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Counting for DUSU polls suspended

The counting for Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections was suspended midway Thursday due to "faulty EVMs and the students' uproar over it", an university official said. The counting was initially stopped for an hour when there were allegations of faulty EVMs, however, following objections by students the election officials decided to suspend the counting. "We had proposed rectification of the faulty EVMs and resumption of the counting but the students were not ready for it. It was decided to suspend counting. A fresh date for the counting will be announced soon," an election officer for DUSU polls said. In the initial trends, Congress-backed NSUI was leading for the president post, while BJP-affiliated ABVP was leading for the vice president's post. Amid heavy police presence and some last-minute wooing of voters, DUSU polls were held yesterday with a voter turnout of 44.46 per cent. Polling took place at 52 centres in the colleges. There are as many as 23 candidates in the

IIM Calcutta ranks 3rd in Asia, 2nd in India in FT survey

IIM Calcutta has been emerged as the number two B-School in the country and number three in Asia as per the ranking result of the 2018 edition of "Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking", the results of which have just been announced, according to a release.

44.46% voter turnout in DUSU polls

Amid heavy police presence and some last-minute attempts to woo voters, the Delhi University Students' Union polls went off peacefully with around 44.46 per cent voter turnout till 7.30 pm on Wednesday. Polling took place at 52 centres in the colleges, where as many as 1.35 lakh voters have been involved in deciding the fate of 23 candidates in the DUSU polls. Last year, the election saw a 43 per cent voter turnout. The results will be announced on Thursday. Heavy police force was deployed in the area, with around 700 personnel stationed in the north campus and over 500 personnel deployed in the south campus. A person wearing a question mark sign was detained by police outside the Ramjas College, but after it was found he had a college ID card, he was let off. Some members of parties, who were seen canvassing for votes, were warned by the police personnel. Senior faculty members were posted as observers at the centres and around 700 electronic voting machines (EVMs) had been ...

DUSU polls: Less than half morning college students turn up to vote

Less than half of the students of morning colleges of the Delhi University cast their ballots on Wednesday to elect their representatives in the student union for next one year.

DUSU polls:Party members making last min pitch to students, first-time voters set ambience

Party members making a last-minute pitch to students, excited first-time voters and heavy police presence set the ambience on the Delhi University Students' Union polls Wednesday. Over 1,200 police personnel were posted across North and South Campus areas to ensure no untoward incident was reported. In North Campus, 700 police personnel, including 100 women personnel, were deployed since early morning. Senior officers were also seen checking the arrangements. Around 11 members of different parties, who were seen canvassing, were warned by the patrolling police personnel. Security was also put in place outside Zakir Hussain (Evening) College, which had witnessed violence on Monday after the members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) allegedly damaged college property and also assaulted some faculty members and students. However, the police presence did not deter party members from making a pitch to garner votes as they stood outside colleges carrying chits bearing the ...

Delhi BJP asks parents of govt school kids not to share details with AAP govt

The Delhi BJP Wednesday asked the parents of government school children not to share details with the AAP government, except the information given at the time of admission, claiming it could be compromised. President of Delhi BJP Manoj Tiwari said in a statement that a circular issued by the Delhi government that seeks the government schools and aided schools to provide information about the parents of the children and Aadhaar number, voter identity card and other information of their family members. It has been stated in the circular that a data bank will be formed but the purpose has not been disclosed, he said. "It is to be considered that the Delhi government has appointed a private company for the verification of the documents collected by the schools which means that the information of the parents of the children is being given to a private agency," he alleged. "It is a direct attack on the right to privacy. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal must clarify that in spite of the ...

10 BHU students detained after ruckus over mess food

At least ten Banaras Hindu University students were detained for allegedly creating a ruckus inside the campus over the eating of mess food on Tuesday morning, police said. A group of students of Birla hostel took some outsiders along with them to the mess of Aiyyar hostel, to which the students of the Aiyyar hostel protested, police said. The group returned with hockey sticks, iron rods and vandalised the Aiyyar hostel and also started beating up the students. They threw away all the belongings, broke laptops and mobile phones, and damaged over half-a-dozen bikes parked outside the hostel, they said. As soon the other students came to know about the incident, they sat on a dharna and blocked the road, demanding an immediate arrest of the accused. A large number of police force reached the campus and SP (City) Dinesh Singh and Chief Proctor Royana Singh assured the protesters of taking strict action against the assailants. In the afternoon, when the police entered the Birla hostel in .

