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Srinagar- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday called upon universities and educational institutions across Jammu and Kashmir to take a proactive role in combating drug abuse, asserting that campuses must emerge as key sites of social responsibility and reform. Chairing the second meeting of the University Council of the Cluster University of Srinagar at Lok Bhavan, Jammu, Sinha stressed that institutions of higher learning must go beyond academics and actively contribute to addressing ...Read More >
Online registration for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) is scheduled to begin in the first week of April, according to the annual academic calendar issued by the Directorate of Education (DoE) for the 2026-27 session. The DoE said the calendar has been prepared in line with notified holidays and existing rules to ensure the smooth functioning of schools and the holistic development of students. The calendar, released also for all government and government-aided schools in Delhi, outl ...Read More >
New Delhi, December 17: Lok Sabha will take up a packed legislative and oversight agenda on Wednesday, with two major Bills slated for consideration and passage, alongside the laying of papers, presentation of committee reports, and statements by ministers, as per the revised List of Business. The House will meet at 11 am and begin with the Question Hour. The session will start with Question Hour, followed by the laying of papers by various ministers, including Dr. Jitendra Singh, Arjun Ram Megh ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday dispelled the opposition's concerns that the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 would undermine institutional autonomy and said the states would retain similar powers as they have presently. Earlier on Tuesday, Pradhan moved a resolution to refer the Bill proposing to set up a 13-member body for regulating higher education institutions to a joint committee of both Houses of Parliament. The proposal was appro ...Read More >
Shillong, Dec 16 (UNI) Pro-Vice-Chancellor of North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), a central university in Meghalaya, Prof. Sumarbin Umdor on Tuesday tendered his resignation from the post. Umdor put in his papers after four major stakeholders of the varsity - NEHU Teachers' Association (NEHUTA), NEHU Students' union (NEHUSU), NEHU Non-Teaching Staff Association (NEHUNSA) and Khasi Students' union (KSU) NEHU unit - asked him to resign from his post in the larger interest of the University and ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Amid fierce protests and objections by the Opposition members, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday introduced the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill in the Lok Sabha. The legislation seeks to set up a 13-member body to regulate institutions of higher education. The bill was introduced amid din over alleged threatening slogans raised against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a Congress rally on Sunday. As soon as the bill was introduced, Parliamentary Affairs Minis ...Read More >
New Delhi: The government on Monday failed to introduce a Bill that sought to repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and replace it with a proposed law -- The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB G RAM G) Bill, 2025 -- after facing stiff opposition. The VB G RAM G Bill was listed in the Lok Sabha in the supplementary list of business issued on Monday. It was to be introduced by rural development minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 15 (PTI) The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill which seeks to set up an overarching higher education commission was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday. Here is an explainer on the Bill: 1. What has the Bill proposed? The Bill proposes setting up an overarching higher education commission along with three councils for regulation, accreditation and ensuring academic standards for universities and higher education institutions (HEI) in India. 2. Which institutions will be covered ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 15 (PTI) A bill to set up a 13-member body to regulate institutions of higher education was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday with the government expressing willingness to refer it to a joint committee. The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill seeks to establish an overarching higher education commission along with three councils for regulation, accreditation and ensuring academic standards for universities and higher education institutions in India. Union Education Ministe ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill that seeks to set up an overarching higher education commission along with three councils was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday with the government expressing willingness to refer it to a joint committee. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan introduced the Bill amid din over the issue of alleged threatening slogans raised at a Congress rally on Sunday against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The higher education commission, which will ...Read More >
NEET PG 2025 Counselling: Check the current status across states and union territories. NEET PG 2025: The counselling process for NEET PG 2025 is underway, with state and central authorities managing admissions for postgraduate medical seats. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) oversees counselling for the All India Quota (AIQ), deemed universities, and central institutions, while state medical counselling authorities handle admissions to state quota seats and state-run colleges. As the co ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Oct 7 (PTI) Congress general secretary-in-charge of Haryana affairs B K Hariprasad on Tuesday announced that a disciplinary committee will be formed in the state unit soon to ensure discipline and accountability in the organisation. The committee will resolve internal party issues on an official platform, Hariprasad said. Newly appointed Haryana Congress chief Rao Narender Singh, while expressing gratitude to the Congress high command for the new responsibility, said he gave instru ...Read More >
Purnea (Bihar) [India], September 15 (ANI): Ahead of the Prime Minister's visit to Bihar on Monday to inaugurate Purnea airport, Purnea MP Pappu Yadav welcomed the Prime Minister, calling him an "important guest". He also thanked the central government for its support in fulfilling the promises, including "Purnea airport, Vande Bharat, trains, starting a new railway line, and expressway". While talking to ANI, Purnea MP Pappu Yadav said, "Have you ever seen a promise by the Central Government?. ...Read More >
Purnea (Bihar) [India], September 15 (ANI): Ahead of the Prime Minister visit to Bihar on Monday to inaugurate Purnea airport, Purnea MP Pappu Yadav welcomed the Prime Minister, calling him an important guest. He also thanked the central government for its support in fulfilling the promises, including Purnea airport, Vande Bharat, trains, starting a new railway line, and expressway. While talking to ANI, Purnea MP Pappu Yadav said, Have you ever seen a promise by the Central Government?... We s ...Read More >
At the permanent campus in Lucknow, the central university will run regular programmes like BA (Honours) English, MA English, MA Linguistics, MA English Literature, Post Graduate Diploma in the Teaching of English (PGDTE) and PhD along with part-time courses in French, German, Russian and Spanish languages. The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred 2.32 hectares of land for the construction of a permanent campus of the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad to promote quality ed ...Read More >
