Ministry slaps ban on 245 city NGOs
Cracking down on NGOs that have been receiving funds from abroad running into hundres of crores, the Ministry of Home Affairs has stopped 245 such organisations in the city from receiving funds from a
Confusion prevails over status of universities
While Deemed to be Universities and private universities continue to deny seats to students from weaker sections of society applying for medical courses, there is confusion now over which of these ins
Make roads safer for our children, say worried parents
With Friday's accident involving the Delhi Public School (DPS) van being blamed on reckless driving by a BMTC bus and not the careless of its own driver, parents are now calling for more public sens
Varsity deals second blow to student accused of Naxal links
He is all of 22 and branded a Naxal sympathiser. While the law takes its own course, Vittala Malekudiya , a second semester journalism student of Mangalore University (MU) finds himself in no man's
Consumer forum slaps fine on UB
United Breweries (UB) has come under fire after traces of pollutants were allegedly found inside one of its sealed beer bottles recently.
The Mandya district consumer disputes redressal forum has sl
Textbook saffronisation has experts seeing red
The ruling BJP in the state is facing fresh allegations of saffronisation of school textbooks with experts claiming the new Social Science textbooks of the state board for classes V and VIII have cove
KEA decision on category disappoints students
The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) , has this year too decided not to allow students to change their category from general merit (GM) to others while their document verification is in progress
Tender scam rocks VTU
Yet another controversy has sprung up involving the prestigious Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU). After the controversy surrounding its vice chancellor Dr H. Maheshappa's educational qualif
Panel to probe VTU V-C gets more time
The one-man inquiry committee report into allegations made against the vice chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Dr H. Maheshappa, that he made false claims in his profile submit
State to go soft on RTE implementation this year
Officially, the State government is strictly implementing the 25 per cent quota in all private schools in the city as per the provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) Act which enables students from