Sibal backs Unmukt, requests DU to allow him for exam
August 31st, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Friday said he had requested the Delhi University vice chancellor to use his discretionary powers and allow U-19 World ... Read more...
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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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Rajasthan bans fast foods in college canteens
February 24th, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 24 (IANS) The Rajasthan government has asked all state-run colleges to ban sale of junk foods including pizzas, burgers and cold drinks on their premises, an official said ... Read more...
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Pranab cautions Mamata government on teacher assaults
January 22nd, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Berhampore (West Bengal), Jan 22 (IANS) Expressing concern over assaults on teachers by students, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday urged the West Bengal government to ensure discipline and law ... Read more...
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Four arrested in fake admission racket in Ramjas
December 15th, 2011 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Four people, including two former students of Ramjas College, were arrested for their involvement in a fake admission racket in the Delhi University college, police ... 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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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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Students clash with police in Bulandshahr
April 29th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), April 28 (IANS) Agitated over being allotted low marks in their exams due to poor attendance, a large number of students of a private engineering college in ... Read more...
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One killed in college building collapse
April 4th, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Etah (Uttar Pradesh), April 4 (IANS) A labourer was killed and seven injured when an under-construction building of a private college collapsed in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, police said Monday.The ... Read more...
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Denied admit cards, Mathura students go on rampage
March 31st, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mathura, March 31 (IANS) Agitated over not getting admission cards for college examinations beginning Thursday, students went on a rampage in this Uttar Pradesh pilgrim town, damaging vehicles, public property ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena youth activists attack Mumbai college
March 11th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Mar 11(ANI): Yuva Sena activists on Friday attacked a college in Mumbai, over a demand to allow students to sit for examinations.Protestors broke windows, pelted stones and smashed furnitures.Shiv Sena ... Read more...
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Aurangabad Medical College vandalized over poor facilities
February 22nd, 2011 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Aurangbad, Feb.22 (ANI): Medical students in Aurangabad vandalized their college and hostel property while protesting against the lack of facilities in campus.The students of the government run institution complained that college provided ... Read more...
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College manager booked for ill-treating girl students
February 1st, 2011 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 1 (IANS) The manager of a degree college here and his son have been booked for harassing a group of girl students during a study tour, police said Tuesday. Even ... Read more...
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Bhopal college bans female teachers from wearing western outfits
December 10th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
By Ram Chandra SahuBhopal, Dec.10 (ANI): The administration of a college in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal city has banned female teachers from wearing western clothes and the traditional 'salwar-kameez'.Sarojini Naidu Girls College ... Read more...
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Students stage violent protest outside Patna’s Aeronautics Institute
August 13th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by ANI
Patna, Aug 13 (ANI): The students of the Indian Institute of Aeronautics (IIA) staged a violent protest in Patna on Friday, condemning the apathetic attitude of the college administration.Their main grouse ... Read more...
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Safdarjung Hospital students on hunger strike (Lead)
June 1st, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Over 300 medical students and some junior doctors of the Safdarjung Hospital went on hunger strike Tuesday demanding "basic facilities" like water, working lifts and air-conditioning in ... Read more...
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Safdarjung Hospital students on hunger strike
June 1st, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Over 300 students of the medical college of Safdarjung Hospital here went on hunger strike Tuesday demanding "basic facilities" like water, working lifts and air-conditioning in their ... Read more...
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Hansraj College shut after student’s death
February 10th, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) A day after a 23-year-old visually challenged student of Hansraj College in Delhi University was found hanging in his hostel room, the college administration Wednesday called a ... Read more...
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110 Pune students hospitalised after food poisoning
January 20th, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
Pune, Jan 20 (ANI): Around 110 students of Pune's Symbiosis College were hospitalised on Wednesday after consuming contaminated food served in the college canteen.The students complained of headache, loose motion and vomiting ... Read more...
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Terror threats force panic-stricken schools, colleges in Lahore to step up security
November 23rd, 2009 - 3:50 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov. 23 (ANI): After receiving intelligence warning that terrorists might strike school and college buses in Lahore, top educational institutions in the city have deployed security guards on their buses.Intelligence agencies ... Read more...
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Bihar college fines student for ragging
October 14th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 14 (IANS) Authorities of a Bihar engineering college have imposed a fine of Rs.20,000 on a student and have withdrawn his scholarship for ragging freshers, an official said Wednesday.
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College mistakenly ‘fails’ an absent Dhoni
September 8th, 2009 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 8 (IANS) Fans of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni would say that it's just not cricket. Dhoni, who did not appear for his B.Com. part-I examination was declared 'failed' by the ... Read more...
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New ragging case surfaces in HP
July 15th, 2009 - 7:22 pm ICT by ANI
Shimla, July 15 (ANI): A new ragging case surfaced in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday when a post graduate student alleged that he was ragged by some seniors of the college.According to ... Read more...
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College denies Dhoni not promoted to second year
July 12th, 2009 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, July 12 (IANS) The college in which Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is studying as an under-graduate has refuted reports that he has been denied promotion to second year after ... Read more...
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Medicos asked to vacate hostel for feeding stray dogs
June 23rd, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 23 (IANS) Women post-graduate students of the Motilal Nehru Medical College in Allahabad were Tuesday ordered to vacate their hostel after the administration found them feeding stray dogs in the ... Read more...
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Raped girl’s Pak mum accuses college of running prostitution den
June 7th, 2009 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, June 7 (ANI): The mother of a girl who was allegedly gang raped by her classmates has blamed the college for the incident, claiming it is secretly running a prostitution den ... Read more...
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Lahore women’s college students condemn ‘war on jeans’
May 1st, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 1 (ANI): Students of Lahore's Kinnaird College (KC) have expressed their ire over the implementation of a new dress code that includes them not wearing jeans.Terming the ban as ... Read more...
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Lahore women’s college bans jeans
April 30th, 2009 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, April 30 (IANS) Apparently bowing to terror threats, a prominent women's college here known for its progressive outlook has barred its students from wearing jeans and other figure-hugging outfits but the ... Read more...
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Jeans, body hugging dresses banned in Lahore college fearing terror threat
April 30th, 2009 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Apr.30 (ANI): Fearing terror threats from the Taliban and other extremist groups, a college here has banned students from wearing jeans and other body hugging dresses.According to the Daily Times, ... Read more...
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College students in Chhattisgarh suspended for ragging juniors
January 10th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 10 (IANS) Fourteen students at a college in the city were Saturday suspended by the authorities, a day after the police registered a case against them for ragging their juniors ... Read more...
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Remove professor who discussed Gandhi’s sex life, say students
September 26th, 2008 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Hundreds of Delhi University students are demanding the ouster of a professor of Ramjas College who has been accused of sexually harassing 10 male students last year ... Read more...
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Court asks St.Stephen’s to appoint principal soon
July 9th, 2008 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up the administration of the St. Stephen's College for not appointing a full-time principal despite its earlier direction. On a petition ... Read more...
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St. Stephen’s acting principal resigns
March 15th, 2008 - 11:58 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The acting principal of Delhi University's St. Stephen's College Valson Thampu Saturday resigned from the post citing personal reasons. "From Monday, Thampu will not be the college's ... Read more...
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Lahore women’s college bans use of phone on campus
February 10th, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, Feb.10 (ANI): The Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) administration has reportedly confiscated over 100 mobiles after imposing a ban on its use on campus.
According to the Daily Times, the ... Read more...
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