Left maintains foothold in JNU, ABVP wins joint secy post

Left candidates bagged three of the four central panel posts in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) election to maintain their foothold in the university, while the Rashtriya......

India Celebrates Diwali

  IMAGE: Indian Army soldiers posted along the Line of Control in Akhnoor light candles on Dhanteras. Photograph: PTI Photo   IMAGE: Border Security Force personnel light diyas at the......

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

An expert panel and the University Grants Commission have recommended that Jadavpur University and Jamia Hamdard University, which were shortlisted by the Centre for granting institutions of......

Overcoming riots, Delhi sisters excel in CBSE exams

Gauri Srivastava and her sister Anshika burnt the midnight oil for their Central Board of Secondary Education board exams as riots raged just metres away from their house in northeast Delhi's......

From Google to SoftBank, Nikesh Arora's amazing journey so far

Just nine months into this new role, Nikesh Arora was made the president of SoftBank and has been named the heir apparent to Chairman Masayoshi Son. Working for Google is perhaps a dream most......

The many problems confronting the IITs

One third of faculty positions vacant.One per cent seats empty.New IITs lag in infrastructure, research.Abhishek Waghmare and Sahil Makkar report. Indian Institutes of Technology are struggling to......

These Varanasi students have their hearts in the right place

Aditya Agrawal and Arpit Sarin launched www.dawalilelo.com to supply medicines and help people find doctors in their areas Image: Aditya Agrawal and Arpit Sarin's passion is driven by a sense of......

'Modi village' is Varanasi's new hot spot

Jayapur, with a population of a little over 4,200, was like most other villages before Prime Minister Narendra Modi adopted it on November 7. Narayan Patel is a busy man these days. Apart from......