BCKV students block road alleging attack by outsiders

The agitating students of the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV) in Nadia district blocked a road Wednesday alleging that they were attacked by outsiders inside the campus, police said. The students blocked the Haringhata-Kanchrapara road in front of the university demanding action against outsiders who entered the campus and allegedly attacked them, the police said. The blockade was later lifted, they added. The students of the BCKV are agitating since September 7 demanding the removal of the Dean (Agriculture) Srikanth Das and Dean Students Welfare (DSW) Goutam Chakraborty.

IIT-KGP, Canadian varsity ink MoU on academic partnerships

IIT-Kharagpur has signed a pact with Carleton University of Canada to support research collaboration, capacity building and other academic partnerships.

Green signal to bear school expenses of slain J&K policemen's children

The Jammu and Kashmir administration said on Wednesday that it would bear the school expenses of the children of policemen killed in militancy-related violence in the state. The state administrative council (SAC), which met here under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik, approved the proposal of bearing the education expenses of up to two children of such personnel till Class XII. It would be borne by the education department, an official spokesperson said. It also sanctioned the enhancement of the ex-gratia to the families of such personnel. It will enhance the existing cumulative ex-gratia relief from Rs 48 lakh to Rs 70 lakh for police personnel and from Rs 14.5 lakh to Rs 30 lakh for special police officers.

43.8 per cent votes polled till 7.30 pm in DUSU election

The voter turnout for the Delhi University Students' Union poll on Wednesday was around 43.8 per cent till 7.30 pm, an official said. The results will be announced Thursday. Last year, the election saw a 43 per cent voter turnout. Polling took place at 52 centres in the colleges here. As many as 1.35 lakh voters have been involved in deciding the fate of 23 candidates in the DUSU polls. Heavy police deployment was observed in the area, with around 700 personnel of the force stationed in the north campus. A person wearing a question mark sign was detained by police outside Ramjas College. Senior faculty members were posted as observers at the centres and around 700 electronic voting machines (EVMs) had been installed, the official said. In the morning colleges, polling began at 8.30 am and ended at 1 pm. In the evening colleges, polling was held between 3.00 pm and 7.30 pm. In the fray are the candidates of National Students' Union of India (NSUI), the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi ...

HC asks principal secy to inform it about steps taken for filling up vacant posts in Education Dept

The Himachal Pradesh High Court Wednesday directed the state principal secretary (education) to be present in the court and inform it about the steps taken by the state government for filling up the vacant posts in the Education Department. The high court also directed him to file a personal affidavit responding to the issues raised by an amicus curiae. The amicus curiae has raised the issues regarding failure of the state government in filling up vacancies in schools, implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act and compliance of the orders passed by the Supreme Court and the high court. The division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Sandeep Sharma passed these orders on a petition taken up suo motu by the high court on a complaint filed by the students of a government school in Mandi regarding non-availability of proper staff in their school. In its earlier order on August 29, the high court had directed the principal secretary to file an ...

IIM-C number 2 B-School in country: FI ranking of MIM globally

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta has featured as the number two B-School in the country and number three in Asia as per the result of the 2018 edition of a prominent global ranking of masters in management, an IIM-C statement said Wednesday. The statement said as per the the 2018 Financial Times (FT) ranking of masters in management (MIM) globally, IIM Calcutta is ranked at 23 by improving its rank from 28 last year. The 2018 Financial Times ranking put IIM-C as the number two B-school in the country and number three in Asia. A total of 104 B-schools took part globally in this year's edition of the FT MIM survey. The Dean of New Initiatives & External Relations, Dr. Prashant Mishra said, "We are happy that our efforts towards continuous improvement in our overall efforts are being acknowledged by international agencies." Incidentally, based on the 2015 graduates' ratings of their own programme, subject-wise, IIM (C) has been ranked at number one in Economics .

Odisha govt appeals to teachers call off agitation

The Odisha government Wednesday appealed to the agitating block grant teachers to withdraw their agitation and return to schools and colleges. The teachers are on indefinite agitation since August 16 demanding fulfilment of their demands including revision in the newly implemented grant-in-aid system which the state government introduced after abolishing the block grant system in October last year. An inter-ministerial committee meeting chaired by Finance minister S B Behera attended by Higher Education and School and Mass Education minister and representatives of the agitating teachers was held Wednesday. After the meeting School and Mass Education minister BN Patra said he has requested the teachers to withdraw the agitation and help discuss the issue with the state government. "We have sought three months time. The government appeals teachers to return to schools and colleges," Patra said. Behera said the government will take a decision after taking the inputs from ..

