Student suicide: IIT Madras says committed to fair play

IMAGE: DMK youth wing cadres display placards and raise slogans during a protest demanding a fair probe in the alleged suicide case of 19-year-old student Fatima Lateef, outside IIT Madras in......

UCLA shooting: IIT Kharagpur alumnus planned to kill another faculty member

Mainak Sarkar, the Indian American gunman who shot dead his former college professor in California before turning the gun on himself, drove over 3,200 km to kill his mentor after murdering his wife......

'How can dissent on government's policy be seen as spreading hatred?'

'The problem is that we present a very strong critique of this government' 'The issues that we discuss are very important and define the way we live our lives' 'We have the same freedom to express......

Full text: What Modi, Obama agreed on

This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama assessed the......

Autonomy of IITs will remain intact: PM to Federation

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday gave an assurance that the autonomy of IITs will remain 'intact', the IIT faculty federation, opposing the proposed common entrance to these institutes, said......

Two US-based Indian women win exalted fellowship

Lakshmi Balachandra of Boston College and Ishani Tewari of Brown University were among 15 exceptional doctoral students honored by the Kauffman Foundation with its annual Dissertation......

How to resolve the financial crisis at IITs, IIMs

The recent controversy over faculty pay at the IITs and IIMs suggests that they need to radically reorient themselves as academic institutions, say Pradipta Mukherjee & Kanika Datta. IIT and IIM......

IIT-govt stand off resolved: Sibal

The month-long standoff between the government and the IIT faculty over pay structure was 'resolved' on Friday with the HRD ministry agreeing to revisit the contentious norms, including 40 per cent......