News for 'Hyderabad University'

Miss Universe takes the cake

Miss Universe takes the cake

Rediff.com16 Nov 2005

Miss Universe takes the cake.

At Rohith's university, students vandalise VC's office as he resumes work

At Rohith's university, students vandalise VC's office as he resumes work

Rediff.com22 Mar 2016

Scores of students gathered at VC's lodge after learning that Podile was holding a press conference to announce that he was going to resume charge on Tuesday.

Women grab top 4 ranks, 933 candidates make it to civil services

Women grab top 4 ranks, 933 candidates make it to civil services

Rediff.com23 May 2023

Garima Lohia, Uma Harathi N and Smriti Mishra secured the second, third and fourth ranks respectively in the examination, results of which were declared on Tuesday.

Oxford honour for Hyderabad doctor

Oxford honour for Hyderabad doctor

Rediff.com25 Oct 2005

Dr Hariprasad will represent India at a Forum in Oxford.

UGC, expert panel against eminence tag to Bengal's Jadavpur varsity, Jamia

UGC, expert panel against eminence tag to Bengal's Jadavpur varsity, Jamia

Rediff.com13 Aug 2023

The ministry of education is yet to take call on the recommendations by the empowered expert committee and the University Grants Commission.

Rahul's Hyderabad protest casts shadow over Budget session

Rahul's Hyderabad protest casts shadow over Budget session

Rediff.com31 Jan 2016

The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs will meet on February 4 to decide the Budget session schedule. Venkaiah Naidu says the government is willing to advance the session if the Opposition agrees.

Doctor's murder: Protest enters Day 3, hospital services remain affected

Doctor's murder: Protest enters Day 3, hospital services remain affected

Rediff.com14 Aug 2024

Long queues were seen at outpatient department ticket counters in government hospitals, where senior doctors joined their junior colleagues in the protest.

UCC Can Wait, Personal Law Reforms Can't

UCC Can Wait, Personal Law Reforms Can't

Rediff.com8 Aug 2024

Crucial reforms in Muslim personal law, especially laws related to inheritance and adoption, need to be initiated forthwith; historically speaking, without the State's backing, hardly has any reform taken place or allowed to prevail, asserts Mohammad Sajjad.

Modi documentary vs Kashmir Files: Screening war at Hy'bad varsity

Modi documentary vs Kashmir Files: Screening war at Hy'bad varsity

Rediff.com27 Jan 2023

The Union government had last week directed social media platforms such as Twitter and YouTube to block links to the documentary India: The Modi Question.

DeMo was a good way of converting black money into white: SC judge

DeMo was a good way of converting black money into white: SC judge

Rediff.com31 Mar 2024

Justice BV Nagarathna said she had to dissent against the demonetisation move by the central government as in 2016, when the decision was announced, the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes comprised 86 per cent of the total currency notes in circulation, and 98 per cent of it came back after they were banned.

Nitish, Naidu hold key to Modi 3.0 as BJP falls short of majority

Nitish, Naidu hold key to Modi 3.0 as BJP falls short of majority

Rediff.com5 Jun 2024

With the Bharatiya Janata Party falling short of a majority in the Lok Sabha and needing the National Democratic Alliance partners to form the government at the Centre, Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United head Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party's N Chandrababu Naidu have emerged as potential kingmakers.

First look: The new Miss India-Universe 2011!

First look: The new Miss India-Universe 2011!

Rediff.com18 Jul 2011

Here's a first look at the Indian beauties who will represent India at the Miss Universe 2011, Miss Globe International and Miss Asia Pacific pageants later this year.

Shoe hurled at Kanhaiya in Hyderabad, 2 held

Shoe hurled at Kanhaiya in Hyderabad, 2 held

Rediff.com24 Mar 2016

A shoe was hurled at Jawaharlal Nehru University president Kanhaiya Kumar as he was about to address a seminar in Hyderabad on Thursday.

AP HC directs police to leave Osmania University

AP HC directs police to leave Osmania University

Rediff.com15 Feb 2010

After two days of clashes between the police and the students, which left more than 25 people including six journalists injured, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday, ordered the police and the paramilitary forces to leave the Osmania University Campus in Hyderabad.

