Chennai, July 8 (IANS) The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) on Wednesday alleged that Tamil Nadu has lost around 700 government quota MBBS seats after six private medical colleges were converted into deemed-to-be universities, a move it said would severely impact access to affordable medical education for students from poor and middle class families.In a statement, PMK president Dr Anbumani Ramadoss said the conversion of private medical colleges into deemed universities has significantly reduced the…
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Hyderabad, July 6 (IANS) AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday urged the Telangana government to immediately issue Permanent Residence Certificates (PRCs) for the poor, saying many lack documents and risk exclusion from the voter list during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The Hyderabad MP wanted to know what is stopping the state government from issuing PRCs. He said that if the ruling party is not realising that the poor of Telangana lack documents, then it is totally cut of…
Guwahati, June 19 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Friday said that more than 1.85 lakh undergraduate students across the state have benefited from the government’s free admission initiative this academic year, describing the achievement as a reflection of the expanding reach of welfare schemes aimed at ensuring uninterrupted access to higher education.In a post on social media platform X, the Chief Minister stated that admission fees for 1,85,796 undergraduate students had…
Guwahati, May 26 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Tuesday claimed in the Assembly that the BJP-led alliance has made significant electoral gains among tea tribe communities and secured overwhelming support in reserved constituencies across the state.Participating in a discussion in the House, Sarma said the BJP, along with its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), has emerged victorious in almost every constituency dominated by tea garden commun…
Jodhpur, May 15 (IANS) After the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the re-examination date for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2026, students expressed the fear that the questions would be tougher to crack this time as that usually happens after a paper leak. They stated that it would require them to be mentally stronger and prepare even harder than before, for the test. The NTA on Friday announced that re-examination of NEET-UG 2026 will be conducted on Sunday, …
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) A total of Rs 7,981.47 crore has been disbursed to over 75 lakh scheduled caste (SC) beneficiaries in FY26, the government informed on Friday.The funds were disbursed as part of schemes run by Department of Social Justice and Empowerment focused on the educational empowerment of marginalised students belonging to Scheduled Castes, an official statement said.Notable increases have been seen across key scholarship programs. Expenditure rose year‑on‑year, with a 21 pe…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by candidates belonging to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) seeking age relaxation and additional attempts in the Civil Services Examination on a par with the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC). A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Amit Mahajan held that the policy decision of the Centre not to extend such relaxations to EWS candidates does not suffer from arbit…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The National Agriculture Higher Education Project (NAHEP) launched by ICAR and the World Bank has raised graduate placement rates and expanded practical training and industry links, a new report has said.The report from the World Bank said graduate placement rates for agricultural degree courses in India rose from 41 per cent to 67 per cent between 2018 and 2023, supported by over 800 formal agreements with companies for internships and placements.About 27 per cent of a…
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Maharashtra Minister of Housing, Pankaj Bhoyar, on Wednesday informed the Legislative Assembly that the government is committed to accelerating redevelopment and housing projects in the Kamathipura and Umerkhadi areas of South Mumbai, and construction work will commence soon. He was replying to a Calling Attention Motion moved by MLA Amin Patel regarding this issue.Minister Bhoyar said that the government decided on January 12, 2023, to undertake the cluster redevelopment…
Bhopal, March 6 (IANS) As the Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board (MPESB), earlier known as ‘Vyapam’ is set to conduct exams for the recruitment of forest guards on April 7, the Opposition Congress, on Friday, criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government for not “reserving” seats for the candidates belonging to the Schedule Castes. Madhya Pradesh Leader of Opposition (LoP) and veteran Congress leader Umang Singhar shared a post on his social media account, alleging that the “p…