New Delhi, Aug 4 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived here Sunday night after attending the 15th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, which concluded in Colombo on the same day.

During his visit, Dr. Singh met his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani who assured him that Pakistan would investigate the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul.

Dr. Singh also conveyed his concern about the ceasefire violations by Pakistan and the rising infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir.

New Delhi, Aug 3 : A report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) says that school dropout rates for students from Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) have gone up.

In a performance audit of the Educational Development of SC and ST in India, the CAG has highlighted among other things, alarming gaps in the Government''s policy implementation as far as Universalisation of Elementary Education (UEE) for SCs and STs is concerned.

According to report, the Gross Enrolment Rate (GER) And Gross Dropout Rate (GDR) displayed an adverse trend in respect of SC and ST boys and girls.

New Delhi, Aug 3 : The University Grants Committee (UGC) committee has recommends an additional 735 universities during the 11th Plan ending 2012.

The committee, comprising Professor Duraisami of Madras University and Professor Sudhansu Bhusan of National University of Education Planning and Administration, has said that more universities will be needed to increase the gross enrolment rate.

According to reports, the committee set up to suggest reforms on the affiliation system and monitoring of education in 11th plan. It has worked out a formula of 20,000 students per university to achieve the target.

New Delhi, Aug 3 (ANI): The funeral of veteran CPI (M) leader, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, will take place today at the Nigambodh Ghat at 5 p.m.

The funeral procession will start at 3 p.m. His body will be kept at the CPI (M) headquarters and people will be allowed to pay their last respects to the departed leader from 10 a.m.

Surjeet passed away on Friday. He was 92. 

He was admitted at the Metro Hospital in Noida where he was treated for respiratory problems. Earlier, he had slipped into coma.

New Delhi - At least 33 farm workers were killed and 17 hurt when an overloaded truck carrying them plunged into a small river in India's eastern state of Bihar, police said Sunday.

The accident occurred as the vehicle carrying 50 workers veered off a curve in the state's Lakhisarai district some 150 kilometers south-east of the state capital Patna on Saturday night.

A police spokesman said the workers were returning home to the nearby Khagaria district with sacks of food grain they earned as wages.

"The driver lost control of the truck as hit a pot-holed stretch of road near the curve, causing the vehicle to fall into the Gorhi river," Lakhisarai Superintendent of Police SP Shukla said by telephone.