Sitharaman to ensure 'Ease of Living' during Modi 3.0

Sitharaman to ensure 'Ease of Living' during Modi 3.0

Rediff.com12 Jun 2024

Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday assumed charge as the Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister for the second consecutive term and is slated to soon present the final Budget for FY '25 that is going to set the tone for the Modi 3.0 government's priorities and direction for Viksit Bharat. Upon her reaching the North Block office, Sitharaman was greeted by Finance Secretary T V Somanathan and other top officials. Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary was also present. Chaudhary assumed charge on Tuesday evening.

Rohith suicide: 150 students on hunger strike in Delhi

Rohith suicide: 150 students on hunger strike in Delhi

Rediff.com27 Jan 2016

Alleging "delay in justice" to Hyderabad University research scholar Rohith Vemula, 150 protesting students from universities across Delhi who were detained earlier on Wednesday decided to go on an indefinite hunger strike at Parliament Street police station in New Delhi.

Needed Quickly! Semiconductor Experts

Needed Quickly! Semiconductor Experts

Rediff.com1 May 2024

Semiconductor makers need thousands of engineers and technicians, and though India has one of the largest pool of engineers in the world, they do not have experience in the semiconductor manufacturing space.

New-Gen COVID Jabs Coming Soon...

New-Gen COVID Jabs Coming Soon...

Rediff.com28 May 2024

India currently does not have any XBB 1.5 variant-based vaccines available.

The Indian university that could rival Stanford's D-school

The Indian university that could rival Stanford's D-school

Rediff.com7 Dec 2017

Anant National University in Ahmedabad aims to design a new future for India.

Osmania University tense as students clash with police

Osmania University tense as students clash with police

Rediff.com17 Sep 2012

Tension prevailed on the Osmania University (OU) campus in Hyderabad on Monday after students clashed with police which lobbed teargas shells on protesters indulging in heavy stone-pelting.

Ayodhya: Before The Gates Open

Ayodhya: Before The Gates Open

Rediff.com21 Jan 2024

Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com captures scenes from Ayodhya hours before the pran prathishta ceremony.

Longer working hours & low earnings: How India's gig workforce fares

Longer working hours & low earnings: How India's gig workforce fares

Rediff.com12 Mar 2024

Long working hours, earnings that fall short of meeting household expenses, arbitrary deactivation and blocking of identity (ID) by platforms, and high physical and mental stress are among the major issues plaguing workers of the booming gig economy in India, a report based on a survey has found. Nearly 83 per cent cab drivers reported working for more than 10 hours in a day, while 78 per cent delivery personnel worked for the same duration, showed the report released on Monday, titled "Prisoners on Wheels" and based on a survey by the University of Pennsylvania and the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT).

Pro-Telangana students, police clash at Osmania University

Pro-Telangana students, police clash at Osmania University

Rediff.com1 Oct 2012

A group of activists under the banner of Telangana students and OU-JAC held protests in front of the OU Police Station located on the varsity campus and later pelted stones on the police station and cops, a senior police officer told PTI.

Mani Ratnam: The story of Kadal is universal

Mani Ratnam: The story of Kadal is universal

Rediff.com29 Jan 2013

The director talks about his new film Kadal and his career.

Osmania University lathi-charge: Top cop shunted

Osmania University lathi-charge: Top cop shunted

Rediff.com7 Dec 2009

The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday shifted a senior officer of the Indian Police Service in Hyderabad after the police conducted lathi-charge against students, who were holding a demonstration to demand a separate Telangana state, at the Osmania University campus. The police's use of violence against the students has been condemned by the Opposition as well as the media and the state human rights commission.

'Climate Change Is The Main Villain'

'Climate Change Is The Main Villain'

Rediff.com2 Aug 2024

'Since there is no photo-op, or quick fix solutions, politicians do not want to address climate change. It is very unfashionable.'

