News for 'University of Hyderabad'

Ranji round-up: Ton-up Dubey steers MP to 218/2 vs Kerala

Ranji round-up: Ton-up Dubey steers MP to 218/2 vs Kerala

Rediff.com3 Mar 2022

A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Thursday.

Macroeconomic doyen passes away

Macroeconomic doyen passes away

Rediff.com24 Nov 2011

K Krishnamurty, fondly known among peers as 'KK', an eminent and first-generation macro economist, passed away at his home in Hyderabad on the early hours of November 23. He was 76.

Dalit scholar suicide: Facing protest, Hyd Univ VC goes on

Dalit scholar suicide: Facing protest, Hyd Univ VC goes on

Rediff.com24 Jan 2016

However, it did not mention the period of leave.

Beef controversy, new ploy to dent Telangana stir?

Beef controversy, new ploy to dent Telangana stir?

Rediff.com16 Apr 2012

An ugly incident over a beef festival that was to be held at the Osmania University in Hyderabad has become a talking point in Andhra Pradesh as the development is being seen as a ploy to divide the students who have been very united in fighting for the Telangana cause so far, reports Vicky Nanjappa.

'Rohit Vemula was Dalit; commission's findings fake'

'Rohit Vemula was Dalit; commission's findings fake'

Rediff.com25 Aug 2016

Rejecting the judicial commission's report on Rohith Vemula's suicide as "fake and fictitious", the National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman P L Punia on Wednesday said the deceased Hyderabad Univeristy research scholar was a Dalit.

Nirmala repeats her feat, breaches another male bastion

Nirmala repeats her feat, breaches another male bastion

Rediff.com31 May 2019

Sitharaman, who became the first full-time woman defence minister in the first tenure of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government -- will also head the Corporate Affairs ministry in the new cabinet.

'Rohith will become a symbol for educational reform'

'Rohith will become a symbol for educational reform'

Rediff.com20 Jan 2016

'If you are a slave, nobody has any problem. The conflict starts when you question and ask for equal rights.'

How Amit Shah gave BJP last-mile push in Gujarat civic polls

How Amit Shah gave BJP last-mile push in Gujarat civic polls

Rediff.com8 Mar 2021

When Home Minister Amit Shah, who was in Gujarat to cast his vote in the urban body polls, learnt of the poor voter, instead of heading home he went to the Motera stadium, organised a control room, and was on the phone with practically everybody assigned duty on the ground: MPs, MLAs and BJP office-bearers. His single commandment was to check the voter list and phone or personally get people to the booths, reports Radhika Ramaseshan.

Dalit student suicide: VC claims there was 'no pressure' to act

Dalit student suicide: VC claims there was 'no pressure' to act

Rediff.com20 Jan 2016

Hyderabad Central University VS Appa Rao on Wednesday asserted there had been "no pressure" from Union ministers or the HRD ministry to act against the youth.

'The nationalism they represent is narrow, selfish and arrogant'

'The nationalism they represent is narrow, selfish and arrogant'

Rediff.com25 Feb 2016

TMC MP Professor Sugata Bose spoke eloquently on the topic of nationalism vs the freedom to dissent, whilst presenting a balanced view on the need to protect constitutional freedoms.

ASK ANU: 'I want to walk out of this marriage'

ASK ANU: 'I want to walk out of this marriage'

Rediff.com1 Oct 2021

In her weekly column, mental health guru Anu Krishna offers advice on how to take charge of your life.

54.72 L COVID vaccine doses received till Tuesday afternoon: Centre

54.72 L COVID vaccine doses received till Tuesday afternoon: Centre

Rediff.com12 Jan 2021

Apart from the 1.1 crore doses of Covishield being procured from the Serum Institute of India, 55 lakh doses of indigenously developed Covaxin were being obtained from Bharat Biotech, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said at a press conference.

Why the Hindu right-wing targets AMU

Why the Hindu right-wing targets AMU

Rediff.com6 Mar 2019

'Besides electoral opportunism, a sustained vilification of AMU on one or the other pretext helps them sustain their 'everyday communalism', the new strategy of the BJP of the Narendra Damodardas Modi-Amit Anilchandra Shah era,' says Mohammad Sajjad.

PHOTOS: Students march for Rohith, JNU; Rahul, Kejriwal join them

PHOTOS: Students march for Rohith, JNU; Rahul, Kejriwal join them

Rediff.com23 Feb 2016

Thousands of students took to the streets demanding justice for Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula and protesting the Jawaharlal Nehru University crisis.

Law grads earn Rs 300,000-Rs 900,000

Law grads earn Rs 300,000-Rs 900,000

Rediff.com21 Jul 2005

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

'Our scriptures, they all respect nature: Bhoomi, Prithvi and Dharti Mata'

'Our scriptures, they all respect nature: Bhoomi, Prithvi and Dharti Mata'

Rediff.com18 Aug 2020

'Respect nature, working with (it) rather than against it.'

A career in statistics: Giving life to numbers

A career in statistics: Giving life to numbers

Rediff.com29 Mar 2013

Statistics is more applied than mere Mathematics, and has the potential to impact many lives. A statistician's role is to give life to data, literally.

Colonel Raja Chari Is Ready for Space

Colonel Raja Chari Is Ready for Space

Rediff.com30 Oct 2021

On Sunday morning Eastern US time, four astronauts will zoom into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Commanding the spaceflight is Raja Chari, a United States Air Force colonel.

ISB forms 'Ivy League' with 3 Asian B-schools

ISB forms 'Ivy League' with 3 Asian B-schools

Rediff.com23 Jul 2010

The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, has tied-up with three top Asian B-schools to devise a strategy to attract more students from the United States, Canada and Europe.

