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2 teachers booked under SC/ST Act; colleagues seek VC's intervention
A day after the Uttar Pradesh police booked two teachers of the Gorakhpur university following the suicide attempt of a Dalit student, teachers of the varsity met the vice-chancellor and demanded his intervention. Deepak Kumar, a research scholar of the philosophy department, attempted suicide last Thursday and recorded a video that went viral on social media. In his suicide note, the student said he took the step in depression after he was allegedly discriminated due to his caste by Dwarika Nath, the head of the philosophy department; and C P Srivastav, the dean of the faculty of arts. The condition of the student, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital, is stable. A case was registered against the two teachers under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Monday, but they have not been arrested yet. Led by the teachers' association president, Vinod Kumar, some teachers met Vice-Chancellor V K Singh at 11 am on Tuesday and demanded that the ...
Check whether schools follow circular properly: HC
The Madras High Court Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to make surprise checks to verify whether schools implemented the no homework rule upto class II and followed NCERT-prescribed textbooks ordered by it. Justice N Kirubakaran issued the directive to the School Education Secretary and Director and sought a compliance report. He posted the matter for further hearing to October 9. The order was given during the hearing of a petition by advocate Purushothaman over implementation of NCERT syllabus by the CBSE. In his order, the judge in his order, said the state education authorities should make surprise checks in all schools, including those under the CBSE and state board, to see that the order of the court banning the homework as well as restricting of subjects was properly implemented. The judge had on May 29 asked the Centre to instruct the state governments to reduce the weight of satchels and do away with home work upto Class II, observing that children ..
Govt school principal held taking Rs 4,500 bribe
A government school principal was arrested Tuesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 4,500 in Sri Ganganagar district under Bikaner division of Rajasthan. The accused Ved Prakash, principal of the government senior secondary school, Raisinghnagar, had demanded the bribe from a private school's principal for submitting a favourable school inspection report under Right to Education (RTE). After verification of the complaint, the accused was caught red-handed taking the bribe, Additional SP of Anti-corruption Bureau Rajendra Dhidharia said. Prakash was arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Bihar school ceiling plaster falls on students; 1 dead, 6 injured
A six-year-old class one student died and seven others were injured in Bettiah town Tuesday when chunks of the ceiling plaster of their school fell on them in Bihar's West Champaran district. The incident occurred when the classes were on in the private school, Superintendent of Police Jayant Kant said. There were around 25-30 students in the class when the ceiling plaster fell, he said. The injured children were rushed to MJK Medical College where one of them succumbed to injuries during the treatment, Kant said. The deceased has been identified as Vaibhav Kumar Raj, he said. The officer said the school management tried to conceal evidence at the occurrence site for which an FIR would be lodged and action would be taken against it after an inquiry. He said police personnel have been deployed at the school. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed profound grief over the death of the student and directed officials to give ex-gratia to the bereaved family without delay, an official ...
Release professors, students of Manipur University arrested by police: Amnesty International India
Amnesty International India Tuesday demanded immediate release of six professors and nine students of Manipur University arrested by the police and said midnight raids and subsequent detentions based on unsubstantiated allegations is "outright harassment". A total of 89 students and six teachers of Manipur University were arrested early Friday in Imphal following an agitation on the institute's campus. Amnesty International India said a few days later, these six professors and nine students remained in custody. The body said the professors and students have been arrested for a range of offences including wrongful confinement, attempt to murder, kidnapping and criminal conspiracy. "Students and teachers have a right to protest and the Manipur government must respect this right. Midnight raids and subsequent detentions inside a university campus, based on unsubstantiated allegations, is outright harassment," said Arijit Sen, Programme Manager, Amnesty International India. Sen said there
Online essay competition in the memory of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Bihar
Purnea Lok Sabha Vikas Parishad (PLSVP) is going to organise a multilingual essay competition for school and college students of Bihar.This will be an online competition in which every student from the state could participate.Essay competition will begin accepting entries from 8:00 am on October 2nd, 2018 (Gandhi Jayanti). The entries will be accepted until midnight of October 19th, 2018. The results will be declared at 12 PM on December 25th, 2018 (Atalji's birthday) on www.atalpratiyogita.com in which 18 students will be given cash rewards. The students will also be awarded a certificate of participation.As per the organisers, in its inaugural year students are free to write the essays in Hindi, Urdu, and English. Languages like Maithili, Angika, and Bhojpuri will be added in the future, depending on the response."Atalji wasn't just a politician, he was a renowned Hindi poet, a great philosopher, and a thinker. He always encouraged young minds to pursue their dreams for they were ...
