Maharashtra News

Thane, March 4: In addition to the rural areas, the Maharashtra government was planning to set up Ashram schools (residential schools) in the urban areas too, governor CH Vidhyasagar Rao said today. Rao was today on day-long tour ...

Mumbai, February 24: The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to supply generators/inverters at all the examination centres for secondary school examination (SSC) commencing March 3 and warned of taking contempt action if the directive is not complied with. ...

Mumbai, February 25: Taking a stern view on the professional colleges lacking basic infrastructure and qualified faculty, Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao today directed the vice chancellors to take 'exemplary' action against such erring institutes. He also asked the state ...

Mumbai, February 16: The Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra government to give an undertaking by tomorrow that it will comply with earlier orders to provide generators and inverters during load shedding at Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and Secondary School Certificate ...

Nagpur: In a positive step for the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Nagpur, a team from the ministry for human resources development (MHRD) made site inspections for the proposed institute on Wednesday and gave a positive feedback, indicating that the ...

Mumbai, February 9: Observing that institutions of higher education in Maharashtra are stuck in "mediocrity and complacency", state Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has called for innovative curriculum and participatory teaching. "We have witnessed globalisation in trade and commerce during the ...

Mumbai, Feb 5: The Mumbai civic body today presented a Rs 33,514.15-crore budget for 2015-16 with a focus on infrastructure projects and proposal to open 10 new schools and set up computer labs in existing ones, provide tablets to Class ...

Mumbai, Feb 3: Anupam Kher's acting school has completed 10 years and the veteran Bollywood actor thanked the teachers and past and present students for their support. The 59-year-old actor established his dream project Actor Prepares in 2005, ...

Mumbai, Feb 02: Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said the Rotary Club of India has partnered with her ministry to help one lakh children, who had stopped going to school due to various reasons, to continue with their education. ...

Thane, Jan 30: Maharashtra government is mulling to incorporate lessons on road safety in school syllabus to inculcate safety habits among students, Education Minister Vinod Tawde has said. Observing that the number of road accidents was on the rise, Tawde ...

Chandrapur, Jan 29: The new government Medical College being set up here will start in the current academic session, Maharashtra Finance and Planning minster Sudhir Mungantiwar said. The minister inaugurated the Dean's office at the college here yesterday ...

Mumbai, January 27: In a rare session of the kind, six top women professionals and entrepreneurs like Nykaa.com founder Falguni Nayar will come together at a City-based management institute to share their success stories with the future managers on January 27. ...

Kolhapur: The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) has directed all affiliated colleges to apply for the University Grants Commission's (UGC) scheme of Colleges with Potential Excellence (CPE). If a college is selected under this scheme, it will receive Rs 1.5 crore funds ...

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay has decided to launch online courses website on Republic Day, January 26, 2015.. The IIT Bombay will be first Indian institute to launch IITBombayX, a platform for interactive Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). ...