Following the Common Entrance Test committee meeting on Saturday, the Telangana Council of Higher Education (TGCHE) and Osmania University have decided to conduct the Telangana Engineering Common Entrance Test (ECET) on May 12 (Monday). Applications from Diploma & B.Sc (Mathematics) Degree candidates, for lateral entry admissions into B.E/ B.Tech/ B.Pharm courses can be submitted online […]
Mystery surrounded the deaths of at least seven people and hospitalisation of several others from a single village in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district in a span of four to five days. Five of these deaths occurred on February 7 and 8. While the Opposition Congress trained its guns on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led State government, claiming […]
The Munnar hill station in Idukki is continuing to witness sub-zero temperature. Munnar witnessed the lowest temperature of the season with Chenduvarai witnessing –1°C on Saturday morning. As per data from the United Planters Association of South India (Upasi), a tea research foundation at Nallathanni, near Munnar, Devikulam recorded 1°C, Silent Valley and Letchmi 2°C, Sevenmalai […]
Amidst the controversy surrounding the alleged bribery case for a better rating, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) on Saturday announced that its executive committee has decided to not only cancel the current process of accreditation of the university involved, but also debar the university for five years from applying for accreditation. It has […]
Steps have been initiated to make the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) autonomous, with the Centre allocating nearly ₹500 crore over the next six years separately to the institution through a Special Finance Committee. The NMM was established in February 2003 by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture. A unique project in its programme and […]
Considering the recommendation made by Ajay Singh, chairman of the Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB) and Jewargi MLA, the State government has formed an eight-member committee to improve the educational scenario in the region. As per the government order dated February 7, 2025, economist Chaya Degaonkar will lead the committee as its chairperson. Abdul […]
Relatives of a man protested in front of a police station at Haroorgeri in Belagavi district, complaining that he died of police excesses on Friday. One of the protesters was a police officer from Raichur. Ashok Sadalagi, serving as the police inspector in Deodurg, hails from Haroorgeri near Raibag. He alleged that his father, Annappa […]
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the 37th Kerala Science Congress at the headquarters of the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) in Vellanikkara, Thrissur, on Saturday. The Chief Minister highlighted that over the past three and a half decades, the Kerala Science Congress has become a significant platform contributing to the State’s scientific and technological progress. He […]
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Kharagpur has opened a facility to take care of mental and physical well-being of its students, claiming it to be the first-of-its-kind initiative among IITs across the country. The facility, called Zen Lounge, is essentially a yoga and meditation hall located within the institute’s SNIG Girls Hostel; it was […]
Chairperson of the Yadgir City Municipal Council Kumari Lalita Anapur has warned of strict legal action against educational institutions for not paying taxes due to the CMC. She was addressing a meeting held for the administrators of educational institutions in Yadgir recently. “The CMC has found many buildings that were constructed by educational institutions by […]
