US agency funding unique project to boost Indian agriculture
July 16th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) How to increase farm productivity to feed a burgeoning populace, how to use the existing farming methods and practices optimally - these and other critical ... Read more...
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India, Australia collaborate for scientific research
June 26th, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Top scientists in India and Australia will receive funding for cutting-edge research in fields of environment science, materials science, stem cells and vaccines as part ... Read more...
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India, US announce eight educational partnerships
June 12th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 12 (IANS) In a milestone in the educational partnership between India and the United States, eight institutional partnership projects, four each led by either country, were announced ... Read more...
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Parliamentary panel questions shortage of university teachers
May 10th, 2012 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The shortfall of teaching staff in universities across states has drawn the attention of a parliamentary panel which has slammed the human resource development (HRD) ... Read more...
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Parliament passes IIT bill
April 30th, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Parliament Monday passed a bill which will make the six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) capable of granting degrees to the engineers that pass ... Read more...
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Harappan relics found in Haryana village
April 12th, 2012 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 12 (IANS) Relics believed to be associated with the ancient Harappan civilisation have been dug out from a village in Haryana by archaeological experts from Cambridge and the ... Read more...
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Gopalkrishna Gandhi to head Shimla’s IIAS
March 5th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 5 (IANS) Former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi is the new chairman of the governing body of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) in Shimla, an official ... Read more...
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Student kills self in BHU
February 22nd, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, Feb 22 (IANS) A medical student committed suicide at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) here Wednesday, after taking an overdose of anaesthetic drugs, police said.Sumit Garg was a second ... Read more...
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PM’s tribute to Malaviya on 150th birth anniversary (Lead)
December 27th, 2011 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Rich tributes were paid to Madan Mohan Malaviya on his 150th birth anniversary celebrations with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the educationist and freedom ... Read more...
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PM’s tribute to Malaviya on 150th birth anniversary celebrations
December 27th, 2011 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Educationist, freedom fighter and visionary Madan Mohan Malaviya, the founder of the Banaras Hindu University, wanted to blend the best of Indian learning with ... Read more...
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Madan Mohan Malaviya’s 150th birth anniversary to be celebrated
September 20th, 2011 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The government has constituted a National Implementation Committee (NIC) under the chairmanship of Rajya Sabha member Karan Singh to commemorate freedom fighter Madan Mohan ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh hospital offers free CT scans Monday
August 14th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 14 (IANS) A state-of-the-art CT scan centre at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh will offer free services to all patients on the Independence Day Monday, an official said ... 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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BHU professor found dead in campus home
July 19th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), July 19 (IANS) A professor of the prominent Banaras Hindu University (BHU) here was found dead in his official residence on the campus Tuesday, police said.N. Prasad ... Read more...
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Telangana ideologue Jayashankar dies
June 21st, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 21 (IANS) Telangana ideologue K. Jayashankar passed away Tuesday in Warangal district, after prolonged illness, his family members said. He was 76.The former vice chancellor of Kakatiya ... Read more...
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IIT-JEE topper aspires to be a civil servant (Second Lead)
May 25th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Immadi Prudhvi Tej, resident of Hyderabad, has topped the joint entrance examination (JEE) of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), whose results were declared ... Read more...
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Hyderabad boy tops IIT-JEE (Lead)
May 25th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Immadi Prudhvi Tej, a resident of Hyderabad, has topped the joint entrance examination (JEE) of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) whose results were ... Read more...
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Indian American Satish Tripathi appointed US varsity president
April 21st, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 20 (IANS) Reputed Indian American computer scientist Satish K. Tripathi, a Banaras Hindu University alumnus, has been appointed president of the prestigious University at Buffalo (UB) in New ... Read more...
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An ayurvedic calendar to promote healthy living
March 25th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, March 25 (IANS) What's the right lifestyle and diet for the season? To find out, turn to the first-of-its-kind ayurvedic calendar brought out by the Banaras ... Read more...
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Talwar attacker be sent to mental hospital, plead his parents (Lead)
January 28th, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 28 (IANS) The court trying Utsav Sharma, who attacked murdered teenager Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar outside a court here earlier this week, Friday sought a report from the jail authorities ... Read more...
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Utsav Sharma sent to judicial custody till Feb 8
January 26th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 26 (ANI): Utsav Sharma, who had attacked Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar inside the Ghaziabad court premises, was on Wednesday remanded to judicial custody till February 8.Sharma, who was ... Read more...
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Utsav was upset that Talwar was not convicted
January 25th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 25 (IANS) A youth who Tuesday attacked murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar's father Rajesh Talwar outside a court in Ghaziabad told police that he was upset that Talwar was not ... Read more...
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‘My son should not be treated as criminal’: Utsav’s father (Lead)
January 25th, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, Jan 25 (IANS) S.K. Sharma, father of the youth who Tuesday attacked murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar's father Rajesh Talwar outside a court in Ghaziabad, said his son "should not be ... Read more...
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‘My son should not be treated as criminal’: Utsav’s father
January 25th, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, Jan 25 (IANS) S.K. Sharma, father of the youth who Tuesday attacked murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar's father Rajesh Talwar outside a court in Ghaziabad, has said his son "should not ... Read more...
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Same man attacked Talwar, S.P.S. Rathore (Lead)
January 25th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh/Ghaziabad, Jan 25 (IANS) The man who attacked Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teen Aarushi Talwar, outside a Ghaziabad court Tuesday has been identified as Utsav Sharma, who had earlier assaulted ... Read more...
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13 killed in Uttar Pradesh bus accident (Lead)
January 15th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed and over 20 others were injured when the bus they were travelling in spun out of control and fell into a ... Read more...
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Rahul asks Lucknow students to join politics
January 11th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 11 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday asked the youth to join politics for development of the country but steered away from controversial questions on corruption and inflation ... Read more...
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Join politics to cleanse it, Rahul tells students (Roundup)
January 10th, 2011 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad/Varanasi, Jan 10 (IANS) Calling upon students to join politics irrespective of their professional aspirations, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Monday said the participation of the youth will not only ... Read more...
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Join politics to develop India, Rahul Gandhi urges BHU students
January 10th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, Jan 10 (IANS) Interacting with students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Monday asked them to join politics irrespective of their professional aspirations, saying youths' ... Read more...
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Rahul to tour Uttar Pradesh
January 8th, 2011 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 8 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit colleges in Uttar Pradesh Monday and Tuesday in a bid to attract new members to the National Students Union of ... Read more...
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Chinese checkers: Mandarin teachers in short supply in India
December 15th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Anjali Ojha
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Growing economic and cultural ties with China may have spurred a demand for Mandarin but experts say strict visa norms are preventing teachers of the ... Read more...
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Indian American astronomer finds diamond-studded planet
December 9th, 2010 - 11:02 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) Astronomers led by Indian American Nikku Madhusudhan have discovered a giant planet with an atmosphere and core dominated by carbon, raising the prospect that diamond-studded stars ... Read more...
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Chidambaram visits Varanasi blast site, meets injured
December 8th, 2010 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, Dec 8 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday visited the site of the blast here which killed a toddler and left over 20 people, including foreigners, injured. He also met ... Read more...
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US offers assistance to investigate Varanasi blast
December 8th, 2010 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 8 (ANI): US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer on Wednesday offered his condolences to the victims of yesterday's bomb blast in Varanasi and said that United States ready ... Read more...
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BHU student suspended for posting obscene content on Facebook
December 2nd, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 2 (IANS) Posting vulgar remarks against his female batchmates on the popular social networking site Facebook has landed a final year student of the Banaras Hindu University ... Read more...
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