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Congress targets JNU V-C, alleges appointments she made violate UGC norms. PM anti-education, says Khera

'Two serving teachers appointed professors through direct recruitment, bypassing promotion process... With over 220 appointments in her tenure, scale of irregularities could be greater,' Khera said.

NEET leak: RSS student wing ABVP slams NTA for ‘creating distrust among students, parents’

‘UGC/CSIR-NET exam plagued by irregularities. Systemic issues cast serious doubt on credibility of examination system,’ ABVP said in resolution passed during national executive council meet.

St Stephen’s students are divided between backing DU intervention and first woman principal

Susan Elias’s appointment was seen as a moment of change at St Stephen’s, but DU’s objection has plunged the college back into crisis.

Yet another govt scholarship under fraud cloud: CBI claims discrepancies in disability funds disbursal

Central agency claims, in an FIR lodged Wednesday, that Rs 11.41 crore was sanctioned to non-existent students or to fictitious or non-functional educational institutions.

Kalraj Mishra: How the BJP old-timer & Brahmin flag-bearer is stirring the political pot in UP

Mishra has served twice as UP BJP president, and three terms as Rajya Sabha member. He was a Union minister from 2014 to 2017, and has been governor of Himachal and Rajasthan.

Visually-impaired student’s court battle puts end to MBBS transfer ban. ‘PwD Act can’t be decorative’

The order was a response to a petition by Sahil Arsh, an MBBS student suffering from a 40% visual impairment and denied a transfer to a Delhi college despite deteriorating health conditions due to high temperatures in Barmer.

How neo-casteists set up a symphony orchestra to make UGC equity guidelines fail

In the Indian education system, neo-casteism encompasses many forms of caste-based profiling, manipulation of nomenclature, political rigmaroles, and fearmongering.

New UGC rules on hold: Why Supreme Court believes they are ‘regressive’, can deepen caste divisions

Regulations exclude ragging, presume only certain castes can discriminate, petitioners argued. Bench suggests setting up expert committee of sociologists the rules.

Some OBCs were ‘dominant’ in medieval India. How history can decode the UGC controversy

Temples, military labour markets, and land-grant regimes structured medieval caste hierarchies. Today, access to education, employment, bureaucratic categories, and media platforms do.

Another UP officer resigns, this time in support of CM Yogi as Shankaracharya row escalates

As the Shankaracharya row escalated, GST Deputy Commissioner Prashant Kumar Singh quit, citing 'moral responsibilities towards the government that pays my salary'.

On Camera

Indian politicians need to learn to take a joke

From stand-up comics facing FIRs to political leaders bristling at memes, India remains deeply uncomfortable with the freedom to mock.

India’s crude import bill jumped by 57% year-on-year to $63.4 bn in April-July as oil prices rose

India’s crude import volumes remained largely unchanged in April-July, but higher oil prices sharply increased the import bill, with renewed US-Iran tensions raising the risk of another rise in costs.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one woman fighter pilot were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman