Tamil Nadu to await apex court verdict over deemed varsities

CHENNAI - The Tamil Nadu government has decided to wait for the Supreme Court judgement on how to integrate students of 16 deemed universities in regular colleges.

Rahul Gandhi interacts with engineering students in Bhopal

BHOPAL - Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi interacted with students of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), one of the country’s leading engineering colleges, here Monday and urged the students to rise to the task of leading India to greater heights.

Government to divest 44 universities of deemed status

NEW DELHI - The central government Monday told the Supreme Court that it was all set to divest 44 universities of their special “deemed university” status as they were being run as “family fiefdoms” rather than institutions of academic excellence.

Circular asking students to attend Rahul Gandhi rally withdrawn

PANAJI - The Goa University Monday withdrew - within four hours of issuing it - a circular appealing to students to attend Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s student rally Tuesday after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) student wing protested on the campus.

Delhi liver hospital to become deemed university

NEW DELHI - The Institute of Liver and Billiary Sciences (ILBS), a tertiary care hospital here, will add 198 beds to its current strength and turn a deemed university at a cost of Rs.389 crore, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Monday.

Delhi students propose new look for Chandni Chowk

NEW DELHI - Generating energy by converting mechanical stress of cars into electricity or renovating major heritage buildings into heritage hotels! The unique ideas do not belong to some high-profile science wizards but are the brainwaves of school kids here, who are proposing a face-lift for ‘Dilli ki shan’ Chandni Chowk!

Recession, greater scrutiny takes toll on public university presidents’ pay packages

Recession takes toll on university president pay