Essel to invest Rs.500 crore on education business

CHENNAI - Media major Essel group is planning to invest Rs.500 crore over the next seven years in the education sector, promoting pre-schools, schools and university, group chairman Subhash Chandra said Thursday.

India, Australia sign education deal

MELBOURNE - Indian students continued to come to Australia for higher studies and the government had not “prevented them” from doing so, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday as the two countries signed a major deal on education.

Zee Group to set up 300 schools in the country

NEW DELHI - Entertainment and news provider Zee Group Thursday announced that it has set up 50 schools in just one year across the country and aims to set up 300 schools by 2015.

India, Australia sign agreement to boost education ties

MELBOURNE/NEW DELHI - Despite the attacks on its student community in Australia, India has “not prevented them” from going there, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday as the two countries signed an agreement to boost educational cooperation.

Delhi child rights panel to set up RTE cell

NEW DELHI - In an effort to spread awareness about the recently implemented Right to Education (RTE) Act, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) Thursday announced it will set up an RTE cell and a child helpline.

Rs.282 crore aid for Indian Maritime University

NEW DELHI - The union Cabinet Thursday approved the proposal to provide financial support of Rs.282.25 crore to Indian Maritime University (IMU), Chennai, to meet capital expenditure as well as recurring deficit.

Indian student wins top US research award

WASHINGTON - Prasun Chatterjee, an Indian environmental engineering student whose research has contributed to a new way of detecting toxic lead and copper in water, has won one of the highest US research honours.

Court notice to IITs on joint entrance examination

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court has sent notices to 15 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the ministry of human resource development to clarify their process of selection through the annual joint entrance examination (JEE), a teacher who filed the case said Thursday.

Shutdown cripples life in most parts of Manipur

IMPHAL - Normal life was severely affected in five hill districts of Manipur for the third consecutive day Thursday as a result of a 72-hour shutdown called by concerned parents demanding recruitment of teachers in primary schools, official here said.

Change in lottery bill slipped past director; commission trims $11M from scholarship budget

Ark. lottery budget revised after law change found

Calif. lawmaker says university’s silence about Palin fundraising speech violates state law

Calif. lawmaker: Silence on Palin visit unlawful

Megan Fox and boyfriend protest school budget cuts with online video on FunnyorDie.com

Megan Fox protests school budget cuts with comedy

Hundreds could be denied mental health services under cut by Mo. Senate committee

Mo. Senate panel approves cuts to mental health

Body found in lake near Cornell campus; police believe it is 6th suicide victim

Police believe body is Cornell U. suicide victim

Wisconsin lawmakers back tax credits for economic development projects, key industries

Democrats back tax credits for companies, farmers

Connecticut championships becoming routine for fans, who take winning in stride

UConn fans take NCAA title in stride

HARTFORD, Conn. — It isn’t that UConn fans aren’t excited about the team’s seventh national championship, but for many, the novelty has worn off.

Gul Panag teaches hygiene to Delhi school kids

NEW DELHI - Bollywood actress Gul Panag Wednesday taught correct ways of personal health and hygiene to children from 10 Delhi schools on the occasion of World Health Day.

Haryana asks schools to keep 25 percent seats for poor

CHANDIGARH - The Haryana government has asked all the recognised private schools in the state to reserve 25 percent of their seats for economically weaker sections, an official said here Wednesday.

Who succeeds Iraq’s top Shiite cleric is as much about foreign meddling, money as about piety

Who succeeds top Iraqi cleric not just about piety

Bitten by learning bug, teacher clears 58 subjects in board exams

ALLAHABAD - His passion for learning seems unending. This headmaster of a government school has been appearing in class 10 and 12 board exams for the past over 20 years, clearing them every time with new subjects.

Spat between Ala. dental nonprofit, mainstream dentists may foreshadow future under Obama plan