College

After Woman Dies In Nashik Hospital, Family Alleges Cockroach In Ventilator

Cities | Edited by Anuj Pant (with inputs from PTI) | Tuesday April 24, 2018

The family of Anjali Bairagi, a 43-year-old woman, who died at a private hospital in Maharashtra's Nashik on Sunday, has alleged negligence by the hospital staff and claim they found a live cockroach in the ventilator pipe that was connected to the patient.

Speeding Car, Women Students Inside, Runs Over Man Sleeping On Footpath In Hyderabad

Hyderabad News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Monday April 23, 2018

A 48-year-old man who was sleeping on a pavement died after he was run over by a car in Hyderabad late last night. An engineering student was driving a white Skoda and three of her college mates were with her when their car ran over the man.

Senior Merchant Navy Officer Arrested For Allegedly Stalking 5 College Girls

Cities | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Sunday April 22, 2018

A 29-year-old man was arrested by the Delhi Police on Friday, for allegedly stalking and sending lewd messages to five girls of a college in south Delhi. The man has been identified as Suraj Dey, a senior officer, working with a Hong Kong-based merchant navy Company, said sources in the Delhi Police.

Indian-American Teen Wins $100,000 In College Quiz Championship In US

Indians Abroad | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday April 21, 2018

Indian-American teenager, Dhruv Gaur, has won the $100,000 Jeopardy college quiz championship.

IIIT Delhi Team Wins Microsoft Imagine Cup India Finals

Education | Edited by Shihabudeen Kunju S | Saturday April 21, 2018

Microsoft India today concluded the 16th edition of Imagine Cup and announced RealVol (IIIT Delhi), DrugSafe (RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru), and Practikality (Amity International School, Gurgaon) as winners of the India Chapter

Aamir Khan Spotted Putting Up Posters On College Boards. Here's Why

Entertainment | Friday April 20, 2018

Aamir Khan urged the students to volunteer for 'Shramdaan' an initiative that will enable the registered folks to participate in watershed management

'Sex For Degrees' Case: Crime Branch Top Cop's Transfer Makes Opposition See Red

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 20, 2018

Tamil Nadu's main opposition party DMK as well as the PMK denounced the transfer of a senior Crime Branch-CID officer in a "hurry", soon after the case of alleged sexual scandal involving a college professor was transferred to it.

Forensic Test Rules Out Semen In Holi Balloon Submitted By Delhi Student

Delhi News | Edited by Stela Dey (With inputs from agencies) | Wednesday April 18, 2018

The college student, who had alleged that a semen-filled balloon was thrown at her in Amar colony market had submitted her clothes for forensic examination. The test results are back and have ruled out the presence of semen in the balloon, police told PTI.

"Don't Know the Lady" Says Tamil Nadu Governor On 'Sex For Degrees' Case

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday April 18, 2018

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has denied having any link with the professor who was arrested today for allegedly making tacit requests for sexual favours to her students on behalf of officials of the Madurai Kamaraj University. Nirmala Devi, 46, of Devanga Arts College, had claimed she knows the Governor, who is the chancellor of the unive...

This College Professor Gives Her Students Extra Credit For Going On Dates

Offbeat | Lisa Bonos, The Washington Post | Tuesday April 17, 2018

About 12 years ago, Boston College philosophy professor Kerry Cronin added an unorthodox task to her syllabus: Ask someone out on a date, where there will be no alcohol or physical contact. Sounds far easier than a research paper, right? A lot more fun, too.

Sex For Degrees In Tamil Nadu College? Professor Investigated

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday April 17, 2018

A professor at a Tamil Nadu college has been accused of tacitly asking undergraduate students to provide sexual favours to university officials in return for financial and academic rewards. The Devanga Arts College ordered an investigation after an audio clip, allegedly of her conversation with four undergraduate students, was widely circulated in ...

UK Historian Wants Soldier's Skull, Taken As 'War Trophy', Buried In India

India News | Edited by Arun Nair (with inputs from PTI) | Sunday April 15, 2018

The skull of an Indian soldier who was among those executed after the revolt of 1857 against the East India Company should be repatriated to India and buried where he participated in his last battle, said a British historian, associated with British Imperial History at Queen Mary College in London.

College Student Allegedly Molests Foreign Consulate Officer In Kolkata, Arrested

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 14, 2018

A senior official of a foreign Consulate in Kolkata was allegedly molested by a college student close to the office, police said today.

Student Suspended For Allegedly Creating Communal Divide Over Unnao, Kathua Incidents

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 14, 2018

A first year student of the Government Law College was suspended for allegedly attempting to create communal divide by her remarks over the rape incidents in Unnao and Kathua.

Their College-Bound Daughter Was Killed By A Stray Bullet. Then Their Act Of Kindness Touched Thousands.

World News | Allison Klein, The Washington Post | Thursday April 12, 2018

Chris French headed into the intensive-care unit at Washington Hospital Center last August to visit his mother, who had just had surgery. He was wearing a visor that said FAMU.