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Let's swear on 65th independence day to make India a corruption-free nation!

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:00:00 UTC

An appeal to support Anna Hazare's India Against Corruption (IAC) campaign for strong Lokpal bill.

Let's join the India Against Corruption ...

US Debt Crisis

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:00:00 UTC

US debt crisis: Barack Obama tells America it must live within its means
President Barack Obama said that the debt bill finally passed by Congress ...

B.Ed. Question Paper Leaked and Exam Canceled

Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 UTC

The B.Ed. Examination which was going to take place on the 5th of May has been cancelled by the Lucknow University. This was done as the question paper ...

31st May is Now The Last Date To Submit IGNOU Admission Forms

Mon, 03 May 2010 12:00:00 UTC

For admissions in Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), the last date for submission of admission forms have been extended to 31st May. These ...

Fees waived for street children.

Tue, 04 May 2010 12:00:00 UTC

In order to spread the wings of education, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has taken a great step. IGNOU has taken a decision to forgo ...

MPs Quota ceased Due To High Sugar Price, Rajya Sabha Fumed

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 30th , the government remained unruffled when the Rajya Sabha members fumed on the issue of there quota being removed from central schools due ...

AMU says Hyderabad Will Be The Centre For MBBS Exam

Sat, 01 May 2010 12:00:00 UTC

Officials informed that Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has taken a decision to make Hyderabad as a examination centre that would be held on May 8th for ...

Radioactive Source From DU Kills 1 And Injured 7

Sat, 01 May 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On 29th April, Deepak Pental, the Vice Chancellor of Delhi University agreed that "moral responsibility" is a must. As an accident killed a man and injured ...

Jamia Millia Islamia To Launch BA Course Through Distant Learning

Mon, 03 May 2010 12:00:00 UTC

Previous in this year the Jamia Millia Islamia had dropped the bachelor of arts (BA) regular course. On 26th April, it declared to launch a same kind ...

Chance Of Dust Storm With Cloudy Sky in Delhi

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

According to the weather office, 28th April may be cloudy day in Capital. There are chances of dust storm and sprinkle of rain.

"There is ...

UN Bodies acclaims Notification on Education Act By India

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 20th the United Nations agencies expressed their pleasure towards the government of India on the notification that was issued for Right to Education ...

Mobile phones banned for teachers & students in Chhattisgarh

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 20th, the official sources informed, Chhattisgarh government has put a ban on students and teachers from using the cell phones in private as ...

Get access to Gujarat University details using a Mobile Phone

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On the 18th of April Governor of Gujarat, Kamla Beniwal just launched a state university directory, in Ahemdabad. This directory carries all the information ...

Apple releases new software to enable Multitasking on iPhones

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

Apple finally has relented and unveiled a new software on April 8, 2010 that will enable its iPhone users to run more than one programme simultaneously.

US embassy giving English learning scholarships to MCD school

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 14th , in Delhi, Timothy J. Roemer, the US ambassador awarded 100 fresh micro scholarship awardees in English Access Microscholarship Programme ...

Punjab University Den To Criminal Activities

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

Last week some rouges opened fired dent of the Punjab University Students' Union (PUSU), Udey Wirring, his father and his cousin, outside their house ...

Flash row between Adobe and Apple Escalates

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

The row over the absence of Flash support in its iPhone has led to escalating tensions between Adobe and Apple.

This was reported in The ...

Government bans FDI in cigarette manufacturing

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

According to news item that appeared recently on the Livemint edition, the Government is a move that is considered as step closer toward creating an anti-smoking ...

Techies organise Mock Parliament for Green Tomorrow for Bangalore

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

According to a news item that appeared on the NDTV, engineein students recently sought to bring the two worlds that exist in the city -- IT and Gardens ...

Satellite Lauch cost expected to be halfed in the near future

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

The Indian Express citing a senior space department official stated that India intends to reduce its satellite launch costs by half with the heavy-lift ...

Aryan Business School get permission to use GRE score for admission

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

Located in Nepra village of Punjab, Aryan Business School (ABS) has become the very first schoolin the area to get permission to use GRE or the Graduate ...

No agricultural land to set up industries - Jharkhand

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 12th, Mathura Mahto, Agriculture Minister declared that the Jharkhand government would be taking stern steps to ban agricultural land being ...

Mayan Calender was wrongly interpreted for world ending on 2012

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

A Peru based researcher Ricardo Gonzalez, told the Mayans in their pre-classic era calender did not make any prophecy about the life ending on earth in ...

Babbar planning a Rs.125 crore film on Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

Actor- Politician, Raj Babbar is all set to invest a huge amount of Rs.125 crore on a movie on the life of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He has already made ...

