Class 12 students win battle against school, board in apex court
July 16th, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 16 (IANS) Three Class 12 students have won a major battle against their school and the powerful Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CICSE) in the Supreme ... Read more...
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Kapil Sibal skips IIT council meet
June 27th, 2012 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday skipped the meeting of IIT Council convened by him to discuss the proposed common entrance test after opposition ... Read more...
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HRD ministry calls IIT meet on common entrance test (Lead)
June 22nd, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) A day after IIT Delhi followed Kanpur's way against the proposed common entrance test, the human resource development ministry has called a meeting of ... Read more...
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HRD ministry calls IIT meet on common entrance test
June 22nd, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) A day after IIT Delhi followed Kanpur's way against the proposed common entrance test, the human resource development ministry has called a meeting of the ... Read more...
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DU officials say no 100 percent cut-off this time
June 20th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Delhi University officials Wednesday reassured students that last year's 100 percent cut-off debacle will not happen again."Although the cut-off is expected to rise again due ... Read more...
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Traders go on strike against Karachi violence
June 13th, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 13 (IANS) A shutters-down strike is being observed in Pakistan's port city of Karachi Wednesday against the prevailing lawlessness, as eight more people have died in the ongoing ... Read more...
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IIT Kanpur revolts, to hold separate entrance exam
June 8th, 2012 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) In a clear revolt against the human resource development ministry's move for a common entrance test, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur Friday decided to ... Read more...
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NCC to redefine training philosophy (Lead)
April 11th, 2012 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The National Cadet Corps (NCC) will soon redefine its training philosophy to equip its cadets with the skills needed to face challenges of the new ... Read more...
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Ensure power during exams: Akhikesh
March 21st, 2012 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 21 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday ordered that there should be no power cuts between 6-10 p.m. to enable students preparing for critical school examinations.The ... Read more...
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Delhi’s students unfazed by earthquake
March 5th, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The 4.9-magnitude earthquake in the capital Monday may have caused pandemonium in offices and other workplaces but students taking their board exams were too immersed ... Read more...
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Board exams: Lengthy english question paper puzzles students (Lead)
March 1st, 2012 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) 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. ... Read more...
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Exam fever grips students in capital
February 29th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) With the board exams beginning Thursday, tense students in the capital are still buried in books, some in a race to finish their courses while ... Read more...
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New IIT entrance format to get brighter students: Sibal
February 24th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The new format of exams for entrance to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will ensure brighter students getting through to the prestigious institutions, Human ... Read more...
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Exam time: Another helpline for stressed students
February 10th, 2012 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Students bogged down by exam stress and anxiety have some more help available -- a Delhi-based hospital's mental health helpline Friday announced special arrangements for ... Read more...
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Exam time: Dial a helpline to overcome stress
February 6th, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) It's that time of the year when tension runs high, anxiety grips the minds of parents and students who are concerned about just one thing ... Read more...
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CBSE starts counselling for board exams
January 31st, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) In an attempt to address anxieties of students and parents, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will start from Wednesday the first phase of ... Read more...
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Courts can’t decide poll dates: Supreme Court (Lead)
January 13th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Dismissing a petition seeking rescheduling of elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court Friday declined to interfere in the conduct of assembly elections ... Read more...
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Madrassa exams postponed due to polls
December 29th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 29 (IANS) Examinations in Uttar Pradesh's Islamic seminaries, or madrassas, have been shifted by more than three months and rescheduled for June in view of the February elections.The ... Read more...
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Can postpone Uttar Pradesh school exams for polls: CEC
December 22nd, 2011 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) With the Mayawati government having announced holding of high school and state board examinations between January and April next year, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. ... Read more...
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Maoists return to power in Nepal
August 28th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 28 (IANS) Against the backdrop of violent protests in Kathmandu and outside, Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas returned to power Sunday, two years after the fall of their first ... Read more...
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Teachers expose Lucknow schools racket
July 26th, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 26 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh teachers association has alleged a nexus between at least 200 authorised and illegal private schools in Lucknow that could push thousands of students ... Read more...
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How to improve education? Bihar asks students (Feature)
July 26th, 2011 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Patna, July 26 (IANS) Vivash Kumar Jha is both nervous and excited. The overwhelming feeling of topping the Class 12 board exams had not even sunk in when the 17-year-old ... Read more...
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Girls outshine boys in Uttar Pradesh Class 10 results
June 10th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad, June 10 (IANS) Girls outperformed boys in Uttar Pradesh board exams for Class 10, results of which were declared here Friday."While the total pass percentage stood at 70.82, the ... Read more...
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Class 10 certificates to have grades on life skills
June 9th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The new Class 10 certificate to be issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) this year will show a student's grades in subjects ... Read more...
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A Jharkhand school where all students failed in board exams
June 2nd, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, June 2 (IANS) Amid all the buzz over encouraging board exam results all over India, Jharkhand's Deoghar district has a school where all its 147 students have failed in ... Read more...
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Girls sweep Bihar madrassa board results
June 2nd, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 2 (IANS) Girls have created history by securing top ranks in Class 10 examination conducted by the Bihar Madrassa Education Board, officials here said.
Nasra Khatoon, of ... Read more...
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About 70 percent pass Jharkhand secondary board exams
May 31st, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 31 (IANS) Around 69.31 per cent students passed out in 2011 Jharkhand Secondary Examination Board results, announced Tuesday in Ranchi.Jharkhand Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Baijnath Ram released ... Read more...
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Girl commits suicide after failing in board exams
May 27th, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 27 (IANS) A girl student committed suicide here Friday after she failed in her Class 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams, police said.Anjali Kumari (18), resident ... 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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Indian schoolboy rewrites history on the Himalayas
May 20th, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 20 (IANS) A 17-year-old schoolboy from a New Delhi suburb, who became a climbing sensation last year by becoming the youngest Indian to conquer Mt Everest, created a ... Read more...
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24 million hits on Kerala exam results website
May 1st, 2011 - 3:50 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 30 (IANS) A Kerala government website with the results of Class 10 state board exams got 2.4 crore (24 million) hits from 90 countries Thursday when the lists ... Read more...
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Abhishek starrer ‘Game’ breaks dry spell at box-office (IANS Preview)
March 28th, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Big movies are back in business with "Game". The action thriller, releasing Friday, is the first big-budget and big starrer to hit the screens ... Read more...
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Husband, son kill Delhi police sub-inspector
March 26th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) A woman sub-inspector of police was allegedly strangulated with an electric wire by her husband and minor son over a financial dispute at her residence ... Read more...
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No changes in Tamil Nadu polling date: Officials
March 3rd, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 3 (IANS) Election officials Thursday ruled out any change in the assembly poll schedule for Tamil Nadu despite various political parties of the state, barring the Congress, expressing ... Read more...
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Postpone polls, urge Tamil Nadu parties (Lead)
March 3rd, 2011 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 2 (IANS) Various political parties in Tamil Nadu, including the ruling DMK, Wednesday objected to the assembly election schedule announced by the Election Commission (EC) and sought ... Read more...
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