Dalal is BJP's 1st Lok Sabha MP to be elected unopposed

Dalal is BJP's 1st Lok Sabha MP to be elected unopposed

Rediff.com22 Apr 2024

When the Bharatiya Janata Party's Mukesh Dalal was declared elected unopposed to the Lok Sabha from Surat on Monday, he became the first candidate to achieve the feat from Gujarat since its formation 64 years ago though the erstwhile state of Saurashtra saw a similar instance in 1951.

Islamic university at Tirupati aimed at disrupting peace: BJP

Islamic university at Tirupati aimed at disrupting peace: BJP

Rediff.com22 Oct 2013

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh say they will ensure that the university does not come up at the temple town. Vicky Nanjappa reports

Should Govt Continue Covid Vax Drive?

Should Govt Continue Covid Vax Drive?

Rediff.com20 May 2024

India has covered enough population with vaccine and infection, but protein vaccines should remain available on payment basis for elderly and those with comorbidities.

Cops say no to mass hunger strike in Hyderabad

Cops say no to mass hunger strike in Hyderabad

Rediff.com9 Jul 2011

Even as pro-Telangana students are preparing to launch an indefinite hunger strike from July 11 at the Osmania University in Hyderabad, to press for Telangana statehood demand, police on Saturday denied permission to it.

Drop our names, 33 academicians tells NCERT amid row

Drop our names, 33 academicians tells NCERT amid row

Rediff.com15 Jun 2023

The signatories to a letter sent to NCERT Director Dinesh Saklani include Kanti Prasad Bajpai, a former Jawaharlal Nehru University professor who currently serves as the vice dean at the National University, Singapore, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, a former vice-chancellor of the Ashoka University, Rajeev Bhargava, a former director of CSDS, Niraja Gopal Jayal, a former JNU professor, Nivedita Menon, a JNU professor, Vipul Mudgal, the head of civil society watchdog Common Cause, K C Suri, a former professor at the University of Hyderabad who is now associated with the Gitam University, and Peter Ronald deSouza, a former director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies.

Indian student's body brought to Hyderabad

Indian student's body brought to Hyderabad

Rediff.com24 May 2008

The body of Jyothirmai, a medical student, who was killed in Birmingham in London, was brought to Hyderabad on Saturday. Jyothirmai's family friends, including former mayor Jandhyala Shankar, former legislator Adusumilli Jayaprakash and Deputy Mayor Anne Prasanna received the body. Jyothirmai, who was pursuing a masters course in public health in London, was killed by alleged burglars in her rented house in Birmingham on May 6.

Scholar suicide: JNU students begin indefinite hunger strike

Scholar suicide: JNU students begin indefinite hunger strike

Rediff.com24 Jan 2016

Other students from JNU will join the trio for a relay hunger strike over the issue, said Lenin Kumar, former president of JNU's students union.

Irani resorted to 'blatant lies' in Parliament: Rohith's mother

Irani resorted to 'blatant lies' in Parliament: Rohith's mother

Rediff.com26 Feb 2016

Friends and family of Rohith Vemula, the Hyderabad university PhD scholar who committed suicide, on Friday said that they would 'expose the lies' of HRD Minister Smriti Irani .

NEET row: NTA DG shunted out; Centre orders CBI probe

NEET row: NTA DG shunted out; Centre orders CBI probe

Rediff.com23 Jun 2024

The Centre on Saturday night announced that the probe into alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET will be handed over to the CBI for a comprehensive investigation.

This 2021 study warned about devastation in Sikkim

This 2021 study warned about devastation in Sikkim

Rediff.com5 Oct 2023

A study by an international team of researchers had warned two year ago that the South Lhonak lake in Sikkim may burst in the future and significantly impact the downstream region.

Protests erupt in Hyderabad; TRS rejects report

Protests erupt in Hyderabad; TRS rejects report

Rediff.com6 Jan 2011

The protests at the Osmania University, which has been the nerve centre of the movement, have intensified and two buses have been burnt down despite heavy police presence. Protests were also witnessed at the Dharna Chowk locality in Hyderabad.

SC flags bias in educational institutions, asks UGC to end it

SC flags bias in educational institutions, asks UGC to end it

Rediff.com6 Jul 2023

A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh asked the UGC to furnish the details of steps taken on a plea by the mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi.