Drop our names, 33 academicians tells NCERT amid row

Their collective creative effort is in jeopardy and their names should be dropped from textbooks, 33 academicians have told the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), days......

Will fix lapses: Ashoka Univ on Mehta, Subramanian exits

Ashoka University on Sunday acknowledged "lapses in institutional processes" and expressed "deep regret" at the recent events surrounding the resignations of political commentator Pratap Bhanu......

After Mehta, Arvind Subramanian also resigns from Ashoka University

Two days after political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta resigned as a professor from the Ashoka University, his colleague, economist Arvind Subramanian, put in his papers on Thursday and faculty......

PB Mehta's exit result of his role as govt critic: Ashoka University faculty

Faculty members, students and alumni of the Ashoka University in Sonipat have expressed anguish over noted political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta's resignation as a professor, saying his exit......

Over half of Plan panel staff to be farmed out

The think tank that will replace the 64-year-old Planning Commission might retain only 40 per cent of its 1,000 staff members. The rest are expected to be sent back to their parent cadres. Among......

Modi's economic strategy fails to address India's problems

Narendra Modi's strategy in Gujarat was to run the state as a business entity. But it will be difficult to turn the country around since India is far removed from the salubrious environment that......

Economists' wish list for Budget 2006-07

Voicing concern over slow pace of reforms, economists on Friday wanted Finance Minister P Chidambaram to give new thrust to contain fiscal deficit, carry forward tax reforms and encourage foreign......

Bhanu Pratap Sharma is new Banks Board Bureau chief

Govt reconstitutes body, says will not interfere in senior PSB appointments Former senior bureaucrat Bhanu Pratap Sharma is the new Banks Board Bureau (BBB) chairman. The government took 12 days to......