37 ministers don't find a place in Modi 3.0

As many as 37 ministers have been dropped from the government in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term and these include seven with cabinet rank -- prominent among them being Smriti Irani,......

Prez nod to HRD Ministry name change

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday gave assent to the change in name of the Ministry of Human Resource Development as Ministry of Education, an official notification said. IMAGE: Education......

Modi govt 3.0: Who is in, who is out

Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday for a record-equalling third term, heading a 72-member Union council of ministers that put emphasis on continuity, youth and experience while......

Drug kingpin held in Himachal over death of NIT student

A drug kingpin has been arrested in connection with the death of a first year M Tech student of the National Institute of Technology in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, the police said on Wednesday.......

FDI in education? HRD ministry, Left oppose plan

Do you want to send your kid to a playschool run by a foreign company in your neighbourhood?Perhaps, you may be able to do so. That is, if a proposal by the Union commerce ministry to allow foreign......

HRD ministry locks horns with IIT-Powai now

In the midst of controversy over the slashing of fees in IIMs, the Union human resource development ministry has locked horns with IIT-Powai, taking exception to the construction of two......

IIM-A rejects HRD ministry grant

The ongoing cold war between the Indian Institutes of Management and the ministry of human resources development has now taken another turn.On Saturday, following the annual meeting of the board of......

HRD's plan for 20 IIITs fails to get ministry nod

An ambitious proposal of HRD ministry to set up 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology could be a non-starter with the finance ministry not favouring it during the 11th Plan. A note issued......

Check out India's plans to win more medals at next 3 Olympics

- 'We are trying to learn from the Australian and UK models wherein the government spends for sports promotion.' IMAGE: P V Sindhu celebrates after winning the silver medal at the Rio Olympic......