IBA calls for 10 pc fermented organic manure blending with fertilizers to save $2 bn importsThe Indian Biogas Association proposes a 10% mandatory blending of fermented organic manure with chemical fertilizers by 2030, aiming to sa...
10 May, 2026, 01.17 PM IST
J&K students urge Amit Shah to withdraw DU circular seeking personal details; Varsity cites safetyDelhi University's directive requesting personal details from Jammu and Kashmir students has sparked controversy, with the JKSA alleging di...
06 May, 2025, 06.26 PM IST
Amnesty India chair Aakar Patel says he was stopped from flying to US due to CBI lookout noticeIn 2018, the Enforcement Directorate raided the Amnesty International India office in connection with a foreign exchange contravention case.
06 Apr, 2022, 02.09 PM IST
JNU issues strict COVID-19 guidelines; sports stadium to be closed with immediate effectIn a circular, the varsity said, the sports stadium has been closed with immediate effect and yoga activities in the offline mode have also...
17 Apr, 2021, 10.29 PM IST
JNU makes carrying negative COVID-19 test report mandatory for anyone coming from MaharashtraThe university also asked for strict enforcement of COVID-19 protocol in public places, libraries, laboratories, markets and hostels. It as...
11 Apr, 2021, 09.26 PM IST
JNU issues fresh directions to prevent spread of COVID-19 on campusDelhi recorded 3,567 COVID-19 cases on Saturday and the positive rate continued to rise to 4.48 per cent from 4.11 per cent a day ago.
04 Apr, 2021, 03.48 PM IST
JNU asks students residing in hostels to return home, union opposesJNU strongly advised students stranded in its hostels to return to their native places as special trains and some intra-state bus services ...
26 May, 2020, 08.46 AM IST
Sing bhajans at campuses on Gandhi Jayanti, UGC asks universities & collegesThe UGC circular says bhajans can be sung in different languages on the lines of “mile sur mera tumhara”.
24 Aug, 2018, 02.39 PM IST
UGC asks 123 deemed-to-be varsities to drop ‘university’ from namesFailure to do so will invite necessary action against the deemed to be university in accordance with the UGC (lnstitutions Deemed to be Uni...
13 Nov, 2017, 10.30 AM IST
Hold oratory contest before Christmas, says UGCUGC has said oratory or 'bhasan shailee' competition should be on use of technology and innovation in promotion of good governance.
19 Dec, 2014, 11.20 AM IST
UGC to varsities: Observe Christmas as 'Good Governance Day'HRD Min courted controversy over a circular by NVS asking all its schools to observe Christmas as 'Good Governance Day' that led to uproar ...
18 Dec, 2014, 10.56 PM IST
Congress threatens to move privilege motion against Venkaiah Naidu, Smriti IraniJyotiraditya Scindia said if the ministers were found to be "misleading", his party would use "all options" including a privilege motion.
17 Dec, 2014, 06.13 PM IST
Decisions to make Sanksrit compulsory taken by UPA: HRD MinistryOfficials of the Ministry referred to the circulars issued shortly after a national conference in Lucknow in September last year where it r...
04 Dec, 2014, 02.46 AM IST
Jayalalithaa opposes UGC order on teaching Hindi in collegesThis is the second time that the Tamil Nadu has expressed its protest against the Centre’s alleged imposition of Hindi on non-Hindi speakin...
19 Sep, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
UGC retracts on Hindi circularThe University Grants Commission will now issue a revised circular on the subject tomorrow, UGC Chairman Ved Prakash said today.
18 Sep, 2014, 11.26 PM IST
IIT-UGC standoff set to reaches IIT CouncilIt is learnt that HRD minister has agreed to the idea and the meeting of the council is tentatively scheduled for October 1.
29 Aug, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- UGC asks universities to launch course on disaster management
With disaster management emerging a major challenge at the time of calamities, the UGC has asked the universities to start courses on the s...
27 Feb, 2008, 07.44 PM IST