Education
Single common test for medical courses
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today directed the central government to hold a single eligibility-cum-entrance examination for MBBS and post-graduate medical courses in the country from this academic
Pranab gives education a boost
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee unveiled major plans for the education sector.
Twenty-four percent increase in educational outlay; Rs.21,000 crore for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
Rs.54 crore each for
Visa Fraud: No early end to troubles of TVU students in sight
New York: Three weeks after they lost their visa status to be in the US, more than 1,000 Indian students from the Tri Valley University (TVU) are in for a 'long haul' though the Indian Government has
IIT suicide student 'faced casteism'
Muzaffarnagar: The family of a Dalit student of IIT-Roorkee, who had allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of his hostel, has alleged that some other students had made 'casteist'
ICE indicates it may reinstate Tri-Valley students' visas
The US Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) has indicated that it is ready to consider reinstating the immigration status of those Indian students, who have lost their student visas due to the clo
US to use 'common sense' while handling case of duped students
Washington: In the wake of strong protest lodged by India over radio-tagging of Indian students duped by a California-based 'sham' university, US immigration authorities have assured New Delhi that t
Sham US university blames India-origin staff for fraud
As radio-tagging of scores of Indian students duped by a "sham" US university continues to cause anger back home, the controversial institute has claimed that one of its Indian-origin staff was responsible for the immigration fraud and it was not directly involved in it.
India to ask how TVU was still running
New Delhi: Apparently seeking to cool tempers here over Indians being tagged in the US, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna today said the issue should be understood from the 'larger perspective'
Radio-tagging of cheated Indian students in US 'inhuman act'
Bengaluru: Taking strong exception to radio-tagging by US authorities of scores of Indian students duped by a 'sham' university in California, India today described it as an 'inhuman act' and demanded
Duped Indian students begging for admissions to stay back in US
Washington: Hundreds of Indian students, duped by a California-based 'sham' university, are frantically knocking at the doors of colleges begging for admission in their desperate attempt to save thei
