News for 'University of Allahabad'

Vikas Swarup new high commissioner to Canada

Vikas Swarup new high commissioner to Canada

Rediff.com16 Feb 2017

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup, credited with expanding foreign ministry's social media outreach and handling sensitive issues deftly, was on Thursday appointed India's High Commissioner to Canada.

AMU students take HC decision easy

AMU students take HC decision easy

Rediff.com6 Oct 2005

RAF personnel had been deployed around the university campus on Wednesday as a precautionary measure amid fears that the sensitive issue might snowball.

How Tech Is Tackling Knotty HR Problems

How Tech Is Tackling Knotty HR Problems

Rediff.com2 Mar 2022

Tech is also being used to stem resignations, which have recorded a rise amid COVID-19.

Keep The Anti-Muslim Pot Boiling All 365 Days

Keep The Anti-Muslim Pot Boiling All 365 Days

Rediff.com14 Apr 2022

Hindu festivals are now becoming occasions when anti-Muslim hatred is expressed freely through slogans and songs that are full of abuse against Muslims or calls to either kill them or humiliate them, observes Apoorvanand.

The brightest Indian-American stars in the US

The brightest Indian-American stars in the US

Rediff.com18 Sep 2018

Indian Americans are not just shining in the fields of technology, education and management. You can now spot them every where... in politics, in research, in the movies and even on YouTube, says Ignatius Chithelen.Indian Americans are not just shining in the fields of technology, education and management. You can now spot them every where... in politics, in research, in the movies and even on YouTube, says Ignatius Chithelen.

Don't implement quota, SC tells AMU

Don't implement quota, SC tells AMU

Rediff.com24 Apr 2006

The Supreme Court Monday asked Aligarh Muslim University not to implement the decision to reserve 50 per cent quota for students belonging to minority community till the pendancy of the matter.

Is Yogi scared of the Mughals?

Is Yogi scared of the Mughals?

Rediff.com19 Oct 2018

'The Mughals became completely Indian in every sense and united the vast Indian subcontinent, not only territorially, but also the hearts and minds of people with multiple religio-cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversities' 'The Mughals, arguably, made India an enviable superpower in the then world.' 'Are the Hindutva rulers of today scared of acknowledging Mughal accomplishments?' asks Mohammad Sajjad.

Visva Bharati VC quits; claims government victimised him

Visva Bharati VC quits; claims government victimised him

Rediff.com1 Oct 2015

Visva Bharati Vice Chancellor Sushanta Dattagupta, facing charges of administrative and financial irregularities, has emailed his resignation to President Pranab Mukherjee.

Vyapam: Cops arrest UP students linked with MP scam

Vyapam: Cops arrest UP students linked with MP scam

Rediff.com8 Jul 2015

Investigators have arrested at least three dozen students of some prominent UP medical schools revealing links with the Vyapam scam.

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.

Lost and Found at the Kumbh Mela

Lost and Found at the Kumbh Mela

Rediff.com7 Feb 2019

The festival is billed as the largest gathering of humanity on earth, with 110 million people expected to attend over 49 days. But for the thousands who get lost among the crowds, help is at hand and has been since 1946.

Ayodhya awaits its big day, outsiders not welcome

Ayodhya awaits its big day, outsiders not welcome

Rediff.com4 Aug 2020

Ayodhya is decked up for the bhoomi pujan that will be attended at the Ram Janmabhoomi by 175 people, who figure in a select guest list of seers and politicians topped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

NAS invites scientific write-ups on climate change

NAS invites scientific write-ups on climate change

Rediff.com19 Dec 2007

NAS invites scientific write-ups on climate change by December 31, 2007

Why ICICI Bank chose Girish Chaturvedi as its chairman

Why ICICI Bank chose Girish Chaturvedi as its chairman

Rediff.com4 Jul 2018

The ICICI board is looking to the retired petroleum secretary to provide 'maturity and sagacity'.

Rs 4-bn Discovery Park for Amethi

Rs 4-bn Discovery Park for Amethi

Rediff.com9 Jan 2007

Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of Congress icon Rahul Gandhi, is expected to get the country's first 'Discovery Park' which will travel from Indiana in the United States to Uttar Pradesh.

Watch these gorgeous gals on TV tonight!

Watch these gorgeous gals on TV tonight!

Rediff.com6 Oct 2014

A look at the contestants of Miss Diva Universe 2014 beauty pageant.

Covid: Centre, states equally to blame

Covid: Centre, states equally to blame

Rediff.com9 May 2021

The oxygen shortage was inevitable to an extent given the tsunami of Covid cases, but the problem is the lack of even basic preparation by both the Centre and states, notes Shyamal Majumdar.

