India, South Korea sign pact in key areas of defence cooperationIndia and South Korea have strengthened their defence ties. MoUs were signed in key areas like defence cyber, training, and UN peacekeeping...
20 May, 2026, 07.09 PM IST
Guns, drones & algos: War gets smarter, faster & uncomfortably less humanArtificial intelligence is revolutionizing global warfare. Nations are significantly increasing AI spending for defense. This technology en...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.01 PM IST
How autonomy unshackled India’s colleges to build real-world coursesAcross India, a growing number of colleges are leveraging autonomy to revamp curricula and align with industry demands. Institutions are in...
18 Jul, 2025, 05.57 PM IST
Odisha observes bandh over Balasore student's self-immolation caseOdisha Bandh Today: Opposition parties in Odisha called for a state-wide bandh to protest the death of a student who died by self-immolatio...
17 Jul, 2025, 01.53 PM IST
Balasore self-immolation case: Police detain BJD workers, use water cannons to disperse protestorsOdisha faces protests by Biju Janata Dal after a student's tragic death. The 20-year-old self-immolated, alleging sexual harassment by her ...
16 Jul, 2025, 11.43 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi should stand by victim's family, not do politics: MP Rekha Sharma on Balasore self-immolation caseRekha Sharma, BJP MP, has criticized the college for negligence in the Balasore student's death case, urging Rahul Gandhi to support the vi...
15 Jul, 2025, 01.45 PM IST
'Why was postmortem done at night?' says BJD's Sulata Deo on Balasore student's deathAfter the death of a 20-year-old student from Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore who had attempted self-immolation, Biju Janata Dal...
15 Jul, 2025, 10.36 AM IST
For NRI quota in government medical colleges, Karnataka govt wants 500 additional MBBS seatsThe Karnataka government has urged the Centre to approve extra MBBS seats in autonomous government medical colleges under the Department of...
30 Jun, 2024, 08.14 PM IST
Talent beyond IITs: Small-town college supplied motors for Chandrayaan-3The Sona College of Technology, a lesser-known engineering college in India, has made significant contributions to India's space missions. ...
28 Aug, 2023, 11.41 AM IST
UGC to let 900 autonomous colleges offer online degreesThat’s because in addition to universities, nearly 900 autonomous colleges across the country will be able to offer courses remotely from J...
21 Feb, 2022, 10.31 AM IST
View: National Education Policy 2020 offers transformative road map for colleges and universitiesThe long-term plan as per the policy is to do away with the current system of colleges affiliated to universities. Each college would becom...
19 Aug, 2020, 10.19 AM IST
How autonomous colleges are breaking India's rigid degree systemArmed with autonomy, colleges are gaining full control of their destiny and of their students.
17 May, 2019, 11.46 PM IST
UGC grants full autonomy to 62 higher educational institutes; JNU, BHU, AMU in the listThe institutions granted full autonomy will be free to decide their admission procedure, fee structure and curriculum.
20 Mar, 2018, 09.48 PM IST
Top universities will be free to prepare curricula: Prakash JavadekarThe decisions have been taken in line with reforms worked out for regulatory authorities like University Grants Commission and All India Co...
03 May, 2017, 10.03 AM IST
100 years on, Visvesvaraya College still fights for autonomyWith the UGC asking this once-iconic institution to first secure an accreditation, the institute's pain points will be up for scrutiny.
28 Jan, 2016, 11.15 AM IST
Top colleges may offer degrees, UGC sets up panel to study proposalThe committee headed by former education secretary RP Agarwal will look into the proposal that would require amendment of the University Gr...
11 Dec, 2013, 09.09 AM IST
Stephen’s, SRCC, LSR closer to autonomyThe ministry for human resource development is planning to allow the newly autonomous colleges to open campuses in other locations.
26 Jun, 2013, 10.24 AM IST