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  Rahul Gandhi hits out at PDP-BJP govt over NIT row

  Politics | April 07, 2016 14:37 IST

  New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today mounted attack on the BJP-PDP government in Jammu and Kashmir, accusing it of using "brute" force against NIT students in Srinagar. "Strongly condemn lathicharge on #NITSrinagar students. When will

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  NIT Srinagar unrest: J&K govt forms panel to probe clashes inside campus

  India | April 07, 2016 13:16 IST

  The Jammu and Kashmir government today ordered an enquiry by Nazir Ahmad Baba, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar into the clashes inside the NIT campus.

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  What lies behind student unrest in NIT Srinagar? Here is all you need to know!

  India | April 06, 2016 13:58 IST

  Srinagar: Hundreds of Non-Kashmiri students of at Srinagar’s National Institute of Technology alleged that the Jammu and Kaskmir police brutally kicked and punched them when they attempted to leave institute premises late on Tuesday. Meanwhile,

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  NIT Srinagar unrest: HRD minister Smriti Irani to visit campus today

  India | April 07, 2016 8:50 IST

  Asserting that the safety of the students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar was her prime concern, Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said that her ministry officials are in the varsity c

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  Special meeting of NE NITs will be convened soon: Smriti Irani

  Politics | September 18, 2015 16:37 IST

  Agartala:  A special meeting of the NITs of the north eastern region would be convened soon to discuss the problems and opportunities for their improvement in the region, HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said."I am

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  NIT admissions likely on JEE-Main scores alone from 2016

  India | September 13, 2015 23:42 IST

  New Delhi: Admissions to the NITs from next year could be based entirely on JEE-Main scores, with a government-appointed panel likely to recommend scrapping of weightage given to marks obtained in board examinations."We would be

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  India must reap demographic dividend: President Pranab Mukherjee

  India | August 08, 2015 8:56 IST

  Bhubaneswar: President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday stressed that India must reap its demographic dividend improving the quality of teaching and honing its youth's latent talents by imparting skill-based training.India is a mine of human resources

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  AAP government launches CM's Super Talented Children Scholarship Scheme

  India | August 08, 2015 8:05 IST

  New Delhi: The AAP government in Delhi on Friday launched “Chief Minister's Super Talented Children Scholarship Scheme 2015-16”.Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said: “Under this scheme, 400 meritorious students of science stream studying in

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  Over 4,400 students drop out of IITs, NITs in three years

  India | August 06, 2015 9:26 IST

  New Delhi: Over 4,400 students dropped out of IITs and NITs in the last three years due to various reasons including "academic stress", the government said on Wednesday and assured that corrective actions have been

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  NITs should be at forefront of bridging digital divide: President

  India | October 29, 2014 16:57 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today exhorted NITs to be at the forefront of bridging the digital divide in the country especially in view of ‘Make in India' and ‘Digital India' initiatives launched by the

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  Indian-American Nagi Naganathan is interim president of US varsity

  World | July 10, 2014 10:28 IST

  Washington: Nagi Naganathan, an alumnus of the National Institute of Technology at Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, has been appointed interim president of the University of Toledo, a public research university in Ohio.A member of the

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