Bangalore: N-E teenager’s death spark protests

Last Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 20:39

Loitam, a second semester student of the college, was found dead on his hostel bed on the afternoon of April 18.

Free hostel for physically challenged in Haryana

Last Updated: Saturday, January 14, 2012, 12:25

The Kurukshetra University (KU) in Haryana will provide free hostel facility to all students of the university and its affiliated colleges who are suffering from physical disability of 80 percent or above.

Malaysia: Hostel ban on non-westerners irk many

Last Updated: Saturday, November 5, 2011, 20:24

A hostel chain, which claims to cater to only western backpack travellers, and bans guests from India, the Middle East and Malaysia, is inviting strong criticism from different quarters over its "apartheid" policy.

AMU VC orders hostel search to seize fire arms

Last Updated: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 13:46

Amidst allegations of Aligarh Muslim University students stocking fire arms in some hostels, its Vice Chancellor PK Abdul Azis on Thursday ordered a search to seize any such material.

Filipino troops defuse 3rd bomb after hostel blast

Last Updated: Sunday, April 10, 2011, 16:21

The attacks are blamed on al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf extremists.

Engineering student found dead at hostel in Jamshedpur

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 18:46

The body of a fourth year student of National Institute of Technology was found hanging at his hostel room in Adityapur.

Antony visits charitable boys hostel run by Army’s aid in Manipur

Last Updated: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 15:51

The hostel is a modest effort of the Red Shield Division to reach out to all nine districts of Manipur.

When Kangna stayed at Delhi University hostel

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 18:31

Kangna stayed in a Delhi University hostel to prepare for her role in the romantic comedy ‘Tanu Weds Manu’.

Don`t show ragging casually in films: `Hostel` director

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 16:36

`Sarkar` writer Manish Gupta, who has wielded the megaphone for `Hostel` - a movie on the horrific stories of ragging, has appealed to filmmakers to stop showing the practice in a comic fashion in movies.

Shahid Kapoor says ‘no’ to go full monty in ‘Hostel’

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 14:25

When well known writer-director Manish Gupta approached Bollywood eye candy Shahid Kapoor for his next, he was disappointed as the actor rebuffed his proposal.

No Punjab University hostel for freshers using cars

Last Updated: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 16:22

Freshers wanting hostel room in the Punjab University will have to give up the comfort of their cars.

Now hostels for animals in Gujarat

Last Updated: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 16:09

An innovative concept of `animal hostels` to house cattle in a common facility in villages is being pursued vigorously in Gujarat, according to agriculture and fisheries minister Dilip Sanghani.