Junket: Minister armtwists pollution board
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) chairman was invited for a conference in Germany. but he did not accept the invitation presuming the board did not have enough funds to bear his tra
Man sends `1 lakh ‘bribe’ to Governor
Even for a country as steeped in corruption as India this has to be a first. Faced with a transfer, a lecturer in a Hassan polytechnic decided to go right to the top to stall it. He didn't stop with
Warring BU V-C, Registrar join hands, cook up scam?
The controversy surrounding the construction of a postgraduate building in Kolar under Bangalore University is turning murkier by the day. After allegations and counter-allegations over alleged irreg
For free hostel, benefits pass-outs rejoin BU courses
This could happen only in Namma Bengaluru. At the on-going centralised counselling for admission to various post-graduate courses of Bangalore University, students who had completed post-graduate cour
One step to medical college
Ending all speculation on the fate of the National Eligibility- cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical colleges, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which will conduct it, has
Religion on OMR sheet: Govt move reeks of profiling
The appearance of a column for specifying the religion of students in the OMR sheets for the SSLC examination, 2013, has kicked off a row, even more so as they are required to specify whether they b
BU blocks audit, registrar upset
The Bangalore University (BU), which has managed to stay in the news for all the wrong reasons over the last few years, is in the dock yet again, this time for blocking government auditors from auditi
Report of a coming injustice
Close on the heels of schools with less than five students closing down and their students transferred to nearby institutions, the academic year 2012-13 will see more schools with less than 10 student
Holes in Net: Blocked content still up
The central government may claim that it has succeeded in blocking those websites and Facebook accounts that have been carrying inflammatory texts and pictures, which allegedly caused people from Nort
Bulk SMS ban hits customers
With North-Easterners fleeing back home, the repercussions on city life have been plenty.
Restaurants, which employ a large number of young people from the North-East, are now saddled with a huge sh