News for 'Polytechnics'

What is the cost of education in Singapore?

What is the cost of education in Singapore?

Rediff.com9 Jan 2020

Undergraduate courses indicatively cost S$23,000 to S$38,000, while postgraduate courses approximately cost S$15,000 to S$40,000.

Bengal to reopen schools, colleges on Feb 3, allows daily flights

Bengal to reopen schools, colleges on Feb 3, allows daily flights

Rediff.com31 Jan 2022

Schools for classes 8 to 12, colleges and varsities will reopen in West Bengal on February 3, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Monday.

India's quest for skills

India's quest for skills

Rediff.com1 Dec 2017

Ajit Balakrishnan on how Indian society and the polity need to be carried along.

Kerala: 7 booked for placing Modi's photo in same list as Hitler, Osama

Kerala: 7 booked for placing Modi's photo in same list as Hitler, Osama

Rediff.com10 Jun 2014

The principal of a government polytechnic in Kerala and four students were among seven people booked by police on Tuesday over putting a photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in their campus magazine under a list of 'negative faces' that also included Adolf Hitler, George W Bush and Osama bin Laden.

BJP leader, four others held in Ballia murder case

BJP leader, four others held in Ballia murder case

Rediff.com18 Oct 2020

The Uttar Pradesh Police had said on Saturday that it would invoke the stringent National Security Act and Gangster Act against those accused in the killing of the 46-year-old man.

The Indian Education Scramble

The Indian Education Scramble

Rediff.com21 Sep 2022

Tuition classes: Saviours or demons, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.

Man who gave ride to Priyanka Gandhi fined Rs 6,300

Man who gave ride to Priyanka Gandhi fined Rs 6,300

Rediff.com30 Dec 2019

High-voltage drama had unfolded in Lucknow after Priyanka Gandhi alleged she was stopped and manhandled by police personnel when she resisted their attempt to stop her from visiting the residence of Darapuri, arrested in connection with anti-citizenship law protests in the state.

Kerala ragging case: 5 students surrender

Kerala ragging case: 5 students surrender

Rediff.com19 Dec 2016

8 first-year students of the polytechnic at Nattakom were allegedly subjected to brutal ragging by a gang of senior students at the men's hostel of the college.

Ready to meet with Ukraine, IAEA in a third country: Putin to Macron

Ready to meet with Ukraine, IAEA in a third country: Putin to Macron

Rediff.com6 Mar 2022

Putin also told his French counterpart that Kyiv does not comply with the agreements reached with Moscow on the evacuation of civilians from combat areas, the Kremlin said.

Ministers defend renaming Motera stadium after PM Modi

Ministers defend renaming Motera stadium after PM Modi

Rediff.com24 Feb 2021

'Whole Sports Complex is Sardar Patel Sports Enclave. Only the name of one Cricket Stadium, within that complex has been named as #NarendramodiStadium'

All about the mystery of job creation

All about the mystery of job creation

Rediff.com19 Jul 2016

The processes that create a seven per cent-plus GDP growth rate without a similar growth in jobs are far from fully understood, says Ajit Balakrishnan.

SHOCKING: Kerala student suffers kidney damage after six-hour ragging

SHOCKING: Kerala student suffers kidney damage after six-hour ragging

Rediff.com18 Dec 2016

The accused allegedly forced the victim to consume liquor mixed with some harmful powder following six hours of brutal ragging which included hard physical exercises like push-ups.

The Ramayana on a 101 foot canvas

The Ramayana on a 101 foot canvas

Rediff.com21 Aug 2021

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5 deadliest school shootings in US history

5 deadliest school shootings in US history

Rediff.com15 Feb 2018

After each massacre, survivors and witnesses have echoed the words "no more" - yet mass shootings have continued to plague the United States. In fact, shootings only have continued to increase over the past few years. The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida is the 18th attack in a school in 2018 alone. Below are some of the worst US school shootings in the last 20 years.

