A political row broke out on Friday over the University Grants Commission communication to varsities to observe September 29 as “surgical strike day” with the ruling Trinamool Congress......
"Can a university itself be termed as a minority institution," the Supreme Court on Monday asked during the hearing of a plea seeking a direction to quash the appointment of Aligarh Muslim......
The National Democratic Alliance government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it would withdraw the appeal filed by the erstwhile United Progressive Alliance government challenging the......
Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani was again in the line of fire in the Lok Sabha with opposition members forcing Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to allow them to speak on their notice for......
The Jawaharlal Nehru University students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar was on Friday remanded for custodial interrogation for three days by a court in a sedition case, with the police saying that......
With a faster processor, greater memory and a better screen, Aakash-2, the reincarnated version of low-cost tablet Aakash, is looking at bigger markets, beyond the education space.After bagging an......
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi once again hit out at Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on the issue of Aakash tablets on Sunday. Modi asked him to not to resort to 'cheap......
At a time when the Indian growth story has taken a beating, Union home minister on Thursday said growth will go back to docking eight per cent once the current steps being taken by the government......
Stressing on professionalism, hardwork and ethics as the key to success, Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said the popular perception in some quarters that being cunning and......
Uncertainty may shroud their deemed status with the apex court yet to deliver its final verdict. However, admissions to nearly 50 per cent of deemed universities blacklisted by the Ministry of......
Aruna Anand speaks to Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier. Viswanathan Anand is the reigning World chess champion. He was crowned in May, after beating Veselin Topalov in the final game of the 12-game......
Unfazed by the controversy surrounding his nationality, World chess champion Viswanathan Anand looked cheerful as he arrived to a grand reception at the International Congress of Mathematicians in......
A move to confer an honorary doctorate on World chess champion Vishwanathan Anand is embroiled in controversy over his citizenship, forcing him to decline the honour, at least for now. After the......