US car crash claims 5 Andhra techies, families in gloom
August 11th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 11 (IANS) The families of five Indian software professionals killed in a car crash on a highway near Oklahoma city in the US were plunged into gloom Saturday ... Read more...
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AMU suspends 21 engineering students
August 8th, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh, Aug 8 (IANS) Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has suspended 21 students for allegedly using fraudulent means to secure admission into engineering courses. A probe has been ordered.The students are ... Read more...
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AMU lodges FIR against 27 for using unfair means
July 14th, 2012 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), July 14 (IANS) The Aligarh Muslim University has lodged a police complaint and demanded stern action against 27 candidates who used unfair means or impersonators for admission ... Read more...
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Student ragging, murder: Two varsity officials face case
July 2nd, 2012 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 2 (IANS) A court here Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to register a fresh first information report (FIR) against two officials and a student of a private ... Read more...
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Engineering girl student commits suicide
May 21st, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, May 21 (IANS) An engineering girl student of the Sharda University here allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of her hostel early Monday.Shilpi Verma, 24, ... Read more...
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10 lakh students appear in all-India engineering entrance test
April 30th, 2012 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Around 10 lakh students Sunday appeared in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) 2012 at 1,735 centres across the country.Another 164,000 candidates would ... Read more...
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Kidnapped Andhra schoolboy found murdered
April 20th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 20 (IANS) A 12-year-old boy, kidnapped four days ago while he was on his way to school, was Friday found murdered in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district, police ... Read more...
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IIT-Kanpur alumni heading city’s administration, police
March 23rd, 2012 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, March 23 (IANS) Call it a coincidence or routine bureaucratic reshuffle, the industrial city of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh now has two former IIT-Kanpur students heading the administration and ... Read more...
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Aspiring engineer shot dead by two students
December 2nd, 2011 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 2 (IANS) Two students of a government-run polytechnic shot dead a B.Tech student in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district Friday, police said.Gunjan Tiwari, 20, a B.Tech third year ... Read more...
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Callous capital? Passersby ignored pleas from injured, bleeding men
November 29th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) In one more instance of callousness in the national capital, two young men, brutally beaten up, lay by the roadside, bleeding, pleading for help... For ... Read more...
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2016 deadline for 73 border roads: Antony
November 23rd, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) India's 73 strategic border roads projects in the north and northeast will be completed in phases by 2016, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Wednesday.Of the ... Read more...
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Court reserves order on students plea against varsity
November 18th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday reserved order on a petition alleging that Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIU) adopted different criteria for promoting its professional ... Read more...
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Two IITians sowing change in Bihar’s farmlands (Feature)
November 3rd, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 3 (IANS) A degree from IIT was the big ticket of Shashank Kumar and Manish Kumar to white collar jobs. But instead of chasing corporate dreams, the two ... Read more...
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‘Jugnu’ launch marks watershed in Indian space technology
October 25th, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The successful launch of Jugnu, a loaf-sized nano satellite designed by IIT-Kanpur, on Oct 12 marks a watershed in Indian space technology for miniaturisation ... Read more...
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IIT Kanpur student commits suicide
September 23rd, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, Sep 23 (IANS) A student of Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) was found hanging from his hostel room, police in this Uttar Pradesh town said Friday, suspecting that he ... Read more...
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CBI probe demanded into engineering fresher’s death
September 12th, 2011 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 12 (IANS) The father of Somya Singh, an engineering student who died last week after falling from the fourth floor of her hostel allegedly during ragging in ... Read more...
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Student thrashed by colleagues at private college
September 10th, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, Sep 10 (IANS) A second year B.Tech student was thrashed and injured and his cousin allegedly ragged by two students of a private college in Greater Noida, police ... Read more...
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Girl student dies; father alleges ragging
September 10th, 2011 - 2:09 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 10 (IANS) The father of a student found dead at her engineering college hostel has filed a complaint of ragging against some seniors, police said Friday."The girl, Somya ... Read more...
