News for '-banaras-hindu-university'

Rajya Sabha passes two key education bills

Rajya Sabha passes two key education bills

Rediff.com30 Apr 2012

The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed two key bills to enable students of Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research get their degrees and give eight new IITs their status through an Act of Parliament.

Alert: IIT-JEE 2010 details announced

Alert: IIT-JEE 2010 details announced

Rediff.com3 Nov 2009

Applications are invited for IIT Joint Entrance Examination 2010 for admission to undergraduate programmes at Indian Institutes of Technologies located at Bhubaneswar, Bombay (Mumbai), Delhi, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras (Chennai), Mandi, Patna, Punjab, Rajasthan and Roorkee

Making sure bhoomi pujan doesn't become Jamaat 2.0: VHP

Making sure bhoomi pujan doesn't become Jamaat 2.0: VHP

Rediff.com5 Aug 2020

VHP national working president Alok Kumar also rejected questions about the muhurta of the event, saying the 'best advice' has been taken including from the Head of the Jyotish Department of the Banaras Hindu University on timing of the ceremony.

How India plans to improve global university rankings

How India plans to improve global university rankings

Rediff.com23 Mar 2018

Government gives 60 institutes freedom to fix courses, collaborate with foreign peers.

British education meant to create servants in India, NEP to bring changes: Modi

British education meant to create servants in India, NEP to bring changes: Modi

Rediff.com7 Jul 2022

Addressing a summit in Varanasi on the implementation of the National Education Policy, Modi said the system should not just produce degree-holders but provide human resources needed to take the country forward.

Centre to add IIT label to new colleges

Centre to add IIT label to new colleges

Rediff.com6 Jun 2008

Brushing aside objections over brand dilution, the government has reportedly begun work on modifying the IIT Act, 1961, to ensure that the eight new engineering institutes it is setting up come under the premier Indian Institute of Technology umbrella.

Musharraf's brother visits Varanasi

Musharraf's brother visits Varanasi

Rediff.com24 Mar 2005

Javed, who arrived from Kolkata early in the morning, visited Sarnath and the Banaras Hindu University and took a boat ride in river Ganga before winding up his visit.

Want an MS in Ayurveda?

Want an MS in Ayurveda?

Rediff.com19 Feb 2007

Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, announces admissions to MD and MS courses in Ayurveda for 2007.

PhD/Vidyavaridhi programmes

PhD/Vidyavaridhi programmes

Rediff.com8 May 2007

Banaras Hindu University invites admission to PhD/ Vidyavaridhi programmes for the semsesters of July 2007 and January 2008.

Undergraduate, postgraduate courses at BHU

Undergraduate, postgraduate courses at BHU

Rediff.com20 Mar 2007

Banaras Hindu University is conducting entrance tests for

Is medical science your forte?

Is medical science your forte?

Rediff.com9 Dec 2005

The Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, invites application for admission to its MD/ MS programmes

BHU, Institute of Medical studies admission notice

BHU, Institute of Medical studies admission notice

Rediff.com26 Nov 2007

Banaras Hindu University, Institute of Medical Sciences in Varanasi provides admission notice for MD/MS programmes in 2008.

Rathore attacker 'under treatment for depression'

Rathore attacker 'under treatment for depression'

Rediff.com9 Feb 2010

Professor parents of the 29-year-old youth arrested for attacking former Haryana director general of police SPS Rathore on Tuesday said their son was under treatment for depression for the last six months and he was dead against any kind of injustice.

Underground water in Varanasi radioactive?

Underground water in Varanasi radioactive?

Rediff.com13 Jul 2008

The study conducted by G C Chowdhary, former professor at the Geology Department of Banaras Hindu University and S K Agarwal, also a professor of Geology, has shown that the drinking water in the University premises some other places in the city contains radioactive Uranium more than the recommended limit.

Banaras is mediocre

Banaras is mediocre

Rediff.com27 Apr 2009

Banaras could have been a worthwhile experience if it was treated with the seriousness it deserved.

'Turn BHU-ITI into full-fledged IIT'

'Turn BHU-ITI into full-fledged IIT'

Rediff.com18 Nov 2005

A three-member expert committee has recommended to the Union human resource development ministry, upgrading Banaras Hindu University's Information Technology Institute into a full-fledged Indian Institute of Technology.

AMU's Governance Structure Is Democratic, Not Divine

AMU's Governance Structure Is Democratic, Not Divine

Rediff.com18 Mar 2023

These self-appointed well-wishers of AMU are basically for the control or police model of university governance. They have no faith whatsoever in the democratic functioning of the universities, observes Faizan Mustafa, former dean, Faculty of Law, and Registrar, Aligarh Muslim University.

PhD programmes at BHU

PhD programmes at BHU

Rediff.com15 Jul 2005

The Banaras Hindu University invites application for its PhD programmes.

Coke, Pepsi banned in north Indian university

Coke, Pepsi banned in north Indian university

Rediff.com6 Aug 2007

Its goodbye to Coke and Pepsi at the Banaras Hindu University campus in Varanasi. The university has banned these drinks on its campus from August 1, 2007.

