Eight Home Guard personnel were arrested on Friday on charges of helping students to copy in the Class 10 board examination in Bihar's Saharsa district, officials said.


Eight Home Guards arrested after mass cheating


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Bihar's exasperated Education Minister P.K. Shahi admitted on Thursday that cheating-free examinations were not possible in the state, minus the cooperation of students' parents.


Cheating-free exams not possible in Bihar: minister


Nikhil Pal Singh, an Indian American professor, is leading a unique New York University initiative to bring college education to the inmates of a medium-security prison in New York state.


Indian-American to lead NYU's prison education initiative


Vijay Kumar, an Indian-American expert on robotics and cyber physical systems, has been named dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science effective July 1.


Vijay Kumar named dean of top US engineering school


Pakistan's High Commissioner Abdul Basit on Wednesday invited West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Pakistan and said she "readily agreed" to student exchange programmes between her state and Pakistan.


Basit invites Mamata to Pakistan


Eminent economist and Indian British politician Lord Meghnad Desai announced the launch of the Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics here on Tuesday.


Lord Meghnad Desai announces economics academy in Mumbai 


The first merit list for admissions to Indian schools in Oman's capital Muscat brought with it sleepless nights for parents from the Indian community, with 1,900 applications being kept on the waiting list, media reported on Tuesday.


Beeline for Indian schools in Muscat; 1,900 waitlisted


Indian-American Renu Khator has been elected chair of the Board of Directors of the American Council on Education (ACE), the major coordinating body for US colleges and universities.


Indian-American Renu Khator elected head of US education body


The Odisha government has issued notice to 24 engineering and management institutes for encroaching on government land and carrying out constructions, a minister said on Monday.


24 institutes encroached on land in Odisha: Minister


Himachal Pradesh Civil Supplies Minister G.S. Bali on Monday ordered a probe into the supply of free school uniform to all categories of students up to Class 10.


Himachal orders probe over school uniform


Famous Gandhian thinker Narayan Desai passed away in Gujarat's Valsad district early Sunday following prolonged illness. He was 90.


Gandhian Narayan Desai dies at 90


Himachal Pradesh Governor Kalyan Singh on Sunday stressed upon the need for intensive research to develop new technologies in agriculture, power, environment and information technology to ensure development.


Himachal governor for intense research in agriculture, environment


An Odisha government official has been suspended after an inmate in a state-run hostel, a student of Class 9, was found pregnant in Malkangiri district.


Official suspended over girl's pregnancy


Good education can build a strong foundation for a better future, but it doesn't guarantee the making of a better citizen. To bridge this yawning gap, schools, with the help of private institutions, are introducing art and theatre in their curriculum to sensitise students about social issues and inculcate cultural understanding.


Theatre, art and puppetry: Alternative tools in education (Education Feature)


Punjab students, especially those in rural areas, could soon be dealing in the Queen's language if Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has his way.


To make Punjabis proficient in English, Badal wants British teachers


President Pranab Mukherjee will honour six people from various fields, including Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi and Akademi award joint winner lyricist Gulzar, at the 64th annual convocation of Panjab University here on Saturday.


President to honour Satyarthi, Gulzar at PU convocation


Myanmar police on Tuesday launched a brutal crackdown on protesting students who attempted to push through barricades in order to continue their march in Letpadan, 140 km north of Yangon, for education reforms.


Myanmar police launch brutal crackdown on student protests


Students in schools and colleges in Punjab now need not stand in long queues at bus stands to get their monthly bus passes made or renewed.


Bus passes for students now in Punjab schools, colleges


A class 12 student on Monday leaped to death from the fifth floor of the apartment block she lived in with her parents here, police said.


Class 12 student leaps to death in Noida


President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said India possessed the potential to acquire a leading edge in innovation, and called for generating ingenious solutions to overcome poverty in the country.


Mukherjee calls for ingenious solutions to end poverty


Leading theatre personality, journalist and IPTA general secretary Jitendra Raghvanshi has died of swine flu in a Delhi hospital, family sources told IANS here Saturday. He was 65.

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