Hostels

COVID-19: VSSUT Burla Postpones Exam, Hostels Declared Containment Zones

Education | Edited by Bishal Kalita | Monday March 1, 2021

“Based on the present pandemic situation in different halls of residence of VSSUT, the examination scheduled on March 1, 2021, is hereby postponed. The date for this examination will be notified later,” a notification on the university website reads.

Free Textbooks To Students Of Class 6 To 12: Education Minister At Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Meeting

Education | Written by Mridusmita Deka | Thursday February 25, 2021

The NVS executive committee meeting had discussions on various topics including provisions of free textbooks to students of Class 6 to Class 12, tablets to students of Classes 9 onwards and ways to mobilise CSR funds to improve hostels and schools.

225 Students Covid Positive In Maharashtra, School A Containment Zone

India News | Reported by Sohit Rakesh Mishra, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday February 25, 2021

As Maharashtra battles a surge in Covid, 229 cases have emerged from a single hostel in a school in Washim district. The school has been declared a containment zone after 225 students and four teachers tested positive.

39 Students, 5 Staffers Test COVID-19 Positive At Maharashtra Hostel

Cities | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 23, 2021

As many as 39 students and five employees of a hostel tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra's Latur city, an official said on Tuesday.

Banaras Hindu University To Reopen Tomorrow For Final-Year Students

Education | Edited by Bishal Kalita | Sunday February 21, 2021

BHU Hostels for final year students reopened on February 17. On the first day of reopening, around 100 students of Broacha Hostel, Institute of Science, reported for allotment.

1 Student Shot Dead, Hundreds Kidnapped By Gunmen In Nigeria: Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday February 17, 2021

Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang have kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys from their hostels along with some of their teachers in central Nigeria, an official and a security source told AFP Wednesday.

PM Modi Inaugurates IIT Madras Discovery Campus

Education | Edited by Bishal Kalita | Sunday February 14, 2021

This satellite campus of IIT Madras will host research centres with large dedicated facilities and will have its own support infrastructures such as hostels, common instrumentation laboratories, and conference facilities.

Upcoming Hostels In Maharashtra Universities To Be Named 'Matoshree'

Education | Reported by PTI | Friday February 5, 2021

Maharashtra minister Uday Samant on Friday said upcoming student hostels in state-run universities will be named 'Matoshree' and the existing ones may also be renamed.

Education Ministry To Rename 1,063 Residential Schools, Hostels After Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

Education | Reported by ANI | Friday February 5, 2021

The Ministry of Education has decided to name the residential schools and hostels funded under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme as "Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose residential schools", said the Education Ministry sources on Friday.

JNU Reopening: Entry To Fourth Semester M.Phil, M.Tech, Final Semester MBA Students Allowed

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Monday February 1, 2021

The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Monday allowed fourth semester M.Phil and M.Tech students from its science school and special centre, as well as final semester MBA students, both day-scholars and hostel residents, to return to campus in its seventh phase of reopening.

Schools In Tamil Nadu To Resume Classes For 10, 12 Students Today

Education | Written by Aarzoo Snigdha | Tuesday January 19, 2021

Schools in Tamil Nadu will resume physical classes for the students of Classes 10, 12 today, January 19, 2021. The Tamil Nadu Government has also allowed hostels and residential facilities for students to reopen from today.

Top Court Allows IIMC To Chop 29 Trees For Construction Of New Building

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday January 15, 2021

The Supreme Court has allowed the Indian Institute of Mass Communication to cut 29 trees for construction of a new building for the academic and hostel blocks as also a guest house subject to the Central Empowering Committee's (CEC) conditions.

Regular Offline Classes Of Colleges In Karnataka To Start From January 15

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Monday January 11, 2021

The Karnataka Government will also open the students' hostels and bus services will also resume in the state.

Leopard Strays Into Medical College In Karnataka. Watch

Offbeat | Written by Sanya Jain | Thursday January 7, 2021

CCTV footage that has gone viral online shows a leopard walking the corridors of a medical college in Karnataka. Surveillance camera footage that shows the leopard running into the hostel building was shared on Twitter by Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan.

Schools Reopen In Arunachal Pradesh For Students Of Classes 8, 9, 11

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Monday January 4, 2021

Arunachal Pradesh School Opening: Although schools reopened for students of Classes 8, 9 and 11, residential schools and hostels, will however remain closed.