At a time when we are trying to pin Gujarat's name on the global pharma map, this news may prove to be a wet sock for the heightened efforts. While the state is home to major pharmaceutical companies and has earned a tag of being a pharmaceutical ..

This is yet another example of how people’s representatives misuse their office to protect the interests of private entities at the cost of public interest. Documents accessed through the Right to Information (RTI) show that it was none other t ..

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Orissa high court's contempt proceedings against director medical education and training (DMET) and another senior officer in the post graduate entrance test goof up case."Acting on a special leave peti ..

Five months after leaving the city to pursue an MBBS course at a Russian University, Nitya (name changed) is all set to return home this month. Her parents know little about why her daughter has taken such a decision, but think it is better than bein ..

The government on Monday said private medical, dental and paramedical colleges affiliated to state universities will have to seek permission from a new committee before starting admissions for the 2012-13 academic year.The state's decision to con ..

Medical fraternity, including doctors and students, have strongly opposed the move of the Centre and the Medical Council of India to extend the course duration of the MBBS by one more year from the present five-and-a-half years.The Ministry of Health ..

The State will initiate stringent action against students, teaching and non-teaching staff who indulged in malpractices during the PGET entrance examination for medical courses in 2010-11 in Bellary, said Minister for Medical Education S A Ramdas.Res ..

The Delhi high court has sought response from the AIIMS on a plea for scrapping this year’s entrance examination for post-graduate medical course held last month, in the wake of reports of hitech paper leak and copying.Justice Hima Kohli asked  ..

The State government has cautioned parents and students to examine whether any advertisement or application issued by a medical college or an association of medical colleges has been made after obtaining permission from the government-constituted com ..

The state government on Monday released Rs 1,290 crore to private colleges under the fee reimbursement scheme  with the move serving to abort their strike that was supposed to have been undertaken from Tuesday. The state government assured priva ..

Extending the duration of the MBBS degree programme would most likely drive meritorious students to engineering colleges, as has been witnessed in the recent past.In Tamil Nadu, when campus placements were at its peak several students, who had secure ..

India is planning to make its undergraduate MBBS course six-and-a-half years long, instead of the present five-and-a-half years.In a meeting on Saturday, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and the Medical Council of India (MCI) discussed amending the M ..

A Sangli-based medical professional has approached the Bombay high court (HC) seeking a compensation of Rs60 lakh from the state government for spoiling his career.Dr Shashikant Dorkar contented that the post-graduate course conducted by the Governme ..

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences  has been asked by the Delhi high court to respond to a plea for scrapping this year's entrance examination for post-graduate medical course, held last month, in the wake of reports of copying at s ..

 Too many entrance exams may not be the right way to evaluate a student's merit level. Vishakha Sharma reports on the recent changes in the admission criteria for medical and engineering collegesWhile there have been recent developments in u ..

Managements of Engineering, Pharmacy, MBA, MCA, M.Tech and B.Ed colleges announced on Sunday that they would close their institutions indefinitely from February 7 across the state as fee reimbursement arrears amounting to Rs 3,600 crore had not been  ..

The Medical Council of India (MCI) has set March-end as the deadline for 14 medical colleges to put their house in order to meet the needs of the students. Else, it warned, they will face action including de-recognition.These medical institutes from  ..

Prof V Mathan, former director of Christian Medical College, Vellore and a head of several government committees on health issues on Thursday said that Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) needs to collaborate with government-run medical institu ..

Last date for remitting examination fee without fine for the first professional MBBS (additional batch) exam is till February 16 and with fine till March 16. An additional Rs 300 should be paid as camp fee. Fee for the M Tech (full time/part time- 20 ..

This swanky four-storied building of the radiotherapy unit at NRS Medical College  and Hospital's (NRSMCH) has no patients for nearly a year now. Expanded with the aim of starting indoor facilities for cancer patients, the project has failed ..