New Delhi News

New Delhi, August 6, 2015: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has been sanctioned Rs.6.18 crore for providing Wi-Fi facility in universities, parliament was informed on Wednesday. Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, said ...

New Delhi, August 6, 2015: A total of 757 students dropped out of IITs and 717 students from NITs in the 2014-2015 academic session, parliament was informed on Wednesday. The reasons for the dropouts may be attributed to shifting to other ...

New Delhi, August 6, 2015: The government will provide annual scholarships to five Indian students for doctoral research in science, engineering and mathematics to create a "critical mass of performing scientists", the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. The Science and ...

New Delhi, August 5, 2015: Making the process of setting up medical colleges easier and transparent, the government has rolled out an online facility for registration process of new institutions as well for increasing seats in existing ones. "A new procedure ...

New Delhi, August 5, 2015: To curb road accidents, it is necessary to have compulsory traffic training at secondary school level, said Delhi Orthopaedic Association (DOA), which is also planning to give a petition to Delhi Government in this regard. The ...

New Delhi, August 5, 2015: Over 25 lakh children with special needs are enrolled in schools and another over 2 lakh who have "profound" special needs are covered under home-based education system, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Social Justice and ...

New Delhi, August 5, 2015: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students are holding an 'Education Parliament' at Jantar Mantar here tomorrow to deliberate upon the current reforms underway in the education sector, including the CBCS and Central University Bill. Academicians and students ...

New Delhi, August 4, 2015: Concerned over rejection of scholarships to minority students during 2014-15 on technical grounds by banks, the government has decided to give a one-time option to them to rectify their account details. The development comes against the ...

New Delhi, August 4, 2015: A Crime Branch team today raided two Delhi University colleges and seized forged documents allegedly used for admission in the concerned colleges. The team was accompanied by Sunil Panwar, one of the four accused, who was ...

New Delhi, August 4, 2015: Twenty states and union territories did not spend a single penny out of the total fund released for post-matric scholarships for students from the Scheduled Tribes in 2014-15, the union government said on Monday. Minister of ...

New Delhi, August 3, 2015: Education level among SCs and STs population at middle, higher secondary and above has gone up during 2001-2011 compared to the previous decade. According to the 2011 census, there is a "negligible decline" among the general ...

New Delhi, August 3, 2015: The HRD Ministry has directed that an FIR be lodged after it came to light that a communication was received by a private varsity in Moradabad on a forged letterhead of Union Minister Smriti Irani directing ...

New Delhi, August 3, 2015: Scholars pursuing PhD at Delhi University can now appear for their viva through Skype or other modes of video conferencing. The varsity has also made it mandatory that the thesis submitted by the PhD scholars pass ...

New Delhi, August 3, 2015: Indian students wanting to study in Australia can get assistance, and interact with the faculty of institutions there, through a virtual fair that is on till Aug 7, launched by IDP Education. Some 25 Australian institutions ...