IISc, JNU, Jamia continue to lead: NIRF 2024 rankings announced
Bengaluru: The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024, released by the Ministry of Education, has once again placed the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore at the top in the universities category. This marks the third consecutive year IISc has secured the top spot. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, have also retained their positions at second and third place, respectively.
Notable shifts in this year's rankings include the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) climbing to the fourth position, replacing Jadavpur University, which has dropped to ninth. Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Varanasi secured the fifth spot, while the University of Delhi made a significant leap from 11th to sixth place.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, held onto the seventh spot, with Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) improving its rank from ninth to eighth. Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) rounded out the top ten, falling from its previous eighth position.
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Chhattisgarh court grants bail to two Kerala nuns in human trafficking-conversion case
Bilaspur (PTI): A special court in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district on Saturday granted bail to three persons, including two nuns from Kerala, arrested on charges of human trafficking and forced religious conversion, lawyers said.
Principal District and Sessions Judge (NIA court) Sirajuddin Qureshi had reserved the order on their bail pleas after a hearing on Friday.
The court has granted conditional bail to the trio, defence lawyer Amrito Das said.
Catholic nuns Preethi Merry and Vandana Francis, both from Kerala, along with Sukaman Mandavi, were arrested at the Durg railway station on July 25, following a complaint from a local Bajrang Dal functionary, who accused them of forcibly converting three girls from Narayanpur and trafficking them, a railway police official had said.
Following the bail hearing on Friday, Das had said that the prosecution had not asked for the trio's custody for interrogation, and the alleged victims had been sent back to their homes.