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One student killed, 3 injured in Uttar Pradesh
September 8th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) In a clash following an argument between two groups of students, a 21-year-old engineering student was killed and three critically injured in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr ... Read more...
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Indian origin scientist designs nanosized batteries
July 31st, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 31 (IANS) A team led by an Indian origin scientist has packaged lithium ion batteries, which power mobiles and smartphones, into a single nanowire. The breakthrough could be ... Read more...
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Focus on graduation alone affects research: Sibal
May 25th, 2011 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, May 25, (IANS) Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday said the focus on mere graduation was a key factor for lack of research in leading institutions.He was ... Read more...
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Four vehicle thieves held
May 13th, 2011 - 1:03 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Four youths including two students were arrested for allegedly stealing motor vehicles in south Delhi and eight motorcycles recovered from them, police said Thursday."The accused ... Read more...
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Chennai’s Divyadharshini tops civil services exam
May 11th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chennai, May 11 (IANS) Chennai-based qualified lawyer and banker S. Divyadharshini topped the 2010 All India Civil Services Examination, the results of which were declared Wednesday.Second-ranker Sweta Mohanty ... Read more...
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Aligarh Muslim University to reopen May 13
May 10th, 2011 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Aligarh, May 9 (IANS) The Aligarh Muslim University, which shut down April 30 following violence among students, has decided to reopen on May 13 and also open the hostel for ... Read more...
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Over 65 percent voting in Andhra by-polls (Second Lead)
May 8th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 8 (IANS) Over 65 percent electors cast their votes in the Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh Sunday. Barring minor incidents, voting was peaceful, ... Read more...
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Polling begins in Andhra by-polls
May 8th, 2011 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 8 (IANS) Polling began in Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district Sunday amid tight security.Voters started casting their votes at 1,512 polling ... Read more...
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Engineering student held for fraud
April 28th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A Jamia Millia Islamia engineering student was arrested Thursday for hiring a proxy to appear for him in entrance exam last year, a varsity official ... Read more...
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Engineering student brutally assaulted by seniors
April 22nd, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), April 22 (IANS) A first year engineering student was hospitalised after a brutal assault by four seniors as part of ragging at a government-run university campus here, ... Read more...
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Jamia to introduce OMR application forms
April 13th, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia University here will introduce OMR application forms for its engineering and MBA courses to deal with an increasing number of applications. These ... Read more...
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Tech student hangs himself in Uttar Pradesh
February 23rd, 2011 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 23 (IANS) A first-year B.Tech student of a private engineering college, upset over a family dispute, hanged himself from the ceiling fan of his room in the ... Read more...
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Forced to tonsure heads for fee delay, allege Dalit students (Lead)
February 3rd, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Feb 3 (IANS) Thirty Dalit students of a privately-run institute in Ghaziabad, affiliated to the Uttar Pradesh Technical University, were forced to tonsure their heads as the state government delayed payment ... Read more...
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Engineering student shoots self
January 22nd, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 22 (IANS) A first-year engineering student shot himself with an illegally acquired pistol after failing to do well in studies in Uttar Pradesh's Muradnagar town, police said Saturday. Police ... Read more...
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Girls draw a blank in AMU students union poll
January 20th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh, Jan 20 (IANS) None of the girls won when they contested for the top posts in the Aligarh Muslim University Students Union for the first time, despite women students comprising ... Read more...
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Two engineering students held for vehicle thefts
January 13th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Noida, Jan 12 (IANS) Two engineering students have been arrested for stealing vehicles in Noida, police said Wednesday. Mukul Mittal, a second year B.Tech student of RKGIT Engineering College on Meerut Road ... Read more...
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Varsity slammed for unfairly filling up vacant quota seats
January 11th, 2011 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashtha University not to admit in an unfair manner students from the general category against vacant ... Read more...
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