New IITs: A long journey ahead

New IITs: A long journey ahead

Rediff.com25 May 2005

Alert: BHU, Medical admissions

Alert: BHU, Medical admissions

Rediff.com30 Jan 2004

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Anonymous letter threatens attacks

Anonymous letter threatens attacks

Rediff.com2 Mar 2007

The writer claims to be a member of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba.

12 killed in Shramjeevi Express blast: Lalu

12 killed in Shramjeevi Express blast: Lalu

Rediff.com29 Jul 2005

12 killed in train blast: Lalu

BHU students end stir over reinstatement of prof accused of harassment

BHU students end stir over reinstatement of prof accused of harassment

Rediff.com16 Sep 2019

The students were protesting since Saturday evening, demanding that the professor be punished.

'India to become 3rd largest economy by 2035'

'India to become 3rd largest economy by 2035'

Rediff.com20 Sep 2007

"By 2025, world will be a bi-polar society wherein China will be the most influential country and by 2035, India would become the third largest economy, making the world tri-polar," he said.

UG, PG programmes at BHU

UG, PG programmes at BHU

Rediff.com13 Mar 2006

The Banaras Hindu University will conduct entrance tests for admission to its various under-graduate and post-graduate programmes between May 19 and June 4.

India records 3.29 lakh new Covid cases, 3,876 deaths

India records 3.29 lakh new Covid cases, 3,876 deaths

Rediff.com11 May 2021

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,90,27,304.

World University Rankings: Non-IITs in Top 100

World University Rankings: Non-IITs in Top 100

Rediff.com11 Apr 2022

The Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences. The Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. Vinay Umarji explains why these two universities have made India proud.

ABVP ends protest at BHU after Muslim prof quits

ABVP ends protest at BHU after Muslim prof quits

Rediff.com10 Dec 2019

The students at Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan Dept were protesting against appointment of Prof Feroze Khan, saying 'only a Hindu can teach us our religion.'

Modi apologises for declining BHU honorary degree

Modi apologises for declining BHU honorary degree

Rediff.com22 Feb 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday apologises to Banaras Hindu University authorities for declininig an honorary doctorate degree from the institution.

Armed forces rope in Battlefield Nursing Assistants to fight Covid

Armed forces rope in Battlefield Nursing Assistants to fight Covid

Rediff.com14 May 2021

The armed forces have roped in Battlefield Nursing Assistants (BFNA) to help fight the second wave of COVID-19 and have suggested that a similar model can be followed by state governments and hospitals, according to senior officials.

Probe ordered into BHU violence

Probe ordered into BHU violence

Rediff.com26 Sep 2017

Varanasi Commissioner submits a preliminary report to chief secretary, blames university administration for not handling the matter in a sensitive manner.

SC quashes Allahabad HC order on PG medical seats

SC quashes Allahabad HC order on PG medical seats

Rediff.com7 Jun 2017

HC had struck down 50 per cent institutional preference in admission to PG medical seats.

AAP Varanasi manifesto promises 'Holy City' status to city

AAP Varanasi manifesto promises 'Holy City' status to city

Rediff.com1 May 2014

Aam Aadmi party on Thursday released manifesto for its most important contest - Varanasi Lok Sabha seat where party chief Arvind Kejriwal is taking on BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

Overcoming riots, Delhi sisters excel in CBSE exams

Overcoming riots, Delhi sisters excel in CBSE exams

Rediff.com15 Jul 2020

Defying all odds, Gauri, a Class 10 student of Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Yamuna Vihar, scored 97.67 per cent and topped her school, while her elder sister Anshika, a student of Hansraj Smarak Senior Secondary School, secured 85 per cent in her Class 12 CBSE Board exams.

Here is where you can test for coronavirus in India

Here is where you can test for coronavirus in India

Rediff.com24 Mar 2020

In the wake of 73 confirmed cases of coronavirus in India so far, the Union health ministry has made functional 52 laboratories for testing samples while 57 labs have been designated for helping in sample collection for Covid-19 to enhance capacity for diagnosis and detection of the disease. "Following the increase in load of screening samples from suspected cases with symptoms and travel history to the affected countries, the department of health research/ICMR has commissioned 52 laboratories for COVID-19 testing in India," an official said.

CWC demands withdrawal of CAA, stopping of NPR process

CWC demands withdrawal of CAA, stopping of NPR process

Rediff.com11 Jan 2020

Addressing the Congress Working Committee meeting, she said thousands of young men and women, especially students have realised the "grave harm" that implementation of the new citizenship law will cause.

BHU employee arrested for sodomising student

BHU employee arrested for sodomising student

Rediff.com1 Sep 2016

Initial probe suggests that it is a case of money dispute between the two.

How the BJP took over Yogi Adityanath's Hindu Yuva Vahini

How the BJP took over Yogi Adityanath's Hindu Yuva Vahini

Rediff.com8 Mar 2022

As Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seeks another shot at power in his first ever assembly election from Gorakhpur Urban, also underway is a silent re-branding of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, a radical outfit he established in 2002 when he was a parliamentarian, Sai Manish reports.