Human sized Giant Lizard discovered in the Philippines

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

The National Geographic in its Daily News section recently carried the news feature of the New Giant Lizard that has been discovered in Philippines.

Well, ...

Expenditure of Gobal IT in 2010 id rising by 5.3%

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 12th, Research firm Gartner revealed, the total spendings of world IT industry will be increasing 5.3 % this very year. It would now be $3.39 ...

Mumbai BRTS project suffers delays

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

Surprising things do happen. The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) that is less expensive while the multi-core metro rail and the city's monorail projects ...

Upgradation Proposal of Doordarshan Passed

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 8th the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure passed the scheme of the information and broadcasting ministry to improving and upgrading the state ...

Pakistan looking for shipping links to tie with Bangladesh

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

Pakistan is looking for direct links of shipping with Bangladesh in order to give a kick to the trade between the two countries. For the same purpose ...

The inter-district recruitment bill passed in Jammu and Kashmir

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 9th the legislative assembly of Jammu and Kashmir passed a bill that bans inter-district placements in the state. The bill went through many ...

US eyes on Profits Through Indian Markets

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

US has eye of India's $150 billion nuclear power. A delegation of US business has planned to have a rigorous export trade with India. This would include ...

Indian Maritime University gets an aid of Rs.282 crore

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 8th, the Union Cabinet sanctioned the recommendation to aid the Indian Maritime University (IMU), Chennai. The Cabinet is giving Rs.282.25 ...

Zee Group coming up with 300 schools in India

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 8th The news and entertainment giant, Zee group declared that it has already set up around 50 schools in the country in last 1 year. By 2015 ...

Implementation of RTE is the State Government's Responsibility

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

ccording to a news item that appeared on The Indian Express recently, the Union Home Minister Mr Kapil Sibal has expressed anguish at states who have ...

Indian Auot Plants figure in Top 10 list in the World

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

According to a rankings released by the CSM Worldwide Inc., a forecasting firm, India's Maruti Suzuki factory in Gurgaon and Hyundai Motor India Ltd at ...

PC says the Maoists are declaring war on the state

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

In the wake up of the bloody massacre of 75 CRPF personnel by Maoists, Union Home Minister Mr P. Chidambaram promised that there will be no let up in ...

Warm days coming ahead in Delhi - IMD

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 7th the people in the capital were welcomed by the cool breeze in the morning. The minimum temperature was recorded as 19.6 degree Celsius. It ...

Earthquake in Indonesia trigger smaller Tsunami

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

According to a news item that appeared on The Hindu, an earthquake that registered a magnitude of 7.7 sruck Indonesia's northwest island of Sumatra early ...

Govt calls to stop HPV vaccine project programme

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

Subsequent to allegations to reports of violation of ethical guidelins and exploitation during the "clinical trials" of the human papilloma virus (HPV), ...

Survey of school dropouts starts this week in Chennai

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

In Chennai, a door to door survey would be conducted for the children who have dropped out from school. This survey will be starting from this very week.

The ...

India set to launch indigenous cryogenci technology

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

IST 4.27 pm, April 15, 2010 will see the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launching its advanced communication and navigation satellite.The satellite ...

BSEB Short Of 200 MW Eelectricity, Invites Requests From Other Companies

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

An official informed on April 8th , Bihar would be buying 200MW electricity from open market in order to full fill the requirement of electricity for ...

Entry of Foreign Universitis will Revitablise Education sector : Minister of State for HRD

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

The Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Ms D. Purandeswari was in Chennai to preside over a graduation day of SKR Engineering College ...

Education Pact signed by India and Australia

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 8th, Kapil Sibal, Human Resource Development (HRD) brought to notice that students are still going to Australia for pursuing their higher studies.

Malaysian PM seeks Indian party's nominee in the April 25 polls

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

A Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Nominee would be competing for a MP level, declared Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

Najib brought to notice ...

New target for wheat purchase, 26.3 million tonnes for the year 2010

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 7 a statement from the government stated India has set a higher target in fresh season of market that started from April 1st. The new target ...

English abbreviations banned on Television in China

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

China has totally shun the use of English abbreviations like "GDP" and "WTO". This was done as the Chinese government has passed a regulation for the ...

East Delhi has new Primary school

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 6th, Kanwar Sain, the Mayor of Delhi informed about new primary would soon be opening at Bhajanpura in east of Delhi. The efforts for this are ...

Bundelkhand going to have a university

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

On April 6th a minister informed, Madhya Pradesh government took a decision to set up a university in the backward area of Bundelkhand
"The decision ...

Students would be exchanged between India and Japan

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:00:00 UTC

The educational institutes of Japan will soon be starting to exchange students from 12 different educational institutes. Indian Institutes of Technology ...