A 19-year-old Delhi University student, living in a PG hostel in Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar, jumped from the fourth floor of a building to save himself from harassment at a friend's flat.
"I said it at an event where ex-judges, bureaucrats and intellectuals were present. I had asked that if students get an opportunity here, why will they go abroad? Some people are using India for their political gains," said RJD's Abdul Bari Siddiqui on Friday.
According to a study conducted at 10 campuses of the University of California, having access to a food pantry had a direct impact on the perceived health of the students there.
With the administration in Jammu and Kashmir revising the school timings recently, students attended classes with joy and in a secure atmosphere this year after decades in Kashmir, officials said.
The continuation of co-education and lack of observation of hijab by students were among the reason cited by Taliban minister Neda Mohammad Nadim for banning Afghan women from university, TOLO news reported.
The Kerala High Court on Thursday said that basic discipline will have to be "maintained" in student hostels and disposed of the petitions filed by certain girl students challenging the Higher Education Department notification barring female students from going out of the Hostel after 9.30 P
The National Commission for Women has taken cognizance of a case from Rajasthan's Kota where a professor allegedly demanded sexual favours from a girl student and failed her upon refusing to oblige.
Ministry of Education in a statement said that States/UTs have been asked to fast-track the provision of stand-alone piped water supply solutions and simple, sustainable solar solutions
GVMC commissioner P Raja Babu received the Wonder Book of Records on behalf of the GVMC for its campaign named 'Big Promise' which involved over 2 lakh school students of the city. The students were asked to educate their parents about using alternate environment-friendly materials and shunn
In a statement, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said the UN and its humanitarian partners also urge the de facto authorities to reopen girls' schools beyond the sixth grade and end all measures preventing women and girls from participating fully in daily public life,
"Saddened to learn about the accident of a school bus carrying children in Noney district of Manipur. The loss of precious young lives is distressing. My deepest condolences to the bereaved families. I pray for speedy recovery of the injured," Tweeted Rashtrapati Bhavan.