Court asks government to file response on MBBS course

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the government to make its stand clear on a plea that a short-term course on primary health was required to allow non-MBBS persons to practise medicine in rural areas.

Jamia staff to go on strike over minority status

NEW DELHI - Over 2,000 professors and administrative staff of the Jamia Millia Islamia will go on strike March 15 demanding minority educational institution status for the varsity, a tag that will allow 50 percent reservation for Muslims but no quota for any other category, an official said Wednesday.

Scholarships for NRIs, Persons of Indian Origin

KUALA LUMPUR - New Delhi has announced scholarships for the Indian diaspora for undergraduate studies in India during 2010-11.

IIMs to review first online CAT

GANDHINAGAR - The directors of all the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) in the country are slated to meet next month to review the first online Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted for entry into the IIMs and other business schools, an official said Wednesday.

Two IIMs reduce recruitment fee to attract companies

NEW DELHI - The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore and its counterpart in Lucknow have reduced their placement service charges substantially to attract more companies for on campus recruitment.

Now, school textbooks, e-module from Encyclopaedia Britannica

NEW DELHI - Encyclopaedia Britannica textbooks and an online study module will hit Indian schools from April 2010 in four subjects - computer science, mathematics, environmental studies and general knowledge, says its president Jorge Cauz.

110 firms in IIM-Ahmedabad placement mela

AHMEDABAD - The graduating batch of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad has received placement offers from 110 firms, including international offers from firms like Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank.

Notre Dame AD says conference expansion could force Irish to give up football independence

Swarbrick: Expansion could force ND into move

Teacher accidentally backs SUV through window into Mich. school, injuring 6 preschool students

Teacher backs SUV into Mich. preschool classroom

Archbishop defends decision by Colo. Catholic school to drop students with lesbian parents

Archbishop defends decision on lesbians’ children

First lady to deliver commencement addresses at 2 colleges, 1 high school this spring

First lady to deliver 3 commencement addresses

Vehicle accidentally backs through window into Michigan school, injuring preschool students

Vehicle backs into Mich. school; students injured

Peru withdraws fraud, conspiracy claims against Yale in lawsuit over Machu Picchu artifacts

Peru lifts some Machu Picchu claims against Yale

Schools superintendent in rural Montana accidentally fires black powder gun during class

Superintendent accidentally fires gun during class