Some IPS officers working for TMC govt in WB, will not be spared: Ghosh
Blaming police action for the death of two students during a protest in Islampur, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday alleged that some IPS officers were working for the Trinamool Congress government and warned that they would "not be spared". Ghosh alleged that the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government was trying to impose Urdu language in schools in the state and asserted that such attempts would be resisted. "We respect all languages but we will not allow imposition of Urdu," he said. The two students were killed when protesters clashed with the police on Thursday over recruitment of a Urdu teacher at Daribhita High School in North Dinajpur district, police had said. The protesting students had said they did not require a Urdu teacher and demanded that teachers be recruited for science and other subjects. North Dinajpur district superintendent of police Sumit Kumar had claimed that police did not open fire. "Then who fired on the students? The police should answer," Ghosh
NCPCR asks WB chief secy to conduct probe into clash in North Dinajpur district
Taking suo motu cognisance of the clash in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district in which two students died, apex child rights body NCPCR on Tuesday asked the state's chief secretary to conduct a probe into the matter. Yashwant Jain, a member of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), expressed "serious concern" over the matter and asked if violence was necessary and sanctioned by relevant authorities. A mob clashed with police over entry of newly appointed Urdu teachers in Daribhita School in North Dinajpur's Islampur as the protesting students said they needed science and english teachers. The locals have alleged that the two, who were former students of the school, were killed in police firing but the superintendent of police of North Dinajpur, Sumit Kumar, had said the police did not open fire. The SP had, however, admitted that the students had received bullet injuries and had said the police were investigating who had opened fire. "There were alternative .
DLF Foundation committed to empowering the underprivileged
DLF Foundation, formed in the year 2008, is a philanthropic arm of DLF Ltd. The foundation has been founded with an objective to empower communities through its relentless efforts in the field of education, training and health. The foundation has taken massive strides by helping the local community of NCR which has fascinated foreign universities to include the foundation's CSR activities a part of their case study.The foundation's initiatives are a product of meticulous brainstorming and are directed in a way that will benefit the society in unique ways. They have opened two senior citizen rejuvenation centres, which are testament to the innovation, and sensitivity with which these initiatives are formulated and later executed. The foundation has worked to create opportunities in the areas of education, training and health and has persistently worked to ensure the sustainable and inclusive growth which is both environment-friendly and socially uplifting.As the part of their Talent ...
One student killed, six injured as ceiling plaster falls on
A six-year-old student of standard one died and six others were injured in Bettiah town Tuesday when chunks of ceiling plaster of their school fell on them in Bihar's West Champaran district. The plaster fell on the students when classes were on at the private school in Bettiah town area, superintendent of police Jayant Kant said. There were around 25-30 students in the class when the ceiling plaster fell, he said. The injured school children were rushed to MJK Medical college where one of them succumbed to his injuries during the treatment, Kant said. The dead child has been identified as Vaibhav Kumar Raj, he said. The school management tried to conceal evidence at the occurrence site for which an FIR would be lodged and action will be taken against it after the inquiry. Police personnel have been deployed at the school, he added.
Stanza Living raises Rs 73 cr from Sequoia India, others
Student accommodation startup Stanza Living Tuesday said it has raised Rs 73 crore in funding, led by Sequoia India with participation from existing investors Matrix and Accel Partners. The two investors invested Rs 13 crore in November last year. "We will use the funding to strengthen three key pillars of our business - technology, people and network of operations. We will also leverage the funding to expand to newer cities like Pune, Bengaluru and Hyderabad as well as locations that are education hubs, in the next 12-18 months," Stanza Living co-founder and Managing Director Anindya Dutta told PTI. He added that since its inception in April last year, the company has grown to operate about 2,000 beds and will scale it up significantly in the coming months. Dutta said the student housing segment in the country offers immense potential but remains largely unorganised. "Globally, this is a USD 200 billion market. However, in India the category is largely unorganised. Our estimate is ...
HC adjourns by 1 day PIL seeking withdrawal of Wednesday's BJP bandh
The Calcutta High Court Tuesday adjourned by a day the hearing of a PIL seeking direction to the BJP to withdraw its West Bengal bandh call on Wednesday to protest the killing of two students in North Dinajpur district. A division bench presided over by Acting Chief Justice Debasish Kar Gupta adjourned the hearing as lawyers from the other side were not present in the court owing to the death of a senior lawyer. Trinamool Congress MP Idris Ali, a practising lawyer, pleaded for a direction on his prayers in connection with the BJP-called bandh on Wednesday from 6 am. The bench, also comprising Justice Sampa Sarkar, directed Ali to serve fresh notices on the BJP, RSS, West Bengal government and Union of India for appearing before the court on Wednesday. The saffron party has called a 12-hour Bengal bandh to protest the death of two students in a high school premises during a demonstration over appointment of teachers in Islampur area in North Dinajpur district. Challenging the bandh ...
