The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the central government and Delhi Police on a plea seeking a SIT probe into the assault on journalists and JNU students by lawyers at the Patiala House Court here.


SC seeks Centre's response on Delhi court violence plea


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South Korea's monthly spending on private education per child hit a record high in 2015, with seven out of 10 students taking private lessons, official data showed on Friday.


South Korea's education spending hits record high


Taking a step forward to establish meaningful contact with the youth, the Indian Army on Thursday announced that it has been organising free tuitions classes for needy students in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.


Army organises free tuition for Kashmiri students


The Delhi Police and the Narendra Modi government came in for criticism from the opposition, including the Congress, in parliament over the Patiala House court violence on February 15 and 17.


Opposition slams Delhi Police, government in Rajya Sabha


Senior advocate Kamini Jaiswal moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe violence by a section of lawyers in the Patiala House complex when JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was produced in court last week.


Patiala House violence: Kamini Jaiswal  moves SC for SIT probe


A total of 412 students caught cheating in Class 12 exams were expelled in Bihar on Wednesday and dozens of people who helped them to cheat have been arrested, officials said.


412 Class 12 students expelled for cheating in Bihar


A case has been registered against the management of a private school here on the charge of endangering the life of a girl student during a horse-riding event on the campus, police said on Wednesday.


Gurgaon school's officials booked for endangering student's life


A high-level committee set up by the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration to inquire into an event organised on the campus, which has triggerd international headlines, has been broadbased with the induction of two more members.


Two more members join JNU inquiry panel


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned the bail plea hearing of JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges, till February 29 after Delhi Police said it will seek his fresh remand to "unearth any larger conspiracy".


Kanhaiya's bail hearing adjourned as police seeks fresh remand


Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who are facing sedition charges for allegedly raising "anti-India" slogans on the varsity campus, were grilled for five hours in police custody where they denied raising "anti-national" slogans, a police source said.


Arrested JNU students deny raising "anti-national" slogans


The state authorities have decided to take tough measures to conduct cheating-free exams as over one million students across Bihar started their Class 12 exams on Wednesday.


Bihar acts tough against cheating in board exams


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned the bail plea hearing of JNU Student Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges, for February 29.


HC adjourned Kanhaiya's bail; police seeks remand


Burdwan University in West Bengal was on the boil on Tuesday after police baton-charged a group of student agitators who had allegedly vandalised the campus over anomalies in undergraduate results and postponement of exams.


Bengal varsity on the boil after police baton-charge agitators



Bengal varsity on boil after police baton-charge agitators


Amid uproar over the JNU incident, US Ambassador to India Richard Verma on Tuesday said he favoured the right of debate and discussion in universities under freedom of expression in a democracy.


US envoy favours freedom of expression in varsities


Odisha has increased the cost of ration to serve nutritious mid-day meals to school students following the steep hike in prices of pulses and vegetables.


Odisha increases ration cost for mid-day meal


We escaped and hid ourselves fearing mob lynching and not Delhi Police, the five JNU students, who returned to the campus late on Sunday, said.


Feared mob lynching, not police: Returned JNU students


Delhi is facing "a very serious water crisis" because of Jat protests in Haryana and water is to be strictly rationed in the city, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. Only a handful of VIPs and essential services will be exempt.


Water to be rationed, schools shut in Delhi: Kejriwal


Schools in the national capital will remain closed on Monday in view of the water crisis here following the closure of the Munak Canal which supplies water to Delhi, a minister said on Sunday.


Delhi schools to shut on Monday due to water crisis


Delhi Police issued a lookout notice for three youth -- believed to be JNU students -- in connection with the alleged "anti-India" sloganeering at the varsity campus last week, a source said on Saturday.


JNU row: Lookout notice issued for three youth


Ten Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were injured on Saturday when guerrillas attacked their convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar highway near Pampore town in Pulwama district of Kashmir region, police said.

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