Category: India

Kanpur engineering student ragged, hospitalised

Kanpur engineering student ragged, hospitalised

August 30, 2010 | Comments (0)

Lucknow, Aug 30 (IANS) A first-year engineering student in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district was hospitalised after he was allegedly ragged and assaulted by his seniors because he declined to mouth abusive words, police said Monday. Rajanshu, a B.Tech student of the Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, was ill-treated by a group of seniors inside his [...]

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Haryana school children to get CWG holidays Oct 8-13

Haryana school children to get CWG holidays Oct 8-13

August 30, 2010 | Comments (0)

Chandigarh, Aug 30 (IANS) Haryana has announced special holidays for all school children in the state Oct 8 to 13 to enable them to watch the Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be organised in New Delhi, an official spokesman said Monday. The 2010 CWG, the biggest sporting event to be held in India, are being held [...]

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CAT Registration opens from today

CAT Registration opens from today

August 30, 2010 | Comments (0)

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), are graduate business schools in India that also conduct research and provide consultancy services in the field of management to various sectors of the Indian economy. Today the CAT Registration will Start and all the students want to be take best management educations in the world in india regd [...]

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IndiGo flight makes emergency landing

IndiGo flight makes emergency landing

August 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

Bhubaneswar, Aug 28 (IANS) A Delhi-bound IndiGo Airlines flight made an emergency landing at the Biju Patnaik Airport at Bhubaneswar Saturday after it was hit by a bird minutes after take off, an airlines official said. All 140 passengers on board the 6E-260 Hyderabad-Bhubaneswar-New Delhi flight are safe, the official said. There was also no [...]

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Virtual classroom offers US school degree in Indian homes

Virtual classroom offers US school degree in Indian homes

August 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Imagine securing a US high school diploma without even stepping out of your home in India! As India attempts to go international in the field of education, here is a virtual classroom straight from America. The American International Academy, a US-based online education academy, is offering the diploma – the [...]

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Yamuna nears danger mark in Agra

Yamuna nears danger mark in Agra

August 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

Agra, Aug 28 (IANS) The Yamuna river was close to touching the danger mark in this Taj Mahal city while floodwaters entered more villages in Agra and Mathura districts Saturday, officials said. In Agra, the water level in the river rose to 494.5 feet Saturday, nearing the danger mark of 495 feet. The level stood [...]

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Yamuna water level rises again in Delhi

Yamuna water level rises again in Delhi

August 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The Yamuna river started to swell again Saturday as more water was released into the river from Haryana. Officials have warned of a further rise in the river’s water level in the city during the day. “The water level in the Yamuna has risen to 205.94 metres — 1.14 metres [...]

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Cloudy day ahead in Delhi, rains likely

Cloudy day ahead in Delhi, rains likely

August 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Cloudy skies and rains in some parts of the city — that’s what Saturday is likely to see in Delhi, a weather official said. “The skies will be partly cloudy and some parts of the capital will experience thunderstorm and rains,” an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. Delhi recorded [...]

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No fresh attacks on Indian students in Australia: Sibal

No fresh attacks on Indian students in Australia: Sibal

August 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) No fresh attacks on Indian students have been reported from Australia recently, parliament was informed Friday. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said: “The number of attacks on Indian students on record in Melbourne has reduced and no case of attack on [...]

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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Tripura hit by sex scandal

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Tripura hit by sex scandal

August 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

Agartala, Aug 27 (IANS) A day after the principal of a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in Tripura was arrested following rape charges slapped by a teacher, hundreds of students of the school took out a march demanding his immediate release saying the charge was “a blatant lie and motivated”, officials said here Friday. A local [...]

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