UP: 25 NCC cadets hospitalized due to food poisoning
Twenty-five National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets were admitted to a hospital here on Monday night allegedly due to food poisoning."There was an NCC camp going on in the KP College. Around 500 students, above ninth standard, participated in it. Today we got complaints of diarrhoea and dehydration from a few students. Thereafter, 25 students were admitted to Beli hospital and SRM hospital respectively," said District Magistrate Suhas LY.Doctors have confirmed that all the students are fine now, Suhas further informed."We have informed the officials to look after the children properly. We will conduct an investigation as to why this has happened," he added.
Inquiry against DU college principal over irregularities
The governing body of a Delhi University college has initiated inquiry against its principal over alleged financial and administrative irregularities, and directed him to proceed on indefinite leave. However, I S Bakshi, principal, Dyal Singh (Morning) College refuted the charges levelled against him. He said blatant lies were being spread against him by the college governing body chairman, Amitabh Sinha. He also accused Sinha of flouting rules and ridiculing him in front of others. Meanwhile, Sinha claimed Bakshi nullified the election of Rohan Awana, who was elected as the college union president. In a statement before the governing body members, Awana alleged Bakshi had also threatened to rusticate him. Refuting the charges, the principal said, "I have never made such statements. He (Awana) had flouted the election code of conduct and the election committee of the college had nullified his election. Sinha intervened and revoked the order and called a governing body meeting ...
Bengal school violence orchestrated by outsiders: Minister
West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Monday claimed the violence that took place in a North Dinajpur district school over the recruitment of new teachers last week was not orchestrated by students, but by outsiders.
Students' Union trying to 'misinform, misguide students': JNU admin
The Jawaharlal Nehru University administration on Monday accused the Students' Union of trying to "misinform and misguide students and creating an ambience of fear and discomfort in the campus". Violence had erupted on the JNU campus last week after a united front of Left student groups won all four central panel posts in the union defeating the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad by considerable margins. After the incident, entry of outsiders in hostels was banned. The students' union had been vocal in criticising the administration for imposing curfews and had said various hostels would boycott them. In a statement, the administration condemned the statements made by the students' union. "Their harmful campaigns try to suggest that a regime of surveillance is in place and that freedom of students is being restricted. Necessary and lawful steps are being taken to prevent illegal entry of undesirable elements and the bonafide students' cooperation is imperative," the varsity said in a .
Prez to inaugurate IISF-2018 on October 6
The fourth edition of India International Science Festival (IISF) will be inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind in Lucknow on October 6, Union minister Harsh Vardhan said Monday. The IISF-2018, to be held from October 5 to 8, is expected to be attended by around 10,000 delegates, including 5,000 students, 550 teachers and 200 students from north-east region, besides 20 international delegates and 200 startups, he said. Addressing the event's curtain raiser here, the Science and Technology minister termed IISF a medium to encourage young minds towards the field of Science. "The fourth edition of the festival is also a tribute to former prime minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee who brought Science to the national stage," he said. The IISF-2018 with its focal theme of 'Science for Transformation' will have 23 special events. The Global Indian Science & Technology Stakeholders Meet (GIST), Industry Academia Meet and Science & Technology for Harnessing Innovations (SATHI), a ...
DU to verify DUSU prez's admission documents
The Delhi University's Department of Buddhist Studies will verify the documents of DUSU president Ankiv Baisoya, accused of submitting fake documents for admission, as well as that of 202 students enrolled with it, an official said. The department held a meeting Monday after receiving complaints about Baisoya and decided to get the verification done of the documents submitted by all the students enrolled with it. "We do not want to single out any student. There are nearly a dozen complaints of fake documents being submitted by students. We received another 50-60 complaints through phone," the official said. Meanwhile, the Left-backed All India Students' Association (AISA) gathered at the Arts Faculty and protested against "inaction" by the varsity administration in the matter. They demanded an immediate probe in the matter and called for Baisoya's removal as Delhi University Students' Union president. Last week, the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) had alleged that Baisoya ...
Kovind to open international science festival next month
President Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate the fourth "India International Science Festival (IISF)" on October 6, it was announced on Monday.
Budgetary allocation for interest-free edu loans to be hiked: Javadekar
The Union government will increase its annual allocation for interest-free loans to students and digitalise over 15 lakh classrooms as part of its resolve to ensure quality education in the country, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar Monday. The annual budget to provide interest-free loans to 10 lakh students would be increased to Rs 2,200 crore in next three years, said Union Minister for Human Resource Development Javadekar, addressing the 2nd Higher Education Human Resource Conclave here. Over 15 lakh classrooms from standard 9 to post-graduate levels would be digitalised under 'Operation Digital Board', he told the conclave, organised with an aim "to promote an environment of innovations, employability and entrepreneurship across the country". Talking of the government's plan to further hike the budgetary allocation for the interest-free loans to students, he said over four to five lakh youths used to get interest-free loans amounting to Rs 800 crore in 2014. Under the present .
