New Delhi | The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested a Russian national for allegedly hacking the iLeon software — the platform on which the JEE (Mains) 2021 examination was conducted. Mikhail Shargin will be later presented at the Rouse Avenue Court. The CBI is likely to seek his two-week custody. “He was […]
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UP: 7-year-old girl remained locked in classroom for 18 hours
Sambhal | In a shocking incident, a seven-year-old girl was locked up in a school in Uttar Pradesh Sambhal district for more than 18 hours after the staff went home without checking if any child was left behind. The incident came to light only when the school opened on Wednesday. Block Education Officer (BEO) Pope Singh […]
‘Peeping Tom’ canteen boy held for recording video of IIT Bombay girls’ hostel bathroom
Mumbai | A canteen worker at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT Bombay) was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly recording a video of the girls’ hostel bathroom. The incident occurred late on Sunday when a female student noticed a mobile phone on a window outside the bathroom of Hostel 10 on the IIT Bombay campus, and […]
IIT-Kanpur student found hanging inside hostel room
Kanpur | A PhD student in IIT-Kanpur ended his life by suicide on the campus, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday night when a student informed the security personnel that Prashant Singh’s room was locked from inside and he was not responding to knocks. The institute’s administrators forcibly opened the door and […]
Lord Shiva may be from SC/ST as no Brahmin sits in crematorium: JNU VC
New Delhi | Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit has said that anthropologically and scientifically “no God is a Brahmin and the highest is Kshatriya”. Delivering the keynote address at the B R Ambedkar Lecture Series organised by Ministry of Social Justice, here on Monday, the vice-chancellor said, “I don’t think that Brahmins can […]
Cultural Cinema Film Festival and DME celebrate world cultures, screen award-winning movies
NOIDA: Cultural Cinema Film Festival (C2F2) in collaboration with its academic partner – Delhi Metropolitan Education (DME) organised a film-screening session in Studio 62 to celebrate the multiculturalism of world cinema on August 16. The session witnessed the screening of four award-winning movies and one opening movie of C2F2 in the presence of a large […]
Over 3,000 DSEU students visit IIT Delhi to attend Experiential Learning Expo
New Delhi | An experiential learning expo for over 3,300 students of the Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU) was organised during July 2022 at IIT Delhi as part of an academic collaboration between the two institutions. Students from several Engineering Diploma programs such as Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Diploma in Automobile Engineering, Diploma in […]
CUET exams postponed at many centres in 17 states
New Delhi | The CUET (UG) 2022 examination that was scheduled to begin on Thursday has been postponed to August 12 at many examination centres in 17 different states due to “various administrative and technical reasons”, officials said. Sadhana Parashar, Senior Director (Exams) of National Testing Agency (NTA), said: “Due to technical reasons, the question paper […]
CBSE Class 12 results: Noida, Bulandshahr girls score 500/500
New Delhi | Getting 500 out of 500 marks, two girls — Yuvakshi Vij from Noida and Tanya Singh of Bulandshahr — have scored 100 per cent marks in CBSE Class 12 results declared on Friday. Tanya Singh, a student of Delhi Public School in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, has also topped the CBSE Class 12 […]
Girl students asked to remove innerwear at NEET centre in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram | Parents were up in arms after girl students, appearing for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) at an examination centre near here on Sunday, were asked to remove their innerwear. An angry parent, whose daughter had to undergo this ordeal at the centre in Ayoor, 60 km from Thiruvananthapuram, said on Monday what happened […]