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October 30th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A memorandum of association for setting up of an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Rohtak town in Haryana was signed Friday between the representatives of Haryana and central government. "IIM-Rohtak will start from 2010-11 academic session.

October 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a first-of-its-kind initiative in India, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has signed a pact with Swedish telecom giant Ericsson to provide access to educational content using third generation (3G) mobile telephony. The university, which has 2.5 million students on its rolls, will initially roll out the 3G application for 1,000 students pursuing certificate course in information technology here.

October 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kawari Baweja on Saturday adjourned the verdict on the objections raised by a lawyer on the Central Burau of Investigation's (CBI) withdrawal of the Bofors pay-off case against Ottavio Quattrocchi. Judge Baweja put the matter to November 6 for order on the application filed by Delhi based senior advocate Ajay Agarwal.

October 11th, 2009 VARANASI - The International Fellowships Programme (IFP) run by the US-based Ford Foundation will end in 2010, an organisation official said Sunday. "The IFP was launched in 2001 to broaden access to higher education and help build a new generation of leaders hailing from various groups and communities that lack access to quality in high education," Vivek Mansukhani, the director of IFP, said.

October 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Friday signed an agreement with the Papua New Guinea University of Technology for a number of educational and training programmes. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) envisages development of cultural, educational and scientific ties between the two universities.

October 9th, 2009 Machine guns are capable of quickly felling a tree. (National Geographic Feature) Now imagine what it can do to your body.

August 3rd, 2009 The Discovery Channel's Shark Week begins on Sunday at 8 p.m. and there's blood in the water already.

July 17th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - In order to curb incidents of ragging in colleges, the administration of the union territory of Chandigarh has decided to come down hard on the guilty by strictly adhering to the guidelines of the Supreme Court and University Grants Commission (UGC). "Ragging in any form is a serious offence.

July 1st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian coroners have suppressed the details of the death of over 50 international students, nearly half of them from India, in 2008 "amid evidence the death toll is higher" than the government has admitted, a media report said Wednesday. In February, during questioning in parliament, the government said 51 overseas students died in 2008, with 34 dying of "unknown" causes.

June 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Several dozen students Monday protested here against the Delhi University's decision to replace the existing annual examination assessment with the bi-annual semester system. The protest coincided with the last day of availability and submission of admission forms for the academic session starting in July, and the students -- all members of the All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO) -- shouted slogans like "Take back semester system!" and marched in the arts faculty of the varsity's north campus.

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of admissions to the various courses at Delhi University, students and their parents appeared most anxious about the Common Aptitude Test for English (CATE) at the Open Day interaction held here Monday. Aspiring students and parents participated at the University event held at the S.G.T.B.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hike in school fees and then in development and activities fee in many Delhi schools has become a major cause of concern to many parents. Tired of the financial and mental stress this has put on them, the Delhi Parents Council has now threatened to make it an election issue if the government does not take up the matter immediately.

March 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Thousands of students sat for their Class 10 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) maths exam in centres across the country and abroad Saturday. Many found the paper 'tough' while others felt the questions were 'indirect'.

February 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - The process of campus recruitments at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai, which received a temporary setback after the Nov 26 terror attacks last year, is back on the tracks, a senior faculty member said Monday. 'The campus recruitments had virtually come to a standstill for more than two weeks after the Mumbai terror attacks, but thereafter, it gradually normalised,' Subhash Babu, professor-in-charge of placements, told IANS.

January 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court issued a notice to Delhi University (DU) for appointment of teachers under the unreserved category after a teacher approached the court for staying the recruitment process. 'It is directed that any appointment made… under the unreserved category shall be subjected to the outcome of the present application,' Justice Kailash Gambhir said while issuing notice on the plea from Sushila Ramaswamy of the Jesus and Mary College.