Schools, gyms to reopen in Delhi on Monday

Schools, gyms to reopen in Delhi on Monday

Rediff.com4 Feb 2022

Night curfew will continue but from 11 pm instead of 10 pm.

Study Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Study Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Rediff.com8 Aug 2007

Admission to part-tme diploma courses under State Board of Technical Education, Haryana, Chandigarh

Ragging menace: SC pulls up Centre, states

Ragging menace: SC pulls up Centre, states

Rediff.com10 Dec 2007

A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Aftab Alam directed all medical, dental, nursing colleges and polytechnics in the country to insert a clause in their prospectus that if the students found indulging in ragging after having been given an opportunity to explain their stand, shall be expelled.

Modi's pics in 'negative faces' list: College principal held

Modi's pics in 'negative faces' list: College principal held

Rediff.com13 Jun 2014

The principal of a government polytechnic college has been arrested for defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi by featuring his photo in the college magazine under a list of "negative faces" with Adolf Hitler, George W Bush, Osama bin Laden and a few others.

Fire at Covid hospital in Gujarat, patients shifted to safety

Fire at Covid hospital in Gujarat, patients shifted to safety

Rediff.com12 Aug 2020

There was no casualty in the blaze that erupted on the second floor of Bodeli Dhokalia Public Hospital, the official said, adding that 10 COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment at the facility were shifted to its lower floor and some of them were later admitted to other hospitals.

Rahul flags off Cong's 'Bharat jodo' yatra from TN, attacks BJP

Rahul flags off Cong's 'Bharat jodo' yatra from TN, attacks BJP

Rediff.com7 Sep 2022

Eyeing the revival of the crisis-ridden party ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the party chief Sonia Gandhi described the march as a "landmark occasion" and hoped that the march would help rejuvenate the grand old party.

Oracle gives $5.4 mn for IT training in Karnataka

Oracle gives $5.4 mn for IT training in Karnataka

Rediff.com22 Dec 2006

Oracle India has announced an in-kind grant of $5.4 million to provide specialised training in information technology to students in 100 polytechnic institutes in Karnataka under its Oracle Academy programme.

First salary: How one phone call changed my life

First salary: How one phone call changed my life

Rediff.com25 Dec 2019

Rediff reader Kapil Mohan from Delhi tells us how he got his first job and salary.

Why Andhra Pradesh is India's top hiring destination

Why Andhra Pradesh is India's top hiring destination

Rediff.com23 Nov 2018

According to India Skills Report 2019, Andhra Pradesh offers equal space to both male and female workers.

When Rani didn't have money to study...

When Rani didn't have money to study...

Rediff.com23 Nov 2021

'As a family, we were not going through a very good time financially.' 'I wanted to be an interior designer, but I didn't have enough money to join the polytechnic.' 'I was about 15-and-a-half, 16, so I said okay, let me just try (acting).'

Tech giants to assist US govt in combating coronavirus

Tech giants to assist US govt in combating coronavirus

Rediff.com23 Mar 2020

US-based global tech giants, including IBM, Amazon, Google and Microsoft, have partnered with the White House to "unleash the power of American supercomputing resources" for combating the novel coronavirus, President Donald Trump has said. From volunteering to manufacturing masks and ventilators to ramping up production of essential medical supplies and general items, the country's private sector have joined America's war against coronavirus in a big way, Trump said on Sunday, while launching a new public-private consortium organised by the White House, the department of energy and tech company IBM.

When Buckingham Palace opened doors for first football match...

When Buckingham Palace opened doors for first football match...

Rediff.com8 Oct 2013

A goal was celebrated with a bow and the halftime drinks were served on silver platters when two of England's oldest amateur teams played in Queen Elizabeth's back garden on Monday in the first match to be staged at Buckingham Palace.

'It's time to stop the fantasy about Mumbai remaining a safe city'

'It's time to stop the fantasy about Mumbai remaining a safe city'

Rediff.com23 Aug 2013

Over 200 journalists, photographers and journalism students came together at Hutatma Chowk in south Mumbai to protest the gang-rape.

