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Kerala banks increase education loan portfolio

Banks in Kerala have reported a huge increase in the number and amount of education loans sanctioned in the year ended June 30, 2008.6:33 PM on October 08

Azamgarh terror taint renders Lucknow students homeless

Suddenly, nearly half a dozen students of the Lucknow Arts College find that no one is willing to let out rooms to them. They are paying the price for belonging to Azamgarh, the district that has lately been linked to suspected terrorists.5:02 PM on October 08

Protesting teachers baton charged in Himachal Pradesh

At least 30 protesting teachers were injured when the police resorted to baton charge to disburse them in the state capital of Himachal Pradesh Monday.9:00 PM on October 06

School for NRK children gets an official nod

A school for the children of non-resident Indians of Kerala got an official nod Monday after Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan cleared a proposal for it.9:00 PM on October 06

Homelessness hits students in Jamia Nagar

Fear continues to strike roots in Delhi's Muslim majority Jamia Nagar. Landlords fearful of being linked to the bombings in Delhi are refusing to rent out homes to single men. And students coming back after Eid holidays are finding they have no place to stay in.5:30 PM on October 06

Uttar Pradesh technical varsity to start online classes

The Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) will now offer online teaching programmes to its students, officials said Monday. This is expected to substantially overcome its staff shortage problem. UPTU is facing a shortage of nearly 2,000 faculty members.4:01 PM on October 06

Delhi school asked to readmit dismissed poor students

Somya and Shubham Giri, who were struck off the school rolls last month as their parents could not afford to pay the fees, can now look forward to classes at their south Delhi school again thanks to the Delhi High Court.1:32 PM on October 06

Rape victim suspended from school

A minor girl, who was allegedly gang-raped and tortured by four persons Sep 16, has been suspended from her school.12:31 PM on October 06

A famed policeman gives in to his literary heart

He has been a police officer for over 30 years, but Vibhuti Narain Rai, well known in Uttar Pradesh for his literary works and social activism, says he has finally got the job he yearned for.11:32 AM on October 06

Nearly 600,000 students to write B.Ed exam

Agra University is set to hold Oct 19 what its officials say will be the country's biggest Bachelor in Education (B.Ed) entrance examination. Nearly 600,000 forms have been sold.4:31 PM on October 05

Jamia Millia: living a nightmare with remarkable restraint

For the past two weeks, Jamia Millia Islamia has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Even in my worst nightmare I did not imagine that I would walk up to my political science department one day to face mediapersons waiting to establish the identity of an alleged terrorist killed in the Jamia Nagar police encounter. When we did check the records, it emerged that Atif Amin, the student in question, had taken admission in the human rights course this year as a day scholar, though he was yet to get an identity card made, having barely attended classes for a month.2:01 PM on October 05