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IIMs defer admission till April 21
Ahmedabad, April 12 (IANS) The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) Thursday said they were deferring the admission process till April 21 to comply with a government order on quotas for other backward classes (OBCs).

Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:40:19 PM

Lalu puts poll campaign above Harvard, Stanford
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, lately called by the World Bank, Harvard and Stanford, has put away all such tempting invites to focus on campaigning for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.

Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:30:12 AM

State education ministers support OBC quota
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Education ministers from the states have endorsed the central government's stand on 27 percent reservation for backward classes students in premier institutes of learning like IITs and IIMs and other government-funded educational institutions.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:54:43 PM

Rajasthan opposes change in funding for education scheme
Jaipur, April 11 (IANS) Rajasthan has requested the central government to continue to bear 75 percent of funding for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a central government scheme that helps provide elementary education to all children.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:34:05 PM

Police use fictitious name to aid sex workers' kids
Patna, April 11 (IANS) Policemen in a Bihar town conjured up a fictional character, Roopchand, for a noble cause. The non-existing man was registered as the father of 35 children of sex workers to ensure their admission to school.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:26:52 AM

B-school ISB graduates get record salaries
Hyderabad, April 10 (IANS) The Class of 2007 of the premier Indian School of Business (ISB) has attracted record salaries, with the top international offer being $269,000 (Rs.11.8 million) against the highest domestic offer of Rs.4.39 million, it was announced here Tuesday.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:22:03 PM

Education for all a distant dream, admits government
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The government Tuesday admitted the country was still a long way from realising the goal of every child completing eight years of good quality education.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:10:59 PM

BJP asks PM to approach Supreme Court again on quota
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to go back to the Supreme Court to restore the 27 percent reservation for other backward classes (OBC) in government aided institutes of higher learning.

Monday, April 09, 2007 10:27:50 PM

Will NALCO absorb school staff as employees?
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Aluminium maker NALCO has moved the Supreme Court, challenging an Orissa High Court order to absorb as its employees the staff of primary schools set up by it in collaboration with three trusts.

Monday, April 09, 2007 9:17:11 AM

Aligarh Muslim University vice chancellor resigns
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), April 8 (IANS) Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice chancellor Nasim Ahmed resigned from his post Sunday.

Sunday, April 08, 2007 10:13:57 PM

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