SC strikes down Kerala ordinance on medical college admissions

The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Kerala Ordinance that had nullified its 2017 order freezing illegal admissions to two medical colleges in the state. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Indira Banerjee declared as 'ultra vires' and set aside the Kerala Professional Colleges (Regularisation of Admission in Medical Colleges) Ordinance 2017, against which the Medical Council of India (MCI) had approached the apex court last April. The top court had on April 6 rapped the Kerala government for promulgating the ordinance nullifying its 2017 order freezing illegal admissions to two medical colleges in the state and had stayed its operation. The MCI had moved the apex court against regularisation of these admissions made in self-financing in Kannur and Karuna medical colleges in 2016-17. "In our prima facie view, the ordinance in question blatantly seeks to nullify the binding effect of the order passed by this court. Prima facie, it was not open to declare this court's order as ..

Odisha govt to upgrade schools for science education of SC, ST

Odisha government has decided to upgrade an additional 21 high schools to higher secondary schools for SC and ST students to provide science education to them, official sources said. ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi said the new upgraded higher secondary schools will come up in Gajapati, Kandhamal, Sundergarh, Nabarangpur, Koraput, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Kalahandi, Mayurbhanj and Balangir districts. These will be science stream higher secondary schools, he said. "For the current academic session 2018-19, the government has decided to upgrade 21 more high schools to higher seconday schools," Majhi said classes in those schools will commence from the current academic year for which the government has appointed 154 junior lecturers. The state government had earlier upgraded 26 High Schools of Mayurbhanj, Gajapati, Kalahandi, Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur districts into ...

Ending hooliganism on campus, 24X7 libraries: Issues that resonated with voters in DUSU polls

Ending hooliganism on campus, 24X7 libraries for students, safer campus for women were some of the issues that weighed on the minds of the students of Delhi University before voting in students' union polls Wednesday. Shubham Chaudhary, a second-year law student, said students do not vote for parties, rather they vote on the basis of the candidates' reputation and what work he or she has done. Prakhar Yadav, a student of BA (Hons) Hindi at Hansraj College, said, "There should be no use of muscle power and students should have access to their elected representatives. The parties had promised to get new hostels for students, but no new hostels have been constructed till now." Yadav also pitched for a cleaner and safer South Campus of the Delhi University for women students, from where some untoward incidents have been reported. Many other students concurred with Yadav and stressed the need for ending 'gundagardi and hooliganism' on campus. In May this year, a 20-year-old student was ...

Opposition slams mystery diktat to show PM's film in schools

The Maharashtra opposition has slammed a purported order circulated on social media networks mandating all government schools in the state to exhibit a short film based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 'Chalo Jeete Hain, next week.

IIT KGP signs MoU with Carleton University, Canada

The IIT Kharagpur has signed an MoU with Carleton University of Canada to support research collaboration, capacity building and other forms of academic partnerships. Under this MoU, signed on Tuesday at IIT KGP extension campus here, both institutions will focus on opportunities in student exchange, faculty exchange and professional development programmes, an IIT KGP statement said here on Wednesday. The two institutions will also explore possibilities of collaborative masters programmes. The MoU will cover the scope of interaction among members of faculty relating to joint research projects, visits for such purposes and when necessary, joint applications for research funding from external funding agencies, the statement said. "We are happy to have the MoU signed with Carleton University. We look forward to a long and fruitful collaboration with different units of the university," Deputy Director of IIT KGP, Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya said. Carleton University, ...

DUSU polls test for parties' popularity among youths, say students

Students who voted in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) polls on Wednesday said the results will help political parties gauge the mood of young voters ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Prakhar Yadav, a second year student of BA (Hons) in Hindi at Hansraj College, said the results of the DUSU polls will indicate which side the young voter is supporting and will help political parties prepare accordingly. Prerna Bhardwaj, a second year student of BA (Hons) in Political Science at Kirori Mal College, said, "The Delhi University has students coming from across India. There can be no better way than this to know what the young India wants. In a way, the election results will be an indicator as to what the young voter of India wants." Echoing similar sentiments, Vedansh, a first year student of BA (Hons) in History at Ramjas College and a first-time voter said the election results will help know what the young educated voter wants. Many students opined that even the parties ..