Students must clean toilets: Chandana
Senior IAS officer Chandana Khan said on Tuesday that government school students should clean the toilets of their schools and ensure that they are properly maintained. Her remarks did not go down we
Private medical colleges turn away rankers
The MBBS management quota row has taken a turn for the worse with private medical colleges revolting against the state government, stating that it has no power to interfere in the matter.
The managem
BC students to bear the brunt of BE fee hike
Students from economically backward classes (EBCs) and backward classes (BCs) relying on the fee reimbursement scheme will be adversely affected if the proposed steep fee hike in engineering colleges
Aspirants miss Group-II exam
Several candidates missed the Group-II recruitment exam conducted by the AP Public Service Commission on Saturday at JNTU-Kukatpally centre. This was after getting stuck in a traffic jam caused by the
Mark that: AP faces toughest IIT test
Andhra Pradesh students who usually dominate the IIT-JEE results every year will be at a “disadvantage” over students from other states if the statistics released by the Council of Boards of School Ed
100 more MBBS seats for Telangana
The Medical Council of India (MCI) will be adding 50 seats each in Osmania and Kakatiya medical colleges by July 19 as per the recent directions of the AP High Court.
The 100 seats will be included i
Andhra Pradesh to sack 2.7 lakh staff on contract
The state government is all set to remove about 2.7 lakh contract employees working in various departments by citing the opposition of government employees’ associations to the system of outsourcing w
Funds for fee scheme dry up
Tough days lie ahead for nearly 25 lakh students from socially and economically weaker sections, who depend on the state government's fee reimbursement scheme and scholarships to pursue professional a
Power cuts: Industry loses Rs 257cr daily
The state’s industrial sector is losing Rs 257 crore per day due to power cuts imposed by the state government. The power cut to industry amounts to 40-52 per cent as against the energy shortage of AP
Varsity hostels, messes to be outsourced
Hostel accommodation and mess facility at subsidised rates for students in state universities may soon become a thing of the past. The state government is planning to allow cash-starved universities t