforms in the IIT entrance tests being mulled, the founder of the prestigious Super 30 coaching institute, Anand Kumar, has suggested a single entrance ex ... More

US helping India to establish community colleges   The United States is working with India to flesh out an initiative to set up hundreds of community colleges in India on the American pattern, according to state ... More

Sibal welcomes apex court decision on RTE   Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict upholding the constitutional validity of the right to education (RTE) act that mandates unaided pr ... More

6 MIT scientists to address EmTech India in Bangalore   Six outstanding scientists and researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), including two Indian Americans, will participate in the fourth emerging technologies conference o ... More

Presidency University to hold election   Kolkata : Two years after being upgraded from a college, the Presidency University will hold student elections for the first time in September, it was announced here Monday. Vice-chancell ... More

JNU students vote in union poll after four years   Voting for the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) took place here Thursday after a gap of over four years. The results would be out March 3. ... More

Educational institutions reopen in Kashmir   After over two months of one of Kashmir's harshest winters, universities, colleges and schools reopened here Thursday. Although the winter vacation for prima ... More

Board exams: Lengthy english question paper puzzles students   Students appearing for the class 12 board exam that began here Thursday said the english paper was way too lengthy to finish in three hours. Nearly 8 lakh students are appearing for the Cent ... More

Intel India unveils plan to groom innovators   Bangalore : Global chip maker Intel Corporation Wednesday unveiled an outreach programme to groom future scientists in India as the next generation of innovators. "The Intel Future Scient ... More

Heritage Walk organized to celebrate National Science Day   Around a hundred Delhiites, including school and college students, astronomy enthusiasts and several tourists Tuesday participated in a heritage walk to celebra ... More