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• Apex court approves stringent anti-ragging measures
  New Delhi, May 16 - The Supreme Court Wednesday directed educational institutions across the country to take a slew of stringent anti-ragging measures, including lodging criminal cases against erring students at the police stations.
• 'I want to be guiding light for Muslim girls'
  New Delhi, May 16 - Deploring the state of education in India and especially among the Muslim community, Shammi Abidi, who has stood 16th among the successful civil service candidates this year, said she wants to be a guiding light for Muslim girls.
• Art attack: UGC asks MSU to clarify
  New Delhi, May 15 - The controversy over an arts student's work that led to his arrest last week widened Tuesday as the University Grants Commission - asked the vice chancellor of Maharaja Sayajirao University - to explain why he has suspended the Fine Arts Faculty dean.
• Farmer's son motivated to join civil service after sister's death
  Hyderabad, May 15 - Muthyala Raju Revu, a farmer's son who topped the civil services examination, says his sole desire is to serve people in rural areas that lack even basic transportation and medical facilities which led to the death of his sister and others.
• Jharkhand teachers threaten boycott of summer classes
  Ranchi, May 15 - School teachers in Jharkhand have decided to protest a proposed move by the state government to keep schools open during summer and even threatened to boycott the classes.
• Rajasthan to get new private universities act
  Jaipur, May 15 - The Rajasthan government has decided to bring a new private universities act after the earlier one enacted two years ago got into legal hurdles with the University Grants Commission - and the teachers' association having objections to it.
• Sister's death motivated him to take up civil service
  Hyderabad, May 15 - Revu Muthyala Raju, son of a farmer, who has topped the civil services examination, is the living example of hard work, grit and determination.
• No summer vacation for Jharkhand schools this year
  Ranchi, May 15 - School teachers in Jharkhand have decided to protest a proposed move by the state government to keep schools open during the summer and boycott the classes.
• NCERT blames states for shortage of books
  New Delhi, May 15 - The National Council for Education, Research and Training - has attributed the shortage of text books to the sudden increase in demand by seven sates.
• OBC candidate Revu tops civil services examination
  New Delhi, May 14 - Mutyalaraju Revu, an Other Backward Class - candidate from a small village, has topped the highly competitive civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission - at a time when the country debates the issue of reservation for OBCs in higher education.
• No fee hike for private schools in Delhic: court
  New Delhi, May 14 - Public schools set up on subsidised state-owned land will have to set aside at least 15 percent of their seats for free education of poor students, but the venture cannot be funded by hiking fees, the Delhi High Court ruled Monday.
• 474 candidates qualify for civil services
  New Delhi, May 14 - A total of 474 candidates have qualified this year after cracking the prestigious civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission -, it was announced here Monday.
• Industry urges government to allow FDI in education
  New Delhi, May 14 - Pointing to the lack of infrastructure and quality teachers, industry leaders Monday urged the government to 'bury the fear of East India Company' and allow foreign direct investment - in education.
• Kalam for national policy to create global talent pool
  New Delhi, May 14 - Highlighting the demand-supply gap of skilled manpower in the country, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday underlined the need for a national policy to create a global human development cadre.
• Guest teachers to aid of Madhya Pradesh's tribal schools
  Bhopal, May 13 - To beat the shortage of educators, Madhya Pradesh has come up with a simple solution - guest teachers. And the arrangement will start with schools run by the tribal welfare department.
• Make Kerala's CDS deemed university: chairman
  Thiruvananthapuram, May 12 - The Centre for Development Studies -, a premier social science research institution here, should be recognised as a deemed university now, its chairman Madhava Menon said Saturday at its first alumni meet.
• Student beaten with hammer for not bringing book
  Ranchi, May 12 - A Class 9 student is in hospital here with a fractured shoulder after he was hit with a hammer by his teacher for failing to bring a book.
• Antony to inaugurate Nagaland Sainik School Saturday
  New Delhi, May 11 - Defence Minister A.K. Antony will inaugurate Nagaland's first Sainik School Saturday.
• Mayawati, a timid, reserved student in college
  New Delhi, May 11 - For a woman who has taken Uttar Pradesh by storm and inspires fear and awe among her political opponents and supporters alike, Bahujan Samaj Party - supremo Mayawati's alma malter still finds it difficult to comprehend how the 'timid' girl managed to reach where she is today.
• Patnaik writes to PM, wants IIT in Orissa
  Bhubaneswar, May 11 - Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that a greenfield Indian Institute of Technology - be set up in Orissa during the 11th Five Year Plan.
• Apex court to finalise core questions on quota soon
  New Delhi, May 10 - Solicitor General G.E. Vahanvati and senior advocate Harish Salve Thursday submitted to the Supreme Court a comprehensive set of 35 questions on the constitutionality of the law for 27 percent reservation to Other Backward Classes - students in the centrally-funded educational institutions.
• Political activists, students demand IIT for Orissa
  Bhubaneswar, May 10 - Hundreds of students and political activists Thursday demanded the central government set up an Indian Institute of Technology - in Orissa, a day after the government said it had no such plan.
• 15 percent free seats must, court tells schools
  New Delhi, May 10 - The Delhi High Court Wednesday reiterated its direction to the public schools, built on subsidised government land, to evolve a consensus among them to reserve at least 15 percent of seats for free studentship.
• 'Girl stars' shine - and tell others how to
  New Delhi, May 9 - One has hit the jackpot in the junk yard, another's life has flowered thanks to the yellow striped honey bees.
• Order reserved on referring quota issue to constitution bench
  New Delhi, May 9 - The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its order on the union government's p