The United States embassy has finally granted visa on Wednesday to Ratul Khan, a topper in Assam High Madrassa Examination 2012, so that he can visit NASA under a 14-day educational and exposure trip sponsored by Assam government for seven toppers in High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) Examination, 2012 and Assam High Madrassa Examination, 2012.
Janata Dal-United on Thursday decided not to renew party membership of former party MLA Usha Sinha, wife of controversial Bihar School Examination Board Chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, allegedly involved in the 10+2 examination muddle.
The father of the young woman, a school topper who was felicitated by the government, said she could have been raped by eight to 10 men.
Singh had gone underground after resigning from the board two weeks ago ever since his name figured in the Class 12 toppers' scam.
'After Om's untimely demise, he would call us every Sunday for the next two years to ask, "How are you doing my dear? How's the young fella?"'
Bihar education minister asked if the 'media person who posed queries to the topper is himself a great musician?'
She reportedly informed the board that she is not well and unable to appear for the re-exam.
DPS did not admit Garima because she cannot speak English well.
Sinha was not occupying any party position in the party and since membership drive was on, it had been decided that her membership would not be renewed, he said.
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All the seven accused have been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
Board orders probe after Intermediate Arts, Science toppers fail to answer basic questions.
The reputation of Bihar's schools has taken a knock. Satyavrat Mishra explains how a student-teacher nexus has gamed the system to produce toppers by the dozen.
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Ananya Patwardhan, one of the three students who topped ICSE Class X secured 99.2 per cent.
A SIT has begun process to freeze bank accounts of arrested accused in the Bihar toppers scam. M I Khan/Rediff.com reports from Patna.
Abhijnan Chakraborty tells us how he topped the ISC Class 12 examination.
Singh had resigned from the post last week after his name cropped up in the scam.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shaurya Doval has said he has never expressed desire to contest elections but is open to the idea if the party decides to field him.
Arrested BSEB 'topper' Ruby Rai has told the Bihar police about the links between her father and toppers scam 'kingpin' Bachcha Rai. M I Khan/Rediff.com reports from Patna.
Answer sheets are found to be missing from BSEB office when the SIT sought them for a forensic test, reports M I Khan from Patna.
All the eight candidates who scored 100 percentile are engineers. While two have a master's degree in engineering, the others have a bachelor's degree.
20-year old Shruti, who is simultaneously studying for CA, aims to join the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the future.
The dead boy was a first generation learner in a government school, with all odds stacked against him. While everyone celebrates this year's toppers, Geetanjali Krishna wonders about the failures, and how our system has failed them.
The decision has been taken in view of the controversy that erupted after this year's toppers failed to answer basic questions on camera.
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The National Testing Agency, however, denied any irregularities and said the changes made in the NCERT textbooks and grace marks for losing time at the examination centres are some of the reasons behind the students scoring higher marks.
In an exclusive interview, the 2010 IIT-JEE topper, Anumula Jithendar Reddy tells Shwetal Rai what it takes to be an IIT topper.
'The film released when I was in Class 8. Most of the characters in it inspired me' says Sarvesh Mehtani.
'When I was young, I used to look around the village we lived in.' 'There was a lack of resources -- no proper health centres and schools.' 'I felt that becoming an IAS officer would help solve those issues.'
Premlata Singh, wife of Union minister Birender Singh, was commenting on the gang rape of a 19-year-old woman in Haryana's Rewari city.
The overall pass percentage was 83.01 per cent as against last year's 82.02 per cent.
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Not just students, even school teachers and principals are part of the rot afflicting Bihar's education system.
