Candidates miss out on Bengal teacher recruitment exam
July 29th, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) Many would-be teachers could not appear for a recruitment examination conducted by the West Bengal School Service Commission due to organisational mismanagement and technical glitches ... 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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Assam pressure group protests against education board
April 7th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 7 (IANS) A leading pressure group of Assam Saturday locked the main gate of the Secondary Education Board of Assam (SEBA) headquarters at Bamunimaidam area here to protest ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena demands suspension of Mumbai University VC
March 30th, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) Shiv Sena legislators and a few members of the Mumbai University Senate Friday demanded the suspension of varsity Vice Chancellor Rajan Welukar alleging that he is ... Read more...
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Horrible week for Karnataka students: Girl made to beg, two dead
March 28th, 2012 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 28 (IANS) A father forced his daughter to beg on streets for not studying well, another girl committed suicide as a question paper leak led to an exam ... Read more...
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Six arrested for leaking Class 10 paper
February 22nd, 2012 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 22 (IANS) Six people were arrested Wednesday for leaking the Class 10 English examination question paper in Bihar, officials said.Hours before the first day of the examination, ... Read more...
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36 arrested for leaking exam papers in Bihar
February 17th, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 17 (IANS) Thirty-six people were arrested Friday for leaking the Secondary Teachers Eligibility Test (STET) question papers in Bihar, officials said.The question papers for the STET entrance test ... Read more...
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Government, UPSC get notices on new exam pattern
February 1st, 2012 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the government and the UPSC on a petition challenging the new pattern for an English paper in ... Read more...
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AIIMS paper leak accused sent to jail till Feb 14
January 31st, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday extended till Feb 14 the judicial custody of seven people allegedly involved in a bid to leak the post-graduate entrance exam ... Read more...
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AIIMS paper leak accused sent to judicial custody
January 17th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday sent to judicial custody till Jan 31 seven people allegedly involved in a bid to leak the post-graduate entrance exam ... Read more...
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AIIMS paper leak accused sent to police custody
January 10th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday sent to seven days' police custody the five accused involved in a bid to leak the post-graduate entrance exam paper of ... Read more...
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High-tech mobiles used in AIIMS paper leak
January 9th, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) High-end mobile phones with powerful camera and bluetooth devices were the tools used by three young men to scan the AIIMS post graduate entrance exam ... Read more...
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AIIMS exam racket busted, five arrested (Second Lead)
January 9th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) An elaborate plan to leak the question paper for the post-graduate entrance test to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was busted with ... Read more...
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AIIMS exam racket busted, five arrested (Lead)
January 9th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) An elaborate plan to leak the question paper for the post-graduate entrance test to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was busted with ... Read more...
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AIIMS exam racket busted, five arrested
January 9th, 2012 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) A racket in leaking question papers of the post-graduate medical entrance test of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) was busted with the ... Read more...
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Students protests get intense at Agra University
December 23rd, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Dec 23 (IANS) Over three months of protests by student unions against the "inefficient management" of Agra University turned more intense after some agitating female students were allegedly ... Read more...
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Magic and vampires stir India’s young adult literature (Feature)
July 13th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Boy wizard Harry Potter, youthful criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl and vampire Edward from the Twilight series - the neo-adolescent heroes of the West - have ... Read more...
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Students clash with police, torch vehicles
April 23rd, 2011 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh), April 23 (IANS) Agitated over delay in getting their question papers, hundreds of students of a private polytechnic college in a Uttar Pradesh town Saturday clashed with ... Read more...
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LIC entrance exam paper leaked, one held
February 27th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The question papers of an all-India examination for posts of 375 assistant administrative officers in the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) were leaked, police said Sunday. ... Read more...
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LIC exam paper leaked in Delhi
February 27th, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 27 (ANI): The question paper of an all-India examination for the post of assistant administrative officer of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was leaked here on Sunday ahead ... Read more...
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Eight male engineers score 100 percentile in CAT-2010
January 12th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 12 (IANS) Eight engineers have scored a perfect 100 percentile marks in the CAT-2010 - the gateway to pursue MBA in Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other prestigious business ... Read more...
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Goa college cancels two papers after MBBS exam leak
January 3rd, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 3 (IANS) The Goa Medical College (GMC) has ordered a probe after two MBBS question papers were leaked prior to the exams, forcing their cancellation. Speaking to IANS Monday, GMC ... Read more...
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Embracing a ‘normal’ day in Kashmir, traffic jams et al (Feature) (Lead)
October 29th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
By F. Ahmed
Srinagar, Oct 29 (IANS) Traffic jams have, ironically, come to spell a day of normalcy in the Kashmir Valley. They reflect the hustle-bustle of a people out to finish sundry ... Read more...
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Holding on to a day of normalcy in Kashmir (Feature)
October 29th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
By F. Ahmed
Srinagar, Oct 29 (IANS) A hustle and bustle follows the so-called 'normal' days in Kashmir Valley when separatists do not call for any protests and the authorities do not impose ... Read more...
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CAT exam begins, first day passes without glitches
October 27th, 2010 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The first day of the online Common Admission Test conducted by the Indian Institute of Management Wednesday went without any technical glitches. The CAT online exam ... Read more...
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Two lakh register for CAT-2010
October 26th, 2010 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 26 (IANS) Over two lakh candidates have registered for the online Common Admission Test (CAT)-2010 starting Wednesday for admissions in 10 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other business schools, ... Read more...
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CBI nabs naval commander in paper leak case
October 6th, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) A senior Indian Navy officer has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the leak of a defence examination paper, an official said ... Read more...
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CBI arrests four for paper leak
September 26th, 2010 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Sunday arrested four people in connection with a question paper leak ahead of an examination for recruitment of lower division clerks in ... Read more...
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Sporadic violence marks exam in Telangana (Lead)
September 5th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Sporadic incidents of violence marked the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) exam in Telangana Sunday with pro-Telangana students either boycotting the test or staging protests at ... Read more...
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Telangana students ransack exam centre at Osmania
September 5th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Students protesting the conduct of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) exam ransacked an exam centre at the Osmania University campus here Sunday, leaving three injured.
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Paper leak: Bail plea of railway official rejected
August 3rd, 2010 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 3 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Tuesday dismissed the bail petition of suspended chairman of railway recruitment board (RRB), Mumbai, M. Sharma in the examination ... Read more...
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Railway Recruitment Board chairman sent to jail
June 24th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 24 (IANS) The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Thursday sent suspended Mumbai Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) chairman S.M. Sharma and another official to judicial custody till July ... Read more...
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CBI arrests Railway Recruitment Board chairman
June 23rd, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 23 (IANS) Suspended Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) chairman S.M. Sharma was Wednesday arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for his role in the RRB examination paper leak scam, ... Read more...
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Massive railway job scam unearthed, 8 nabbed (Lead)
June 18th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday claimed to have unearthed a multi-crore rupee railway recruitment scam with the arrest of eight people, including the son of the ... Read more...
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CBI unearths Railway recruitment scam, arrests eight persons
June 18th, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi /Mumbai, June 18 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday unearthed a railway recruitment scam and arrested eight persons including the son of S.M. Sharma, the Chairman of ... Read more...
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