'If they succeed in silencing this great university, it will be a tragic day for the nation.'
A senior official said that Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje gave the direction in this regard to the home department yesterday following which remarks of the director general of police were sought on Wednesday.
'Even though we have around 156 patients, we don't have anyone who requires ventilatory support or the ICU facility.'
Visva Bharati Vice Chancellor Sushanta Dattagupta, facing charges of administrative and financial irregularities, has emailed his resignation to President Pranab Mukherjee.
While the seven IITs have been granted Rs 988 crore (Rs 9.88 billion) to increase the number of seats by 54 per cent to implement the 27 per cent quotas for OBCs, the 18 central universities have been given a raw deal in the Budget.
The HRD Minister has said the number of seats may increase.
She won the gold medal in 25m Pistol National Championship for Women in the 49th National Shooting Championship.
India's aim to become a manufacturing services outsourcing hub could be quashed if admission to prestigious institutions like the IIMs and IITs are based on a caste quota rather than students' merit, Assocham said on Monday.
The PhD scholar is an active member of Jamiat-e-Talaba, the student wing of banned Jammat-e-Islami (JeI).
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday joined the mass hunger strike at the Hyderabad University campus to express solidarity with the students protesting against the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula who would have turned 27 on Saturday.
Faculty members put in their papers from their respective posts in solidarity with the protesting students over the suicide of Rohith Vemula.
Jyoti 'Jay' Chaudhuri, general counsel and senior adviser to the state treasurer of the US state of North Carolina, was elected chairman of the board of the Council of Institutional Investors, last month.
Manmohan Singh announces proposals to set up commissions on minorities
'Those who were not co-operating are co-operating now.' 'Now, our facilities are fit, our doctors are fit and we have a better protocol of how to do isolation, how to do the collection.'
Students sought "unconditional" revocation of suspension of four Dalit students and action against those responsible for the alleged suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula.
The lingering boundary issue will also feature in his talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and other leaders, says R Rajagopalan, who will travel to Beijing with the President.
If India wants to satisfy the aspirations of its youth, it will have to revamp the higher education system without ifs and buts
Had it not been for the intellectual dominance and political legitimacy of the Leftist philosophy since 1970, would EPW have become what it did? After all, there were other more established journals around then, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
He left behind Ashok and Ronak Pandit in the individual event of the 49th National Shooting Championship.
Several protests -- some peaceful, some violent -- erupted across India on Monday against the police crackdown in Jamia Millia Islamia and the controversial citizenship law as students and political leaders took to the streets, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called these protests "deeply distressing" and appealed for peace.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh mouthpiece "Panchjanya" has alleged that Jawaharlal University is home to "a huge anti-national block which has the aim of disintegrating India."
The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice of HCU appealed to the students to use blue ribbons as a means of protest, declaration and reminder of the fact that 'our fight is still on' while going about classes, labs and other activities.
Radhika, the mother of Dalit research scholar Rohit Vemula, on Friday demanded immediate unconditional release of 25 students and two faculty members of Hyderabad Central University who were arrested in connection with incidents of vandalism at the VC's lodge
'Kanhaiya Kumar and others of his ilk are now out on bail. But what about the NIT 'anti-nationals'?' asks Amulya Ganguli.
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Wednesday alleged the government flared up the issue of JNU to divert people's attention from the Rohit Vemula's suicide issue and subsequent developments.
The Olympic silver medallist scored 191.0 points, his best since 2002, at the National Shooting Championships.
Samresh Jung won gold in the 10 m Air pistol event in Men's category of the 49th National Shooting Championship
Thirty one outstanding teachers were invited to Rashtrapati Bhavan for a first-ever in-residence programme.
Faculty members are also continuing in the administrative position.
"If students are the future of the nation, it is the teacher who shapes them. I was a teacher before I came into public life. I know how gratifying it is to be a part of this noble profession," he said.
"The JNUSU rejects the punishment handed down by the administration on the basis of a farcical committee!" Kanhaiya tweeted.
Varanasi Commissioner submits a preliminary report to chief secretary, blames university administration for not handling the matter in a sensitive manner.
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).
The students, camping outside the UGC office since Wednesday demanding revocation of the move, alleged they were lathi-charged and about 100 of them detained when they tried to go inside to meet the officials.
HRD Minister Smriti Irani was again in the line of fire in the Lok Sabha with opposition members forcing Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to allow them to speak on their notice for the privilege motion against the minister.
The ace Indian shooters will use the Afro-Asian Games to test their prowess.
This will be the first visit of Mukherjee to China as President though he has visited the country a number of times in different capacities. The last Presidential visit to China was by Pratibha Patil in 2010.
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