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Topic: scholarships

Modi govt to now fund 60% of post-Matric scholarship scheme for Scheduled Caste students

The post-Matric scholarship scheme had nearly shut down as the central govt has been providing only 11% of funding since 2017, prompting many states to discontinue it.

J&K students say maintenance fund under PM scholarship plan not being disbursed

Students say monthly sum of Rs 10,000 has not been disbursed since August. In letter to AICTE, a group has demanded 'full disbursal of maintenance charges for previous and upcoming semester'.

How Punjab chief secy report absolving minister in Rs 64-cr ‘scam’ seemed to ignore ‘evidence’

Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan’s report is based on another report submitted by a three-member committee of IAS officers that probed the Dalit scholarship ‘scam’.

CM Amarinder orders probe into Dalit scholarship scam after secretary indicts Punjab minister

Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan will probe the alleged involvement of Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot in Rs 64-cr Dalit scholarship scam.

Punjab minister says any agency can probe him after secretary indicts him in scholarship scam

Punjab Social Welfare Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot was indicted earlier this week by his secretary in an alleged misappropriation of funds meant for Dalit students.

AICTE more than doubles scholarships for women in engineering courses from this year

AICTE had been offering 4,000 scholarships in technical education for women students from poor families, but has decided to increase that number to 10,000 from this year.

If you still don’t understand JNU fee hike protest, read this story of Sunita

If you are Sunita’s parents, you will wish and pray that the protest does not end with rollback of fee hike just for JNU.

More Muslims got govt scholarships under Modi govt than during Congress-led UPA-2

There were 2.37 crore Muslim beneficiaries of govt scholarships during Modi's first term, while the figure under Manmohan's second was 2.33 crore.

PM Narendra Modi’s first move in new term is for ‘those who protect India’

Modi govt announces hike in scholarships under a National Defence Fund scheme. Its ambit will now also include wards of state police officials.

Iraq wants India to help boost its education culture, offers scholarships to students

Iraq, which is looking to tackle its lack of innovation and improve university rankings, has announced 40 scholarships for PG and UG Indian students this...

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While the CBI has built its reputation as a premier crime investigation agency by cracking high profile cases, many other cases have remained unresolved or resulted in acquittals.

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India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.