Aligarh

Trying To Restore SC/ST Quota In Jamia, Aligarh Universities: Union Minister

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 9, 2018

Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot on Sunday said that the Narendra Modi government was trying to restore the reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).

AMU Secures 10th Rank In NIRF Universities' Rankings

Education | NDTV Education Team | Wednesday April 4, 2018

Ministry of Human Resource Development released NIRF India Ranking 2018 yesterday in nine categories and AMU ranked 10th in Universities category.

Why Were Patients Tied To Hospital Beds, Aligarh Muslim University Team To Probe

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Monday April 2, 2018

After a viral video showed the hands and feet of two patients tied to their beds at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh, an inquiry has been ordered. The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has formed a two-member committee to investigate the incident when the limbs of the two men were tied to their beds at the emergency ward of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical Colleg...

Tied To Their Beds In A Hospital, These 2 Men Have No Family, Say Cops In Aligarh

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Saturday March 31, 2018

Two patients in their twenties have been tied to their hospital beds in the emergency ward of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, in Aligarh Muslim University. The chief medical officer says since the beds are without side rails and no relatives to look after the patients, they have been tied to the beds

UGC Autonomy Move To Hurt Weaker Sections Of Society: AMU Teachers Association

Education | NDTV Education Team | Monday March 26, 2018

The association said the granting of financial autonomy to universities including AMU made by the Central Government is a calculative move towards the privatisation of higher education.

All AMU MSc Biotechnology Final Year Students Qualify GATE 2018

Education | NDTV Education Team | Wednesday March 21, 2018

Raising the bar of academic standards at AMU, all 14 students of the current MSc (Biotechnology) final-year batch have qualified the GATE 2018 Examination.

Aligarh Writer Apurva Asrani Says 'Important For Celebs To Share Weaknesses'

Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday March 7, 2018

Apurva Asrani wrote on Facebook that he had been suffering from Bell's palsy

Aligarh Writer Apurva Asrani Recalls The Day He 'Woke Up To Bell's Palsy'

Entertainment | Tuesday March 6, 2018

Apurva Asrani wrote on Facebook, "I woke up with the right side of my pace completely paralysed"

Samajwadi Party Leader Held With Smuggled Gun

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 27, 2018

A Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and a former legislator Rakesh Singh has been arrested after a smuggled pistol was seized from his house in Aligarh, police said today.

UP Police Arrest Proxies Who Helped Class 12 Students Cheat In Board Exams

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Friday February 23, 2018

Over 60 people, who were busy answering the question papers on behalf of Class 12 students in Uttar Pradesh's Atroli area, were arrested yesterday. While students of Bhorey Kishan Lal Sharma Inter-College in Tebatu, around 30 kms from Aligarh, sat inside their examination rooms with their answer sheets, in a house on the opposite side of the campus...

Class 12 Student, Posing As MLA, Tried To Threaten Lawyer Over Hefty Fee

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 22, 2018

A Class XII student was detained in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Wednesday for attempting to intimidate an advocate by posing as an MLA in Aligarh district, police said.

President Of India To Attend AMU Convocation

Education | NDTV Education Team | Wednesday February 21, 2018

The President of India Ram Nath Kovind will be the chief-guest of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)'s 65th annual convocation slated on March 7, 2018.

B R Ambedkar's Statue Disfigured In Mathura

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday February 5, 2018

A statue of B R Ambedkar was disfigured allegedly by unidentified persons in the Ambedkar Park near the Moti Enclave colony in Mathura, an official said.

AMU To Unfurl 200-Metre-Long Tricolour

Education | NDTV Education Team | Friday January 26, 2018

Aligarh Muslim University Students Union President Mashkoor Usmani said the flag will be hoisted soon at the Duck Point on the campus as part of AMU founder Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's 200th birth anniversary celebrations.

AMUEE 2018: AMU Announces Entrance Exam Dates

Education | NDTV Education Team | Friday January 19, 2018

As the beginning of new academic year is just round the corner and students are making plans of further studies, the Office of the Controller of Examinations, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has announced the schedule for admission test dates, 2018-19.