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Rahul Gandhi hits out at PDP-BJP govt over NIT row
National | Apr 07, 2016, 02:37 PM ISTNew 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 | Apr 07, 2016, 01:16 PM ISTThe 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 | Apr 06, 2016, 01:58 PM ISTSrinagar: 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 | Apr 07, 2016, 08:50 AM ISTAsserting 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
National | Sep 18, 2015, 04:37 PM ISTAgartala: 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 | Sep 13, 2015, 11:42 PM ISTNew 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 | Aug 08, 2015, 08:56 AM ISTBhubaneswar: 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 | Aug 08, 2015, 08:05 AM ISTNew 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 | Aug 06, 2015, 09:26 AM ISTNew 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 | Oct 29, 2014, 04:57 PM ISTNew 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 | Jul 10, 2014, 10:28 AM ISTWashington: 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