Poor Muslim students of Bihar crack IIT entrance test

September 24th, 2009 LUCKNOW - After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar offered 100 acres of land to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to set up a centre in his state, the varsity Thursday asked for another 150-200 acres. "As per the lay-out proposed for the upcoming campus, we would require around 250-300 acres of land," AMU spokesman Rahat Abrar told IANS over telephone.

September 8th, 2009 PATNA - Girls have outperformed boys in both the Class 10 and Class 12 level examinations conducted by the madrassas (Islamic seminaries) in Bihar, officials said Tuesday. "Like the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination results, girls left the boys behind in the madrassa examinations this year," said Bihar Minority Welfare Minister Sahid Ali Khan, who declared the results of the Madrassa Education Board.

August 5th, 2009 PATNA - "Madrassas have nothing to do with terrorism," a religious group says in a report that also negates the allegations that Muslim seminaries in India are breeding ground for terror. The report by All India Coordination Committee for Madrassas (AICCM) said "a concerted campaign...

July 20th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - In a bid to encourage students of Haryana to perform well academically, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Monday honoured meritorious students and announced various schemes to boost the education system in the state. Around 131 students were awarded cash awards ranging from Rs.11,000 to Rs.500,000 during the ceremony that was held at Hooda's residence here.

June 12th, 2009 PATNA - There is good news for talented students from poor families across India. The Patna-based Super 30 coaching institute which offers free coaching plus food and accommodation to 30 poor students to help them crack the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) will triple its intake and admit aspirants from across the country.

June 11th, 2009 SHIMLA - A reputed coaching institute here is under the scanner after its students secured the top 20 positions in the Combined Pre-medical Entrance Test conducted by Himachal Pradesh University last month. Twenty-two students of Vidyapeeth Coaching Centre have secured merit in the test, in which over 6,000 students appeared.

May 29th, 2009 PATNA - A day after Income Tax (IT) raids on four coaching institutes in this Bihar capital led to seizure of nearly Rs.10 million in cash and undeclared investments worth many millions more, parents and students said they are shocked that the centres were making so much money and not paying taxes. "I was surprised to know that sir (the owner of coaching institute) was minting money by exploiting students.

May 29th, 2009 PATNA - Two coaching institutes giving tuitions to the aspirants of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Bihar have delivered a power pack punch as all their students have cleared the prestigious competitive exam. 'Rehmani Super', is a Patna based coaching institute, and is promoting education amongst the Muslim community.

May 28th, 2009 PATNA - With no leader from Bihar making it to the Team Manmohan Thursday, many in the state, where the Congress won only two Lok Sabha seats, expressed disappointment over the decreasing number of Bihar ministers in the union cabinet - from 12 in 2004 to just one in 2009. Meira Kumar is the lone face from Bihar in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet.

May 25th, 2009 PATNA - The Super 30 coaching institute here has witnessed complete success for the second consecutive year with all 30 of its students clearing the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE), the institute announced Monday. "Everyone is in a celebratory mood.

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.

March 31st, 2009 PATNA - Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) aspirants across Bihar Tuesday offered prayers for the wellbeing of senior police officer Abhyanand, involved with Super 30 - an initiative which selects a group of 30 aspirants for the prestigious institutes from poor and marginalised families and provides free coaching, food and accommodation. Abhyanand, an additional director general of police, who coached such students, suddenly fell seriously ill after he arrived to conduct a test for selection of Super 30 students here.

March 29th, 2009 PATNA - Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati kicked off her party's election campaign in Bihar Sunday. 'Please bring BSP to power at the centre to serve all, particularly the poor and weaker sections of the society,' Mayawati said in her address at a public meeting in Bhagalpur town, about 200 km from here.

March 14th, 2009 PATNA - The success story of a Bihar-based coaching institute will be telecast by Discovery Channel this weekend, showing how its underprivileged and marginalised students make their way to India's premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). 'The Discovery Channel would telecast the inspiring story of Super 30 Sunday afternoon and March 21 and 29.

February 4th, 2009 PATNA - Hundreds of students from Bihar studying in Tamil Nadu have returned home fearing violence in the wake of Sri Lanka's military offensive against the Tamil Tigers. Many of the students, looking frightened, reached Patna by train early Thursday.