HRD ministry unveils 100-day plan for education

Providing interest subsidy to underprivileged students on educational loans and introduction of a bill to regulate foreign educational institutions in India are among the targets the Human Resource......

Social media laps up NaMo's maiden I-Day speech

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Friday received overwhelming response from the netizens. "Whereas previous Red Fort speeches......

Suspensions revoked but stir at Hyderabad university continues

Students stage a protest against the suicide of a Dalit scholar in a Hyderabad Central University. Photograph: Santosh Hirlekar/PTI Protests escalated on Friday at the Hyderabad Central University......

'It has become fashionable to be hate mongers'

'The majority community needs to accept that the Indian Muslim is peace loving, not communal and treat them accordingly,' says Lieutenant General Zameer Uddin Shah, the soldier-educationist on a......

Maruti to hire 700 people

Despite the current economic slowdown in the auto industry, the country's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday said it will hire around 700 people in various departments in the next......

Manesar violence: Maruti reaches out to other HR heads

Hit by unprecedented violence at its Manesar plant, Maruti Suzuki India has reached out to top human resource heads of India Inc, as it seeks to avoid a repeat of the July 18 incident, in which one......

Hari Bhartia is new CII president

Hari S Bhartia, co-chairman & managing director of Jubilant Organosys Ltd, has been elected as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry for the year 2010-11. He succeeds Venu......

AV Birla retail needs 55,000 people

The Aditya Birla Management Corporation is looking at raising total employee strength to 55,000 in its retail business alone, from 8,000 employees right now. Speaking at the seminar organized by......