Netaji’s grand nephew to help revive Presidency
June 6th, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) A grand nephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is determined to help revive one of Kolkata's best known academic institutions that has produced gems like ... Read more...
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Amartya Sen to be chief mentor of Presidency University
June 4th, 2011 - 3:03 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen will be the chief mentor of the prestigious Presidency University, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said.Sugato Bose, grand ... Read more...
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Vacancies to be filled at Kolkata’s Presidency University
May 26th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) All vacancies at the prestigious Presidency University - which has been accused of falling standards - will be filled up in the next three months, ... Read more...
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Amita Chattopadhyay joins as first vice chancellor of Presidency University
November 1st, 2010 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 1 (IANS) Renowned professor of philosophy Amita Chattopadhyay Monday became the first vice chancellor of Presidency University, housed in the erstwhile Presidency College here."To enhance the quality of the ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi meets Sibal over student union elections (Lead)
October 30th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Saturday said the issue of student elections not being held in three Uttar Pradesh universities would be forwarded to the ... Read more...
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Amita Chattopadhyay first vice chancellor of Presidency University
October 6th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 6 (IANS) Renowned professor of philosophy Amita Chattopadhyay is all set to be the first vice chancellor of the Presidency University.Chattopadhyay is an alumnus of the Presidency College and ... Read more...
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Student unrest over fee hike hits Visva Bharati
July 23rd, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) Students of Visva Bharati, the university set up by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, have been on an indefinite strike since the past six days protesting a hike in ... Read more...
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Bill upgrading Presidency College to university passed
March 19th, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly Friday passed a Bill upgrading the 192-year-old Presidency College into a university.
The Presidency College, which played a sterling role in the 19th century ... Read more...
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Annamalai University to resume classes Thursday
March 8th, 2010 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Mar 8 (IANS) Annamalai University, closed last week due to student unrest, will reopen Thursday, the university announced Monday.
According to the university based in Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu, classes (all ... Read more...
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Australian police underrated Indian student attacks: Expert
January 20th, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan.20 (ANI): Australia's peak police council under-rated the attacks on Indian students in the country, according to Freedom of Information (FOI) advice.Mark Briskey, the head of the Australian Graduate ... Read more...
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Restoring lost glory of Presidency College won’t be easy
December 6th, 2009 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 6 (IANS) The who's who of Bengal went there to study, from Rabindranath Tagore to Satyajit Ray to Jyoti Basu to Amartya Sen. And now the 192-year-old Presidency College here ... Read more...
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Aligarh Muslim University students continue hunger strike
October 31st, 2009 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh, Oct 31 (IANS) A day after the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was temporarily closed following prolonged student unrest over a murder, some students on a hunger strike Saturday refused to withdraw ... Read more...
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Abhimanyu Singh flying high after ‘Gulaal’ success
April 3rd, 2009 - 9:34 am ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) It was a long wait for Abhimanyu Singh who made an impact as the volatile and unstoppable Rajput student-leader Rananjay Singh in "Gulaal" after ... Read more...
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‘Gulaal’ - lethal mix of grimy morals, perverted politics (IANS Film Review; Rating: ***)
March 14th, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Film: "Gulaal"; Director: Anurag Kashyap; Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Mahi Gill, Aditya Shrivastava, Raj Singh Chaudhury, Abhimanyu Singh, Ayesha Mohan, Jesse Randhawa; Rating: ***The blossoming of Anurag Kashyap ... Read more...
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Pakistan intensifies Cyber War propaganda against India (Update)
August 11th, 2008 - 8:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.11 (ANI): Pakistan is taking steps to intensify its cyber war propaganda against India with the help of its intelligence outfit, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) by carrying reports of alleged ... Read more...
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ISI promoting TV channel in Bangladesh
August 11th, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.11 (ANI): Pakistan''s ISI is setting up a TV channel in Bangladesh as a part of its war over airwaves in the region, says the US based Global Geopolitics Network. ... Read more...
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Belgrade’s 1968 student unrest spurs nostalgia
June 5th, 2008 - 9:58 am ICT by IANS
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Belgrade, June 5 (DPA) Belgrade is marking 40 years since Europe's 1968 student protests, a seemingly happier time long before the wars that ripped Yugoslavia apart into several countries. As Serbia wavers ... Read more...
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