No shop within a 500-metre radius of schools in Kerala can now sell tobacco products, said a state minister.


Curbs on tobacco products sale near Kerala schools


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The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) for Punjab, announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the annual budget, would be set up in Amritsar, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said here Friday.


Amritsar to get IIM


In a boost to higher learning with a stress on "world class" centres of learning, India Thursday earmarked Rs.27,656 crore (Rs.276.56 billion) for higher education, an increase of almost 13 percent over 2013.


Higher education gets 13 percent hike


Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday said the country needs a large number of "world class" centres of higher learning, and announced the setting up of five new IITs and IIMs.


For quality learning, India to get more IITs, IIMs


Nagi Naganathan, an alumnus of the National Institute of Technology at Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, has been appointed interim president of the University of Toledo, a public research university in Ohio.


Indian-American Nagi Naganathan is interim president of US varsity


Three women teachers of a government school in Punjab's Ludhiana district were suspended Wednesday following the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl student in the school premises.


Three Punjab teachers suspended after minor's rape


Ashoka University has appointed eminent sociologist and writer Andre Beteille as chancellor, a senior varsity official said.


Ashoka University appoints Andre Beteille as chancellor


Thanks to a generous donation of $50,000, a world class museum will come up at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).


AMU to set up world class museum


The union cabinet Wednesday approved transfer of defence land to the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) in Purnea district of Bihar, an official said.


Defence land to be given for school in Bihar


Mumbai remains the top favourite of property buyers with preferences for flats and bungalow, followed by Bangalore and Chennai as the next important destinations, according to a new survey released here Wednesday.


Mumbai is top draw for property investors, survey shows


Sujit Choudhry, a noted expert in comparative constitutional law, has become the first Indian-American dean of the  University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, a top US law school.


Delhi born scholar becomes dean of top US law school


Bombay Natural History Society and American Alliance of Museums have joined hands for project 'e-Mammal' to track, study and document mammals across selected sites in India with the help of school students, an official said here Tuesday.


BNHS, American Alliance of Museums collaborate for e-Mammal


Amidst the standoff between Delhi University and the UGC over the four-year undergraduate course, some 30 students were Thursday detained while trying to march towards Rashtrapati Bhavan.


30 students detained after protest over university row


Four Saudi Arabia-based Indian students, who have topped in the CBSE's 12th grade examinations this year, have appealed to the Indian government to address the Indian community's demand for introducing higher education facilities in the Gulf kingdom.


Introduce Indian higher education infrastructure in Saudi: CBSE toppers


Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee has signed deals with University of Mysore and some other institutes to run specialised courses in management, law and computer science.


Gurudwara management committee to run specialised courses


A three-member committee of the Uttar Pradesh government's IT department has been assigned to probe the Combined Pre-Medical Test (CPMT) papers leak, an official said Tuesday.


Committee formed to probe CPMT papers leak in Uttar Pradesh


Odisha Police Monday busted a fake educational certificate racket and arrested the main accused and two students, an official said.


Fake certificate racket busted in Odisha


A total of 54 headmasters of government-run primary and middle schools in Bihar have been suspended for misusing funds from the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to build their own homes instead of constructing classrooms, officials said.


54 school headmasters suspended in Bihar for misusing funds


The higher education department in Kerala Monday launched a cyber safety awareness campaign as part of which a "Stop Cyber-Crime Army" will be formed in all schools in the state, officials said.


'Stop cyber-crime army' to be set up in Kerala schools


Alleging a seat-for-money scam, the vice chancellor of Kalyani University has written to the West Bengal government that more students than the sanctioned strength were admitted to a college, and has sought a probe.


Bengal varsity alleges seat-for-money scam, demands probe


The Uttar Pradesh Combined Pre-Medical Test (UPCPMT) that was scheduled to be held Sunday was postponed after sealed boxes containing question papers of the exam kept in high security locker of two banks here were found breached.

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