As many as 800 technical institutes, including around 80 run by the government, may face closure if they do not find enough students to fill their seats as they have been served notice for poor performance, technical education regulator AICTE said on Monday.


Government institutes among 800 sent notice for closure by AICTE


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Police on Monday said it has registered a case against an unknown person who allegedly molested a Delhi University student and masturbated in front of her inside a moving bus in Delhi.


DU student alleges molestation inside moving bus


Two college students died and another was critically injured after getting hit by a local train while clicking pictures standing on the railway track in Kolkata on Monday afternoon, the Railway Police said.


Two students mowed down by train while clicking pictures


Angered over the killing of a Dalit student of Allahabad University, students on Monday went on a rampage, setting fire to a bus.


Violence in Allahabad over Dalit student's killing


Rebel AAP MLA Kapil Mishra on Sunday said the Delhi government had not spent anything on 49 major projects in the national capital and called it the "biggest governance failure" in the history of India.


Zero expenditure on 49 major projects: Delhi rebel MLA


In keeping with India's role as a major development aid partner for Palestine, the two sides on Saturday signed six memorandums of understanding (MoUs), including in the areas of health and education, following a bilateral meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas here.


India, Palestine sign six agreements


A day after the arrest of a primary school dance teacher in a sexual assault case, a non-teaching staff member of a south Kolkata school was arrested here on Saturday for allegedly sexually abusing a girl student, police said.


Non-teaching staffer held for sexual assault on Kolkata girl


Thousands of midday meal cooks from across Karnataka called off their protest strike on Friday night after the government's wage hike assurance, a trade union leader said.


Karnataka midday meal cooks' stir off on wage hike assurance


The Punjab Education Department on Friday suspended a government school Principal and two teachers on charge of moral turpitude after the rape of a Dalit girl student by two of them in a school in Jagraon last year came to light.


Three Punjab teachers suspended for Dalit student's rape


A vintage T-55 tank was gifted to Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur by the Indian Army to "motivate" students, an official statement said on Friday.


Vintage T-55 tank presented to UP varsity


A teacher of a private English medium school was arrested on Friday for allegedly sexually abusing a girl student here, police said.


Student sexually assaulted in school, teacher held


A government school principal and a teacher have been arrested on the charge of raping a 16-year-old Dalit girl student in Jagraon sub-division of Punjab, police said on Thursday.


Punjab school head, teacher held for raping Dalit student a year ago


A delegation comprising ten students, two teachers and two Army officers from various Army Schools of Bangladesh visited Eastern Command headquarters at Fort William here on Thursday, a defence official said.


Bangladesh APS students visit Fort William


More than five lakh students left the ongoing UP Board exams for Class X and XII midway in the first two days due to a massive crackdown on cheating, an official said on Thursday.


After crackdown, 5 lakh students drop out of UP Board exam


The Right to Education (RTE) Forum on Wednesday expressed its concern over the education budget for the country which, it said, continues to fall short of the global average and the recommendations of the Kothari Commission.


India's education budget still far short of what recommended: RTE Forum


At least 114 students caught cheating in the Class 12 examinations were expelled in Bihar on Tuesday -- the first day of examinations, an official said.


114 students expelled for cheating in Class 12 exams in Bihar


Reiterating its commitment to make the web a safer place for everyone, Google India on Tuesday announced its collaboration with NCERT to integrate a course on "Digital Citizenship and Safety" in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) curriculum in schools.


Google India, NCERT bring 'Digital Citizenship' lessons to schools


With CCTV cameras in place at all examination centres besides other "fool-proof arrangements" to prevent copying, the Uttar Pradesh Board exams for Class 10 and 12 will begin from Tuesday with 66.37 lakh students taking part, an official said.


Over 66 lakh students to take UP Board exams


Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao on Saturday called for setting up a full-fledged university dedicated to film-making and dedicated channels to air the vast treasure of documentaries, shorts and animated films.


Maharashtra Governor calls for a varsity of film-making


Global software major Wipro here on Saturday gave Earthian Awards for 2017 to schools and colleges educating students on sustainability.


Wipro gives Earthian Awards to institutes


The Vice Chancellor of Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, was arrested by the anti-corruption officials while demanding and receiving a bribe of Rs 30 lakh, an official statement said.

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