Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:42:35
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar took "strong exception" to chancellors and vice-chancellors of private universities in the state absenting themselves from a meeting called by him on Monday, claiming it was an example of fear that pervades in the state.
The Governor also held the stance of the top officials of the private universities as indicative of "crystallisation of unionism" and dire
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Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:41:31
Seven aircraft of the Indian Air Force have crashed in the last two years, the government said in Rajya Sabha on Monday.
Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said this while replying to a question in the House.
"A total of seven aircraft of the Air Force have crashed in the last two years, including the Mirage 2000 which crashed recently in Madhya Pradesh," he said.
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Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:39:31
Four Bills, including one that proposes to upgrade the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) into an autonomous institution like an IIT, was passed by Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Monday.
Established by Sir M Visvesvaraya in 1917, the UVCE is currently a constituent college of the Bangalore University.
Higher Education Minister C N Ashwath Narayan, who piloted the Visves
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Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:30:23
A 40-year-old guest lecturer, who was sexually harassing his student at Government First Grade College in Shankaranarayana, was arrested by the police recently.
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Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:27:44
One more Omicron variant case of Covid-19 was confirmed in Dakshina Kannada district and the student reportedly has no travel history.
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Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:25:52
Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) of Lokayukta and ACB (Anti-Corruption Bureau) K S N Rajesh who was absconding after being accused of sexually harassing a law intern and issuing threats to her surrendered before the city court on Monday.
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Mon, 20 Dec 2021 23:29:59
The ruling BJP on Monday accused the opposition in Rajya Sabha of working with the "mantra of disturbance and disruption" and said they do not want the House to function, after leaders of five opposition parties did not attend a meeting called by the government to break the deadlock over the suspension of 12 members.
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Mon, 20 Dec 2021 23:27:45
As Lok Sabha passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that currently, it's not mandatory to link Aadhaar to an electoral roll, but with this bill, Centre will make it mandatory to sieve out fake voters.
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Mon, 20 Dec 2021 23:25:32
Foreign Ministers of five Central Asian countries -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan -- called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and emphasised the readiness of their leaderships to further strengthen relations with India.
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