Chandigarh: Kunwar Preet Singh has topped the city in the JEE Main 2020 examinations, the results of which were declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA). According to the results issued late Friday night, he scored 99.99 percentile and is among the 41 state-wise toppers. A total of 8,69,010 students appeared in the exam. The examination […]
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JNU extends winter registration deadline yet again
New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University has extended the last date of student registrations for the winter semester, the third time since the original deadline of January 5. According to a release issued on Thursday by the assistant registrar for evaluations, the last date for students’ registration for the winter semester has been extended to […]
UP open university begins courses on CAA, Article 370
Prayagraj: The c(UPRTOU), the only open university in the state, has decided that the Citizenship Amendment Act and Article 370 will be a part of the syllabus of a new three-month certificate course. According to Prabhat Mishra, public relation officer of UPRTOU: “The new course has come into force on January 10 and the admissions […]
VC Jagadesh Kumar sets up varsity probe into Sunday violence at JNU
New Delhi: The JNU administration has set up a five-member committee to inquire into the violent incidents on January 5 on the campus. The move comes in the wake of JNUSU leaders accusing the varsity administration of bias towards right-wing student organisations like the ABVP. Beleaguered JNU Vice Chancellor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar constituted the committee on […]
No suggestion made to shut down JNU: VC
New Delhi: Refuting claims that JNU administration has advised the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry to temporary shut down the university campus, Vice-Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar Mamidala, in an exclusive conversation to IANS, denies the news report. A prominent news daily on its front page on Wednesday had claimed that the JNU administration advised HRD ministry to […]
No move to reduce age limit for exams, clarifies UPPSC
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has said that there was no proposal to reduce the age limit for candidates appearing for the provincial civil services examination. The clarification comes after the UPPSC aspirants held a series of protests after messages started doing the rounds on social media claiming that the UPPSC has […]
IIT-K students hit a blind spot over ‘Hum Dekhenge’
Kanpur: The students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur have hit a ‘blind spot’ over the inquiry into Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s poem ‘Hum dekhenge’ which was sung as a protest anthem at a solidarity march on December 17 in support of the students of Jamia Millia Islamia. “We are completely unaware of the terms […]
Jamia University reopens, normalcy returning to campus
New Delhi: After protests, violence and the winter break which followed, Jamia Milia Islamia University opened for its students on Monday. Normalcy and peace began to prevail at the University after students started to return and classes resumed. However, protests and hunger strike continued at the varsity’s gate no. 7. The renovation work at Dr Zakir […]
CBSE mandates 75% attendance for 10th, 12th exams
New Delhi, Jan 2: Students should have a minimum 75 per cent attendance to be able to appear for the 10th and 12th examinations to be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The CBSE in its latest notice has directed all schools to calculate attendance of students who have to appear for […]
IIT-K professor to be forcibly retired for harassing student
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): A senior professor in the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K), facing charges of sexual harassment of a foreign student, will now be given compulsory retirement. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the board of governors over the weekend. This will be the first time in the history […]