Distress call: Residents seek review of BMC draft policy on cellphone towers

Saturday 12 January '13

Societies submit letter to municipal commissioner against haphazard installations.

State is neglecting higher education. Here''s proof

Friday 11 January '13

Average spend 0.5% of gross state domestic product; Maharashtra contribution 0.14%

'Two degrees simultaneously'' gets UGC boost

Tuesday 8 January '13

The committee also recommended that a student pursuing a degree programme under regular mode may be allowed to pursue an additional certificate/diploma/advanced diploma/PG diploma programme simultaneo...

Found, what creates separate brain systems for love and aggression

Monday 7 January '13

The brain system that controls aggressive behaviour is formed in a way different from that for the system that affects one''s choice of mate and reproductive behaviour

Establishing Homelink of runaways

Sunday 6 January '13

Several runaway children come to Mumbai in search of better life but end up on streets.

States consolidate as tech institute applications dry up

Wednesday 2 January '13

States consolidate as tech institute applications dry up

2013-14: AICTE sees a dip in applications for new colleges

Wednesday 2 January '13

Maharashtra and not one of them are for engineering colleges. Eighteen of them are for polytechnic institutes, two for management colleges and one for MCA course.

Armed with development plan, IIT-B, ''87 batch comes calling

Friday 28 December '12

Consultancy Cell to look at grooming students to focus on water and energy development in rural areas, Tier-II & Tier-III cities

Final report for survival of Dalit leather artisans ready

Thursday 27 December '12

Leather Market Inclusion in Dharavi plan, training facility, dedicated market among suggestions.

RTE Act: 'Lack of clarity'' delays nursery admissions

Monday 24 December '12

Even as pre-primary or nursery admissions are on across city schools, chaos prevails on the implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.

City anchor: IITs'' viewreka: 80 million watch lessons on YouTube

Tuesday 18 December '12

Video lectures posted on YouTube by the IITs have been accessed by over 80 million globally.

207 rapes but 14 MLAs from Mumbai had nothing to say

Monday 17 December '12

Mumbai was shamed by 207 rape and 552 molestation cases in 2011-12 but the sheer numbers appears to have failed to catch the attention of MLAs from Mumbai, once considered the safest for women.

Safety of city women no concern for its MLAs

Friday 14 December '12

Of 1,515 questions Mumbai legislators asked on crime & security in last 3 assembly sessions, only 31 related to women.

Jaitapur plant safety debate rages on

Friday 14 December '12

Even as Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited and Areva negotiate Jaitapur, debate on safety of the plant has intensified.

Dip in performance of Indian students this yr

Wednesday 12 December '12

While six students who represented India at 2012 International Junior Science Olympiad won a silver medal each, results showed this year too, the final team comprised participants from small towns.

Sluggish market no campus worry

Sunday 9 December '12

Pre-placement offers at NITIE see marked improvement, salary up 18 per cent

City anchor: Workshop to make you walk, talk & write like an Egyptian

Thursday 6 December '12

Pictorial signage for modern day words like Facebook or something as basic as writing one''s name, could be part of learning Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Fukushima wakes up NPCIL, people

Tuesday 4 December '12

Public outreach spend jumps 190% in 2 years, visits to n-plant sites also increase, reveals RTI query

It''s no placement at TISS this year too

Saturday 1 December '12

Institute gives students three funding options to start own ventures.

Key education bills not on winter session agenda

Thursday 29 November '12

With important bills on self-financed universities and curbing bogus institutions not on the agenda of the winter session of assembly, key education reforms in the state are likely to be delayed furth...

IIT-B focuses on soft skills to offer recruiters job-ready candidates

Monday 26 November '12

Tests students on parameters like body language, influence of mother tongue and assertiveness; mentors them on areas of improvement

58 institutes want AICTE approval to shut down

Tuesday 20 November '12

With the demand-supply mismatch continuing in technical education, the All India Council for Technical Education

58 tech institutes apply for closure to AICTE

Tuesday 20 November '12

All India Council for Technical Education has received 58 applications for closure of institutes.

Time for state to pull up socks as RUSA sets strict guidelines

Tuesday 20 November '12

According to the proposed guidelines, there are strict conditions or non-negotiables states will have to comply with to avail grants under the scheme.

Hostels their favourite place, IIT-B students want no curbs on visitors

Wednesday 14 November '12

The results will be published in the next edition of the Insight online magazine.