Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Silicon Valley, a war of words has broken out between pro and anti Modi academics of Indian descent spread over major American universities.


Indian-American academics spar over Modi visit to Silicon Valley


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Jadavpur University on Thursday said it is looking into a complaint of alleged ragging of two of its students.


University looking into ragging complaint: Jadavpur VC


Two rival student groups clashed at a West Bengal varsity on Thursday, trading fire and hurling bombs indiscriminately, police said.


Students clash in Bengal varsity, trade fire


The Chinese education ministry on Tuesday announced that the authorities will increase safety checks in schools, including checks on dangerous chemicals and flammable and explosive materials.


China to increase safety checks in schools


A Pakistani teenager has committed suicide after killing a female classmate at a private school in Karachi, police said on Tuesday.


Pakistan teenager commits suicide after killing classmate


An Indian American professor from Duke University is set to be presented with the "2015 SMS Emerging Scholar Award" from Illinois-based Strategic Management Society (SMS).


Indian American honoured with top scholar award


The Delhi government will set up a cell and monitoring committee to look into the problems faced by students from the northeastern states, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday.


Delhi government to set up cell for northeast students


Around 2,000 participants from India and 27 countries are expected to attend the 10th edition of the Vishwa Hindi Sammelan to be held on September 10-12 in Bhopal.


27 countries, 2,000 participants at world Hindi meet in Bhopal


A senior Congress leader on Saturday threatened to hold a sit-in outside a college in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, demanding arrest of the culprits responsible for the death of a student earlier this month and an indefinite fast here if justice was denied.


Bengal student death: Congress leader threatens indefinite hunger-strike


School students will soon be exposed to the lives led by soldiers in border areas, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said here on Saturday.


School children to visit border areas soon: Parrikar


The West Bengal government on Friday rescheduled the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) examinations scheduled for Sunday, after a bag of question papers "mysteriously" went missing.


Question papers go missing, Bengal teachers' test rescheduled


Mississippi State University on Thursday said a suspected shooter was taken into custody, just minutes after an alert was issued to tell students to seek shelter due to the active shooter situation.


Shooting scare reported on US campus


A female Australian teacher was on Thursday jailed for seducing a 14-year-old special needs student and having an 18-month sexual relationship with him, the media reported.


Teacher jailed for sexual abuse


The screening of a documentary on the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots at the Visva Bharati Unversity (VBU) was stalled by police midway into the show, claiming they were apprehensive of a communal clash, organisers said on Wednesday.


Riots film screening disrupted at Bengal varsity


Cyient, a leading software services provider, on Wednesday launched Cyient Foundation Digital Library and the National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) centre here.


Cyient launches digital library, NDLM centre in Hyderabad


Leading back office IT firm Genpact founder Pramod Bhasin and former banker Vikram Gandhi jointly invested Rs.4 crore in Thirumeni Finance Ltd (Varthana), a social enterprise, funding private schools, the non-banking finance firm announced here on Tuesday.


Genpact founder Bhasin invests in finance firm


Indian students from five leading universities have participated in a cargo aircraft design contest held by the global aerospace major Lockheed Martin, the US-based company said on Tuesday.


Indian students participate in Lockheed design contest


The Delhi government on Sunday directed all play schools in the capital to reserve 25 percent of seats for children belonging to the economically weaker sections (EWS).


Delhi play schools to have 25 percent seats for EWS kids


A fourth-year engineering student who fatally knocked down a junior student has surrendered to the police here, police said on Sunday.


Student who killed girl student surrenders


An Indian-American classical dancer is set to perform at a concert in California this weekend to raise funds for a high-poverty elementary school, a media report said.


Indian-American dancer to raise funds for US school


Presidency University Vice Chancellor Anuradha Lohia on Saturday refused to quit after a section of students prevented her from moving around and demanded her resignation for non-action during an alleged police assault.

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