Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, father of Umar Khalid, a PhD scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, has claimed that he received a "death threat call from underworld don Ravi Pujari".
K Akhter reports from ground zero of the protests aimed at securing justice for the bus gang-rape victim and women's rights.
Police in Pakistani capital Islamabad have arrested a professor on a charge of blasphemy after hundreds of people, including clerics and seminary students, joined a protest and demanded the registration of a case against him.
Cloned journals have become more rampant in the post-pandemic world.
Virendra Singh Rawat discovers that this child prodigy has never been to school.
'There is more to life than sport and anything can happen in sport, so you need something to fall back on'
'SIMI has been hijacked by elements in other countries and other Muslim societies, and some of them at least have become misguided and radical in their beliefs.'
Teenage girls who consider themselves attractive are more likely to be the victims of emotionally damaging bullying, says a new research.
Four years, one trial, an irreparable tragedy and several tribulations later, Bedabrata Pain is ready with his first film Chittagong.
Balavidyalaya in Chennai is probably India's only school for the deaf that trains the child and (one) parent for free.
For Dr Sopory, vice chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, education is much beyond employment. If you internalise it well, then it empowers your mind to serve the society in a different way, says he.
'Indian universities are giving out PhDs without adequate evaluation,' charges Dr Satya Narain Jatiya, MP.
The Indian Pharmaceutical Association-Ramanbhai Foundation invites nominations for lifetime achievement awards and merit scholarships.
"I am very happy and proud of his achievements. I am yet to speak to him. I think he must be sleeping as it's still night in the United States," she said.
The 40-year-old boyfriend of a missing Mexican woman was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly murdering her and disposing off the body in a suitcase after burning half of it, near Thrisshur in Kerala, said the police. Ceule Denise Acosta, who was learning Mohiniyattam here, was missing since April 9.
This general decline in essay writing abilities has been accompanied by another affliction: the failure to teach grammar. The main casualties are the article and the preposition. It is virtually impossible to find an Indian today who knows how to use 'a' or 'the'. The other rules of grammar don't even begin to get a look-in.
'If the Congress wants to keep the ship afloat, it will have to bury the differences.'
An uncle and brother of Jawaharlal Nehru University students union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is in jail in connection with a sedition case, have said the kind of support students and global intellectuals have shown for him makes them proud of the Bihar boy.
Spain players to get big monetary boost if they win WC
The court modified its earlier order of March 9 restraining the students from protesting within 100 metres of the block.
Chindu Sreedharan, PhD student in the UK, shares his experiences living abroad. He emphasises the beneficial aspects of studying abroad -- new perspectives, new people and new cultures.
Get Ahead reader Dr Ram Deshmukh shares the tale of rooming with fellow Indians in the UK, where he was studying and is now currently employed.
For an institution looking to revive past glory, the Nalanda University's initial days have been far from glorious.
From his economist mother to politicians and academia -- all hailed Banerjee's achievement.
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".
The HRD ministry on Friday asked St Stephen's college to expedite its probe into the sexual harassment complaint filed by a PhD student.
Celebrations erupted on the JNU campus after JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar was granted interim bail in the sedition case, with supporters awaiting his release from jail.
Victims of prejudice, discrimination and/or racism can face long-lasting negative impacts like aggressive behavior, over-eating, inability to focus, etc, says a new research, co-authored by psychology student Sonia Kang, who recently finished her PhD, and Michael Inzlicht, associate professor, psychology, University of Toronto.
The scholarship will be presented every four years by Bachchan to an Indian citizen to develop a thesis related to media, digital technology and communication.
In a letter to the Business School community on Wednesday, Nohria said he will step down from the position of dean of the Harvard Business School (HBS) on June 30, 2020, after a decade in the role.
The volunteer said he had also volunteered 10 years ago for clinical trials for a vaccine against the H1N1 (swine flu) virus.
According to new research, people who have flexible work hours are reporting more blurring of the boundaries between work and the other parts of their lives, especially family-related roles.
Caezaan Keshvani participated and wona a reality Tv show that enabled him to study in the UK. He graduated earlier this year and shares his story...
'They are targeting us because we respect the law of the land, don't indulge in illegal or unlawful activities, are educated and literate enough to articulate the acts of injustice against us (the Muslim community).'
Patel, an MD/PhD student at the University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, is being honoured for his determination and commitment to help young people in a broad variety of ways.
Madurai Kamaraj University in Tamil Nadu, which has been rocked by student protests over the last few days, closed down two days ago. A Ganesh Nadar visits the campus to find out what went wrong.
An Indiana court is expected to announce the judgment in the case involving Vikram Buddhi, a former PhD student at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, on Friday.
Aspiring scientist Ishan Mata is gearing up to pursue an MTech degree, leading to PhD, at one of the premier research institutes in the country.
The book, according to Kumar, is likely to be completed by July-August 2016.
