Check illegal migration from Bangladesh: Experts
September 9th, 2012 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung and other intellectuals have urged the government to take steps to tackle the presence of illegal ... Read more...
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Girl power in Jamia (To go with: Turkish language course flavour at Jamia)
August 5th, 2012 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
There has been increase of about 12 percent in girl students in Jamia Millia Islamia, following a 10 percent reservation for girls. With this, the percentage of girls on the campus ... Read more...
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Lawson to assist Afghan under-19 World Cup team
July 12th, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, July 12 (IANS) Former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson will assist the Afghanistan team as consultant during the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Queensland August 11-26.Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) ... Read more...
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Jamia V-C felicitates first Anglo Arabic girl’s batch
June 1st, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Friday felicitated 15 girl students, the first batch of girls who have recently been admitted to the 300-year-old ... Read more...
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Jamia to felicitate girl students admitted in male bastion
May 31st, 2012 - 11:18 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) A batch of about 15 girl students, who have made history by taking admission in an institution which has for the last 300 years ... Read more...
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Jamia Millia chief backs women’s quota bill
May 2nd, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Wednesday advocated the passage of the women's reservation bill to empower the poor and ordinary Indian women.Giving the ... Read more...
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Maoists need ‘hand holding’: Jamia vice chancellor
May 2nd, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Wednesday said that Maoists were "our own people" and needed "hand holding" instead of the government's ruthless supression.Speaking ... Read more...
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jamia to run 50-bed medical centre
April 28th, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A 50-bed medical centre, named after King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, has been inaugurated at Jamia Millia Islamia, officials said Saturday.Named after King Abdullah bin ... Read more...
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Trust India to strengthen ties with neighbours: UN chief (Lead)(With Image)
April 27th, 2012 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Friday that despite the challenges involved he trusted India to build and strengthen partnerships with her neighbours and ... Read more...
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When I am in India, I am at home: Ban Ki-moon
April 27th, 2012 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Visiting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was Friday conferred an honorary degree of doctor of letters at Jamia Millia Islamia here and told his audience ... Read more...
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Jamia to confer honorary degree to UN chief
April 25th, 2012 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) will confer an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon."The University will hold a special convocation ... Read more...
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Committee on minority education seeks databank creation (Lead)
March 5th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Members of a national committee monitoring access of minorities to education, which met for the first time here Monday, pitched for creating an authentic databank ... Read more...
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‘Arab spring is human awakening’
February 15th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests against repression in the Arab world was a human awakening triggered by people craving for better life and ... Read more...
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Jamia to build hostel for Kashmiri students
February 9th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Jamia Millia university is building a hostel for students from Jammu and Kashmir as part of confidence building measures for the people from ... Read more...
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Research on to improve India-Myanmar ties
January 31st, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) India's Jamia Millia university will collaborate with a Myanmar institute to launch a joint research programme on how to better ties, particularly related to ... Read more...
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Jamia Milia to confer doctorate on Aung San Suu Kyi (Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Recognising Aung San Suu Kyi's over two-decade fight for democracy in Myanmar, Delhi's Jamia Milia Islamia will confer an honorary doctorate degree on her very ... Read more...
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Jamia Milia to confer doctorate on Aung San Suu Kyi
January 30th, 2012 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Recognising her over two-decade fight for democracy in Myanmar, Delhi's Jamia Milia Islamia will confer an honorary doctorate degree on her very soon.This was announced ... Read more...
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Accused in police officer’s 1992 killing arrested
January 2nd, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Police in Hyderabad Monday arrested Mohammed Najeeb Ahmed, an accused in the killing of a senior police officer in the city in 1992.Najeeb alias Mohammed Sikander ... Read more...
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Jamia honours Amartya Sen (With Image)
December 16th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Friday conferred the degree of 'Doctor of Letters' (D.Lit) on renowned economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in a special ... Read more...
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Jamia: Little known hub of pioneering scientific research
November 26th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Mohammad Dilshad Manzar is a typical young man from the small town of Samastipur in Bihar but with big dreams. He led a life ... Read more...
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Jamia Millia Islamia to have China and Afghan studies programmes
November 16th, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia, one of India's oldest universities, is on a major expansion drive, adding 45 acres of land to its sprawling campus and setting ... Read more...
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We need to invest in our youth: Yechury
October 29th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury Saturday said the country needed to invest more in its youth who can build a better and ... Read more...
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‘Be Careful’ - Don’t watch this movie! (IANS Movie Review, Rating: 1/2*)
October 21st, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Be-Careful"; Cast: Rajniesh Duggal, Zaid Hamid, Tanisha Mukherjee, Kiran Rathore, Shilpi Sharma, Johny Lever, Sanjay Mishra and Rajpal Yadav; Director: Chandrakant Singh; Rating: 1/2*High on testosterone and low on IQ, ... Read more...
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Jamia head appointed to RBI board
September 26th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia Najeeb Jung has been nominated to the central board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the central bank's apex ... Read more...
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Baroness Sayeeda Warsi visits Jamia Millia
September 20th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the first Asian woman to serve in the British cabinet and co-chair of the Conservative Party, visited her alma mater Jamia Millia ... Read more...
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Efforts on to attract more to coastal Bekal
August 14th, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kasargode (Kerala), Aug 14 (IANS) Efforts are under way to make the historical Bekal, on the northern coast of Kerala, one of the more attractive beach destinations in South Asia.State ... Read more...
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RAK Airways keen to operate more flights into Kerala
August 2nd, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 2 (IANS) RAK Airways, a national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) operating from Ras Al Khaimah, Tuesday evinced interest in operating more flights to Kerala."The airline's ... Read more...
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Congress-NC fissures surface again
July 29th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 29 (IANS) The top brass of Jammu and Kashmir's ruling National Conference (NC) and Congress says there are no differences but resentment simmers under the surface. Over ... Read more...
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Jamia honours Ambassador of Saudi Arabia (With Images)
July 20th, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Wednesday conferred its first ever Nishan-e-Azad title on Faisal Hasan Trad, ambassador of Saudi Arabia to India, for his signal ... Read more...
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‘Jamia’s minority status a boon for Muslim students’
May 12th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Granting of minority status to Jamia Millia Islamia will ensure that the Muslim community has better access to higher education, chairman of the National Commission ... Read more...
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Indian Muslim intelligentsia welcomes Osama’s elimination
May 4th, 2011 - 6:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): A cross-section of Muslim intelligentsia in India has welcomed the elimination of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden through a covert operation mounted by the US Navy ... Read more...
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Sikkim studies programme to be launched at Jamia
April 21st, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) A unique Sikkim Studies Programme would be launched in Jamia Millia Islamia Monday by Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, an official said Thursday.The programme would ... Read more...
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Jamia admits 27 homeless kids in schools
April 12th, 2011 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university has admitted 27 homeless children in primary schools run by it in Delhi, an official said Tuesday.The children, who ... Read more...
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German resident returns heritage letters to Jamia
April 11th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Rare calligraphic sheets and priceless letters, including those written by country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, were gifted ... Read more...
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Jamia’s minority status won’t make it a madrassa: Vice chancellor (Interview)
February 25th, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhulika Sonkar
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Minority status for Jamia Millia Islamia will not change the secular nature of the 90-year-old university, says Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung."This is not going to ... Read more...
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