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IIT-B students call off stir after director assures dialogue, accountability

India, Nov. 14 -- Students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) who had launched a sit-in protest after a second year student was found dead in his hostel room on September 18 on Frid... Read More


protest over IIT suicide called off after 57 days

Mumbai, Nov. 14 -- IIT-Bombay students on Friday called off their 57-day sit-in protest at the institute, launched after a second-year student was found dead in his hostel room on September 18. The de... Read More


IIT-B students' stir off after director assures dialogue

Mumbai, Nov. 14 -- Students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) who had launched a sit-in protest after a second year student was found dead in his hostel room on September 18 on Fri... Read More


Drought pushes farmers to leave homes to earn Rs.700/day in Mumbai

Mumbai, Nov. 13 -- With drought devasttaing Solapur, farmers who have lost their crops are leaving their villages to find work as daily-wage labourers at the APMC market in Vashi. Around 50 farmers ar... Read More


Parents of deceased IIT-B student to protest outside cm's residence

Mumbai, Nov. 12 -- The parents of the IIT-Bombay student, who allegedly died by suicide on September 18, said on Wednesday that they will hold protests outside chief minister Devendra Fadnavis's resid... Read More


Education takes a back seat as Maharashtra teachers juggle SIR, census duties

India, Nov. 10 -- Teachers across the state are upset about the growing number of non-academic duties assigned to them, saying that their increasing workload is affecting classroom teaching and studen... Read More


Education takes a back seat as teachers juggle SIR, census duties

MUMBAI, Nov. 10 -- Teachers across the state are upset about the growing number of non-academic duties assigned to them, saying that their increasing workload is affecting classroom teaching and stude... Read More


Maharashtra makes NET, SET, SLET mandatory for assistant professor posts

India, Nov. 7 -- The Maharashtra government has revised the eligibility criteria for the recruitment of assistant professors in higher education institutions, making the National Eligibility Test (NET... Read More


BMC hits pause on school privatisation model; panel to rethink policy

India, Nov. 7 -- The BMC has cancelled a tender that sought to hand over the Durgadevi Municipal School plot near Chor Bazaar to a private organisation, the fifth and final school brought under a cont... Read More


BMC hits pause on plan to hand over civic school to private firm

MUMBAI, Nov. 7 -- The BMC has cancelled a tender that sought to hand over the Durgadevi Municipal School plot near Chor Bazaar to a private organisation, the fifth and final school brought under a con... Read More