First salary: Rs 2,000 a month to vice president

First salary: Rs 2,000 a month to vice president

Rediff.com26 Dec 2019

Rediff reader Rupesh Kumar tells us how he landed his first job and salary.

Bihar is ready for D-Day with 55 counting centres, CCTVs, security ring

Bihar is ready for D-Day with 55 counting centres, CCTVs, security ring

Rediff.com8 Nov 2020

Bihar Chief Electoral Officer H R Srinivasa said the Election Commission has established a three-tier security system for strong rooms (housing the electronic voting machines) and the counting centres. The inner core is being guarded by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), then there is the Bihar Military Police (BMP) and then the district police, he told reporters.

Nigeria: Gunmen kill 46 students in university attack

Nigeria: Gunmen kill 46 students in university attack

Rediff.com2 Oct 2012

Gunmen wearing military attires raided university hostels in a northern Nigerian town, killing 46 students in a deadly Independence Day massacre.

Minister makes U-turn in anti-Modi content in student mag issue

Minister makes U-turn in anti-Modi content in student mag issue

Rediff.com19 Jun 2014

In a change of stand, days after resenting police action against student editors over campus magazines containing remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday said though the government respected freedom of expression, it was not proper to depict a person in any manner.

India got its Trump in the form of Modi two-and-a-half years ago: Rahul

India got its Trump in the form of Modi two-and-a-half years ago: Rahul

Rediff.com9 Feb 2017

Addressing an election rally at Government Polytechnic Ground at Khurja town in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, he also raked up the demonetisation issue, saying all sections of people of the society suffered losses due to the Centre's move.

'Paid news would finish off journalism unless...'

'Paid news would finish off journalism unless...'

Rediff.com3 Dec 2010

P Sainath said since 2008, some 3000 journalists had lost their jobs in India but the word 'recession' was banned in the media. "When I say media, I mean the dominant media always. The dominant media always lies as they invest in the stock exchange and keep the Sensex up".

Delhi declares coronavirus as epidemic; shuts schools, halls till March 31

Delhi declares coronavirus as epidemic; shuts schools, halls till March 31

Rediff.com12 Mar 2020

The national capital has so far recorded six cases of coronavirus.

Radia tapes show journalistic misconduct: Sainath

Radia tapes show journalistic misconduct: Sainath

Rediff.com3 Dec 2010

Talking about the conversations on the tapes Sainath said, "Some of them are boring. One sounds like a waiter taking an order, one shows serious breach of ethics, one is plain bragging. The tapes show corporate power."

Diploma courses in Engineering, Technology

Diploma courses in Engineering, Technology

Rediff.com8 Jul 2009

Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra State invites applications from the aspiring Maharashtra State candidates who have passed SSC examination.

IITs, new IITs get Rs 2,113 crore

IITs, new IITs get Rs 2,113 crore

Rediff.com6 Jul 2009

Pranab Mukherjee proposed the enhancement of the overall plan budget for higher education by Rs 2,000 crore over the Interim Budget estimates. He further announced the allocation of Rs 2,113 crore for IITs and NITs, which includes a provision of Rs 450 crore for new IITs and NITs. The finance minister also proposed to allocate Rs 827 crore for opening one central university in each uncovered state.

AsiaGS announce PG degrees in management

AsiaGS announce PG degrees in management

Rediff.com19 Jun 2008

Asia Graduate School of Business in association with Fisher College of Business and Tianjin Polytechnic University announces two postgraduate programmes at AsiaGS, Hyderabad commencing September 2008.

India's huge education deficit

India's huge education deficit

Rediff.com8 Oct 2009

India has just about 5,500 ITIs and 1,745 polytechnics, compared to 500,000 similar institutes in China.

Scholarships for Class X, XII students

Scholarships for Class X, XII students

Rediff.com8 Jul 2008

The K C Mahindra Education Trust, Mumbai, invites applications for Mahindra All India Talent Scholarships from students who have passed Class X or class XII and have secured admission this year in Government or recognised polytechnics for diploma courses.