New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) He began his life with an aim to educate and empower tribal girls in the hinterland of Chhattisgarh and after 36 years of hard work, 83-year-old Dharampal Saini is proud of the transformation. A protege of social activist Vinoba Bhave, Saini said he always wanted [...]

Shimla: The APG Shimla University was recently conferred with the “The Best University in the Hills”- Awarded by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham). The award presented by Dr. M.M.Pallam Raju, Hon’ble Minister of HRD, Government of India, was received by Ms. Priyanka Goyal, Executive Director of [...]

Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) Lyricist-writer Gulzar has been appointed the new chancellor of Assam University. The 78-year-old Padma Bhushan awardee’s name features besides ‘Chancellor’ on the University’s official website. Gulzar’s secretary also confirmed to IANS: “Yes, it is true. He will be the new chancellor of the Assam University. We [...]

New Delhi: A sample survey by the government, conducted in schools in three cities, has shown that more than one percent of children suffer from diabetes, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed the Lok Sabha Monday. Azad, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha, said that under the National [...]

Patna, April 29 (IANS) After introducing road safety in the syllabus of middle schools, the Bihar government has decided to include the subject in the syllabus of high schools also from the 2014 academic session, a state minister said Monday. Bihar Transport Minister Brishen Patel said road safety would be [...]

Dharamsala: For an exiled community, 50 years of foundation of a school was a big occasion that brought together over 700 former students to their Alma mater and the function was presided over by none other than His Holiness The Dalai Lama, the spiritual guiding force for all Tibetans. As chief guest [...]

On Saturday 27 April 2013, BBA 1st year students of Bahra University visited the manufacturing plant of Ranbaxy, which is situated near Roopnagar (Ropar) in Punjab. A group of around 25 students of BBA experienced and enjoyed the real business environment at Ranbaxy’s Ropar plant during this 1-day industrial visit. [...]

On Sunday, 28 April 2013 the ex-students of first batch of Dayanand Adarsh Vidyalya Solan met together for the very first time. The students who passed out from the school in year 1991 organised a get-together for the very first time, where they resolved to form an Ex-Students Association of [...]

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A shortage of nearly a million teachers is affecting implementation of the Right to Education Act in India. Compounding this is the lack of government-run training institutes which forces aspirants to go to private insitutions, with the result that just a fraction manage to clear [...]

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) A Class 11 class student fell to his death under mysterious circumstances at a government school building here, police said Saturday. The student’s family alleged that he was murdered by his classmates. “The body of Dinesh Kumar, 17, was found Friday evening on the ground [...]