President Pranab Mukherjee Friday told girl students from Assam who visited him at Rashtrapati Bhavan that despite differences in language and food habits, the people of the country share a feeling of belonging to a great nation.


Assam students call on President


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After southeast Asian countries, the European Union (EU) member countries are now keen to associate with the upcoming Nalanda International University at the ancient seat of learning in Bihar, an official said Friday.

EU keen to associate with Nalanda University

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A sessions court in Punjab's Jalandhar city Thursday sentenced seven youths to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for a murderous assault on a young African student in April last year.


Attack on African student: 10 years for seven youths


One child died and 10 others fell ill Thursday after eating contaminated food at an orphan children's home in Bihar's Vaishali district, police said.


One child dies, 10 ill after eating food in Bihar orphanage


The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) or the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should audit the manner in which the banks operate the interest subsidy scheme for their education loans, says K.Srinivasan, convenor of Education Loan Task Force (ELTF).


'CAG/RBI should audit educational loans interest subsidy'


Education company Pearson Thursday appointed Deepak Mehrotra as the new managing director for its India business, a company statement said here.


Deepak Mehrotra appointed Pearson's India MD


Delhi Police registered a case of abetment to suicide against the principal of B.R.Ambedkar college here after having investigated the matter of a former employee's death for sixteen days, police said Thursday.


Case against Ambedkar college principal


Information technology training institutes are diversifying and expanding operations as students show continued interest in the sector even as job prospects remain gloomy.


IT training firms focus on diversification


A two-year-old boy who was left unattended in a school bus for more than half a day in central China's Hubei Province died Monday, local authorities said Tuesday.


Infant left in school bus dies


The Dubai campus of SP Jain School of Management has been ranked among the top 20 in the world in the prestigious 2013 business schools list released by Forbes magazine.


SP Jain B-school in Forbes' top 20


Roshan Lama, a Class 6 student at a government school in south Delhi, who was injured 12 days ago when a javelin thrown by a schoolmate hit him in the head, died Monday while undergoing treatment, police said.


Delhi schoolboy struck by javelin is dead


Suspension orders will be handed over to the principal of B.R. Ambedkar College for allegedly abetting the suicide of a former colleague, the Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) said Saturday.


Suspension order of Ambedkar College principal to reach Monday


US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama met with Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan at the White House Friday, thanking her for her "inspiring and passionate work" on girls' education in Pakistan.


Obamas salute Malala's inspiring work on girls' education


UN chief Ban Ki-moon has stressed on the need for innovation to improve the quality of learning for girls.


UN chief calls for innovation for girls' education


Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh singh has approved the recommendation to  suspend the Ambedkar College principal for allegedly abetting suicide of a former female laboratory assistant following sexual harassment, according to sources.


Ambedkar College principal to be suspended


Drugs are being grown along hillsides on the border in Maharashtra and the police in the neighbouring state have already been alerted, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Goa legislative assembly Friday.


Drugs being grown on Maharashtra border: Parrikar


Karnataka Thursday sought 90 percent funding from the central government to implement the national higher education mission - Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA).


Centre should fund higher education mission: Karnataka minister


The principal of a private engineering college in Tamil Nadu was Thursday hacked to death on the campus by three students for suspending one of them, police said.


Three engineering students hack principal to death


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday thanked India's East Asia Summit partners for contributing to the setting up of the Nalanda University in Bihar as six countries began the process of signing inter-government agreements stating their commitment to this ambitious academic venture.


East Asia Summit partners support Nalanda varsity


Two senior students of a hotel management institute in Kolkata were arrested Tuesday following a complaint of ragging by a student from Britain, police said.


Student from Britain ragged in Bengal, two held


Hundreds of students, teachers and workers of Delhi University held a candle light march Saturday evening to demand justice for a varsity employee who attempted self-immolation last week after the police failed to file an FIR against a college principal who she accused of sexual molestation.

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