Govt appoints one-man commission to probe Rohith Vemula's suicide

Govt appoints one-man commission to probe Rohith Vemula's suicide

Rediff.com28 Jan 2016

Senior Union Human Resources Development ministry officials said in Delhi that Justice (retd) Roopanwal will review the entire sequence of events, the circumstances and to establish facts and correctives in the context of the incident in a university.

Smriti finds herself in line of fire over Durga remarks

Smriti finds herself in line of fire over Durga remarks

Rediff.com26 Feb 2016

Opposition parties on Friday sought an apology from HRD minister Smriti Irani for reading out in Rajya Sabha "objectionable" comments made outside against a god, as she defended herself saying she was asked for proof of her statements against JNU students.

HC vindicates Lucknow varsity VC's decision

HC vindicates Lucknow varsity VC's decision

Rediff.com15 Dec 2006

While Mulayam Singh went to the extent of branding Singh as a "dictator", the latter cracked the whip by suspending as many as 135 students with "criminal background", most of them allegedly supporters of ruling Samajwadi Party.

Interested in a career in law?

Interested in a career in law?

Rediff.com23 Mar 2006

The National Law Institute University, Bhopal, invites you to take the common entrance examination organised by the Professional Examination Board, Bhopal, and apply for its BA LLB (Honors) programme.

Alert: MBA at NMIMS

Alert: MBA at NMIMS

Rediff.com30 Sep 2004

Alert: MBA at NMIMS

AMU observes token silence

AMU observes token silence

Rediff.com7 Jan 2006

A division bench of the Allahabad High Court quashed the minority status of AMU after ruling that the Parliament had no jurisdiction to restore it through the AMU Amendment Act, 1981.

REWIND: India in the last 24 hours

REWIND: India in the last 24 hours

Rediff.com15 Sep 2016

Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.

LJP opposed to HC's AMU decision

LJP opposed to HC's AMU decision

Rediff.com6 Oct 2005

Priyanka Gandhi vacates Lodhi Estate bungalow

Priyanka Gandhi vacates Lodhi Estate bungalow

Rediff.com30 Jul 2020

Sources close to her said she would be staying for a few days in her Gurugram penthouse before shifting to central Delhi, where she has finalised a house.

Tarun Gogoi: Cong stalwart who led Assam from the front

Tarun Gogoi: Cong stalwart who led Assam from the front

Rediff.com23 Nov 2020

The 84-year old veteran Congressman, who died from post-COVID complications on Monday, was a Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist.

Is Modi copying Indira's Emergency textbook?

Is Modi copying Indira's Emergency textbook?

Rediff.com26 Jun 2021

'Consider Mrs Gandhi's view of her opponents: Traitors, anti-nationals, rumour-mongers.' Does the spirit of the Emergency-era Indira Gandhi still rule India? asks Vir Sanghvi.

Ayodhya litigants appear before SC-appointed mediation panel

Ayodhya litigants appear before SC-appointed mediation panel

Rediff.com13 Mar 2019

The litigants and their counsels -- altogether over 50 people -- met the three-member mediation panel on the Avadh University premises in Faizabad.

Will Arjun Singh have to retire?

Will Arjun Singh have to retire?

Rediff.com2 Nov 2005

Govt committed to restore AMU's minority status

Govt committed to restore AMU's minority status

Rediff.com10 Jan 2006

A week after the Allahabad high court verdict, the government Tuesday said it would "decide on steps" required to find a way to restore the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University.

Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan draws praises from SC

Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan draws praises from SC

Rediff.com10 Nov 2019

The 74-year-old senior advocate had given up practice following his courtroom spat with then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.

Study to be a top lawyer

Study to be a top lawyer

Rediff.com7 Mar 2005

The National Law Institute University, Bhopal invites you to take the common entrance examination organised by the Professional Examination Board, Bhopal and apply for its BA LLB (Honors) programme.

Mevani holds rally in Delhi, says Modi govt 'threat to democracy'

Mevani holds rally in Delhi, says Modi govt 'threat to democracy'

Rediff.com9 Jan 2018

Although the authorities had maintained till the last minute that Mevani and his supporters did not have permission to hold the event, it seems the rally organisers and Delhi Police reached a compromise later.

Veteran politician N D Tiwari dies on his 93rd birthday

Veteran politician N D Tiwari dies on his 93rd birthday

Rediff.com18 Oct 2018

The politician was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital on October 26. He was suffering from fever and pneumonia.

Milon Banerji appointed Attorney General of India

Milon Banerji appointed Attorney General of India

Rediff.com5 Jun 2004

New attorney general

'So many deaths are happening all around you'

'So many deaths are happening all around you'

Rediff.com24 Apr 2021

'Your family, your kith and kin are also under stress, some of your relatives will die, without getting appropriate treatment.'