HCU again on the boil, protesting students held

HCU again on the boil, protesting students held

Rediff.com6 Apr 2016

The students gathered in front of the campus as part of a call for 'Chalo HCU' given by Joint Action Committee for Social Justice of HCU to intensify their ongoing agitation demanding removal and arrest of vice chancellor Appa Rao Podile (who resumed as VC on March 22).

8 players who will miss IPL 2021

8 players who will miss IPL 2021

Rediff.com5 Apr 2021

With days left for IPL 2021 to kick off, several key players will miss the biggest show in the cricketing universe.

PHOTOS: When PM Modi was heckled

PHOTOS: When PM Modi was heckled

Rediff.com22 Jan 2016

Protesters raised slogans whilst attempting to disrupt the prime minister's address at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow.

Tri-Valley: TANA, consulate pitch in with help

Tri-Valley: TANA, consulate pitch in with help

Rediff.com26 Feb 2011

Ashok Kolla, chair, student committee, TANA, said last week that seven of the 18 students radio tagged had been relieved of their ankle irons. Peddibhotla said radio tags being removed is the first step in a long battle.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai to visit India

Google CEO Sundar Pichai to visit India

Rediff.com4 Dec 2015

This would be the first visit to India as Google CEO.

Rohith's suicide not Dalit vs non Dalit issue, says Smriti Irani

Rohith's suicide not Dalit vs non Dalit issue, says Smriti Irani

Rediff.com20 Jan 2016

Union minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday alleged that a malicious attempt was being made to project Rohith's suicide as a "dalit versus non-dalit issue to ignite passions".

2 Indians trapped in Libya rescued, families relieved

2 Indians trapped in Libya rescued, families relieved

Rediff.com15 Sep 2016

The two Indians -- T Gopikrishna from Andhra Pradesh and C Balaram Kishan from Telangana, who were teaching at Libya's Sirte University, were abducted by Islamic State militants in July last year.

No hurry to sell stake in InterGen: GMR

No hurry to sell stake in InterGen: GMR

Rediff.com2 Sep 2010

Bengaluru-based GMR Infrastructure bought 50 per cent of InterGen in 2008 for USD 1.1 billion from a fund owned by American International Group Inc.

Mother India has lost a son; I feel the pain: Modi on Rohith's suicide

Mother India has lost a son; I feel the pain: Modi on Rohith's suicide

Rediff.com22 Jan 2016

Mother India has lost a son. There will be reasons, there will be politics (surrounding it) but the fact remains that a mother has lost her son. I feel the pain very well," a visibly emotional Modi said.

US Senate panel confirms Ken Juster as envoy to India

US Senate panel confirms Ken Juster as envoy to India

Rediff.com27 Oct 2017

Juster played a key role in the landmark Indo-US civil nuclear deal.

Another student kills himself for Telangana

Another student kills himself for Telangana

Rediff.com19 Jan 2010

Tension gripped Osmania University campus on Tuesday with another student committing suicide by setting himself ablaze in protest against the delay in formation of Telangana.

Dalit student's death gains political heat, campus protests on

Dalit student's death gains political heat, campus protests on

Rediff.com20 Jan 2016

A group of students carrying placards and raising slogans protested in the tense University campus on Wednesday morning.

Irani shunted out of HRD to divert Vemula issue: Kanhaiya

Irani shunted out of HRD to divert Vemula issue: Kanhaiya

Rediff.com6 Jul 2016

Kanhaiya, who is out on bail in a sedition case, has been leading a movement demanding justice for Rohith Vemula, a Hyderabad university scholar who was found hanging in his room earlier this year after he along with five others were suspended.

Civil Rights activist K Balagopal passes away

Civil Rights activist K Balagopal passes away

Rediff.com9 Oct 2009

Noted civil rights activist K Balagopal died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Hyderabad, family source said on Friday

Inside the toxic world of online trolls

Inside the toxic world of online trolls

Rediff.com16 Jan 2020

A Molotov cocktail of lies, abuse and bigotry is blowing up social media.

Rohith's death national shame; Irani spoke lies after lies: Kejriwal

Rohith's death national shame; Irani spoke lies after lies: Kejriwal

Rediff.com21 Jan 2016

Backing the agitating students of the Hyderabad university, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday called the suicide of a Dalit research scholar at the premier institute a "national shame" and accused the Centre of trying to indulge in "casteist politics".

Why 'Greyhounds' for Osmania unrest? SC asks AP

Why 'Greyhounds' for Osmania unrest? SC asks AP

Rediff.com26 Feb 2010

The Supreme Court sought an explanation from the Andhra Pradesh government on Friday asking why it had deployed the elite anti-Naxalite force 'Greyhounds' to quell the students' unrest in Osmania University, the hotbed of Telangana statehood agitation.

ASI begins GPR survey of Nalanda's ruins

ASI begins GPR survey of Nalanda's ruins

Rediff.com19 Dec 2007

Chinese Scholar Huang Tsang, who visited Nalanda University in the 7th century AD, described the excellence of Nalanda's education system and purity of its monastic life, in detail in his writings. He had stated that the university was spread over a 16 km area. However, hardly 1.6 sq km has been excavated so far.

Telangana stir: Student immolates self, 300 detained

Telangana stir: Student immolates self, 300 detained

Rediff.com20 Feb 2010

A pro-Telangana school student set himself ablaze raising slogans in support of a separate state, leading to tension on the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad on Saturday.

ISB students invited to ring closing bell at Nasdaq

ISB students invited to ring closing bell at Nasdaq

Rediff.com13 Jun 2013

ISB students were invited to ring closing bell at Nasdaq.