Hyderabad: While some oppose Hindi for political reasons, the people of India have accepted it wholeheartedly. Any opposition to Hindi is a barrier to national progress, said Union minister G. Kishan Reddy. He was addressing a gathering at the Dakshin Samvad event at GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday. Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, speaking from the same stage, questioned the resistance to Hindi in parts of the country. "If we can learn German or Japanese fo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) India's higher education ecosystem has undergone a fundamental transformation making it flexible, interdisciplinary, inclusive and innovation driven, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. Inaugurating two-day Vice-Chancellors' Conference of Central Universities in Gujarat's Kevadia, Pradhan also said the total student enrolment has touched 4.46 crore, a 30 per cent increase since 2014-15. "...the female enrolment has grown by 38 per cent and fema ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Ministry of Education will host a two-day Vice Chancellors' Conference of Central Universities in Kevadia, Gujarat from July 10-11, bringing together top academic leadership from across the country to mark five years of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and strategise its future course. Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar, and senior ministry officials will participate in the event, which ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) The Ministry of Education is organising a two-day Vice Chancellors Conference of Central Universities in Gujarat's Kevadia from July 10 and will be inaugurated by its ministerDharmendra Pradhan, officials said on Wednesday. The conference, as part of marking the five years of implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, will bring together leaders of central universities to review institutional progress and collectively shape the path ahead, they said. "St ...Read More >
New Delhi: It's the same story every year. A centralised admission test that was meant to reform India's higher education system has instead plunged it into repeated cycles of uncertainty.Since its rollout in 2022, the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) -- now mandatory for undergraduate admissions in central universities -- has consistently failed to release results on time, throwing academic calendars into disarray, overburdening faculty, and leaving lakhs of students in prolonged limbo.Th ...Read More >
Guwahati: CUET UG 2025 results declared: The National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the results for the Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate (CUET UG) 2025 on July 4, allowing more than 13.5 lakh candidates to check their scores at cuet.nta.nic.in. Candidates appeared for the exam between May 13 and June 4 to seek admission into undergraduate programs offered by central universities and other participating institutions. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off y ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Adilabad police arrested a couple from Maharashtra on Saturday for trafficking a minor tribal girl for Rs 10,000.A rape case has also been registered against a man in Rajasthan under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act for repeatedly sexually abusing the girl. He has not yet been arrested. The couple has been charged with human trafficking and kidnapping.Bheempur police registered a case on June 22 after the girl's family reported her missing, having failed in ...Read More >
Agartala, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Saturday that the state government is working with special priority to improve the quality of education in the state. The Chief Minister, attending the Bhupendra Chandra Dutta Bhowmik Merit-cum-Means Award-2025 event, said that education is necessary and important for making a good human. "Many educational institutions have now been established in the state in the field of higher education. Students are now coming fro ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The BJP rushed to the defence of the state government over its decision to introduce Hindi as an optional language for Classes 1 to 5 after the Thackeray cousins announced their decision to hold a joint morcha against "imposition" of Hindi in state schools.CM Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said Marathi is compulsory, Hindi is optional. "Basically, students can learn any Indian language. We have accepted the three-language policy. When NE was introduced, the Uddhav Thackeray govt was in offi ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 27 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday said that the state government will not compromise on the development of education, while announcing that competitive exam centres will be opened in three places for job seekers. 'Considering the job-seekers of Tripura, Tripura Competitive Exam Centres will be opened in three places in the state. Financial resources have been allocated in the budget for setting up these centers in Udaipur, Agartala, and Ambas ...Read More >
Agartala, June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Friday that the state government would not compromise on the advancement of the education and improvement of health sectors and is working with priority on the overall development of these two vital sectors. Inaugurating the Chinmaya Hari Hara Vidyalaya and the Bhoomi Pujan of Chinmaya Sundarayi Temple at West Taranagar in West Tripura, the Chief Minister announced the setting up of Tripura Competitive Examination Cent ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 27 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday said that the state government will not compromise on the development of education, while announcing that competitive exam centres will be opened in three places for job seekers. "Considering the job-seekers of Tripura, Tripura Competitive Exam Centres will be opened in three places in the state. Financial resources have been allocated in the budget for setting up these centers in Udaipur, Agartala, and Ambas ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 6 : Kashmir valley got connected with the rest of India with the inauguration of ... New Delhi [India], June 6 : Kashmir valley got connected with the rest of India with the inauguration of the much-awaited and world's highest railway arch bridge over the river Chenab by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. The architectural marvel Chenab Rail Bridge, situated 359 metres above the river, is the world's highest railway a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Kashmir valley got connected with the rest of India with the inauguration of the much-awaited and world's highest railway arch bridge over the river Chenab by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. The architectural marvel Chenab Rail Bridge, situated 359 metres above the river, is the world's highest railway arch bridge. It is a 1,315-metre-long steel arch bridge engineered to withstand seismic and wind condition ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday announced new rules for government jobs, language use, and local governance in Ladakh, aiming to protect the rights of Ladakh's indigenous communities while offering a clear policy on who qualifies as a resident. Issuing the Ladakh Reservation (Amendment) Regulation, 2025, the Centre introduced new reservation and domicile rules for the Union Territory of Ladakh, reserving up to 85 per cent jobs for locals and one-third of the total numbe ...Read More >
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