An expert committee has concluded that the radiation level of the radium beryllium (Ra-Be) source stored in the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU was within safe limits, an official said Sunday.The eight-member committee was appointed by Vice Chancellor ..

The famed Super 30, a coaching institute in Patna which prepares 30 poor students for the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) entrance exam free of cost, opened shop in Assam Sunday."We are proud and very happy to announce the formal inaugurati ..

Scientists of the Indian space agency Friday are working to fix the power snag that switched off 12 transponders of the INSAT-4B communications satellite Wednesday night and restore services to some television channels and telecom operators. A transp ..

Academic activities continued to be hit in Visva Bharati University for the second consecutive day Friday following the indefinite strike called by the students' unions against the sudden hike in tuition fees. A section of students under the bann ..

Thousands of northeastern students join Delhi University every year. But the joy of securing admission is often cut short by the difficulties they face in the Indian capital, be it racial discrimination, the language barrier, sexual harassment or tro ..

The cabinet Thursday cleared a bill that aims to revive the ancient Nalanda University in Bihar as a global centre of learning. Pegged as a symbol of global cooperation in education, the Nalanda University, proposed to be set up in Bihar near the sam ..

Radha Charan Gupta has been selected for the prestigious Kenneth O. May Prize for the History of Mathematics for his contribution to the subject, officials said Thursday.Gupta, a retired mathematics professor, is the first Indian to receive the award ..

Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday promised all help to the Delhi government in expanding higher, technical and vocational education in the capital.In a meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Sibal expressed co ..

Thousands of northeastern students join Delhi University every year. But the joy of securing admission is often cut short by the difficulties they face in the Indian capital, be it racial discrimination, the language barrier, sexual harassment or tro ..

From small towns to villages, Haryana is gearing up for a quiet revolution. Armed with over 35,000 new teachers, including 1,000 for the English language, and enhanced investments, the state is aiming for change in the field of education. With the pr ..

Eight students of the Sathyabama University here were Tuesday arrested for the murder of an engineering student of Dr. M.G.R. University, police said.Nirbhay Kumar Singh of Ranchi was murdered Monday over what police said was competition among studen ..

The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Delhi University on a petition related to a "controversial and blasphemous" article on the Ramayana, which is part of the reading material of the B.A. (Honours) history course.The petition sought a ..

President Pratibha Patil will inaugurate the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) at Hyderabad Aug 19, an official said Monday.About 3,000 delegates from across the globe are expected to gather at Hyderabad during the nine-day meet, the big ..

The Jamia Millia Islamia University Monday began trial of aspiring candidates who have opted for admissions in various courses under the sports category.The trial for boxing was conducted while that of cricket was postponed to July 12 due to heavy ra ..

The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has asked the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) to take measures for securing the campus and its vicinity against a radioactive source lying locked in its physics department for several decades, an official sai ..

Television signals caused a Russian cargo rocket to miss its rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS), NASA officials said Saturday. The engineers indicated they would avoid activating the system during Sunday's second attempt to doc ..

Russian cargo spaceship Progress M-06M successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday, two days after missing its first attempt, the mission control said.The space freighter docked to the port of the Russian Zvezda in automotiv ..

Learn humility and be broad-minded and tolerant. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave this advice to students graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here Saturday.Describing IIT Kanpur as "one of our top-most institutions of high ..

Prime Minster Manmohan Singh Saturday exhorted IITians to repay their debt to the nation, saying that while the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) alumni were "excellent ambassadors" of the country, the nation had made "much contribu ..

Russian cargo spaceship Progress M-06M, which blasted off two days ago from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, failed to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) Friday night, the Mission Control Centre said.The centre said there was " ..