Cabinet okays new education policy, HRD is now education ministry

Teaching up to class 5 in mother tongue or regional language, lowering the stakes of board exams, a single regulator for higher education institutions except for law and medical colleges and common......

Former cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian no more

Former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian, whose efforts led to the landmark Supreme Court judgment protecting bureaucrats from political interference, has passed away, officials said on......

Why the future of environment looks so bleak

Prakash Javadekar’s one year as India’s minister of state (independent charge) of environment, forests and climate change has been an unmitigated disaster, says activist Himanshu......

Now, fixed two-year tenure for civil servants

Officers of the three premier services -- Indian Administrative Services, Indian Police Service and Indian Foreign Service -- will now spend a minimum of two years at each posting and any exception......

Govt plans to use postman to educate people on schemes, policy

The government is planning to use India Post's 155,000-strong branch network to reach out to citizens in far flung and backward areas and educate them about the various policies, schemes and......

Centre moves court against AAP's FIR against Moily, others

The Union Government has moved Delhi High Court for quashing an first information report filed by the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi against Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily and others for......

Irked Moily refuses to answer queries on gas pricing issue

Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily on Tuesday refused to answer queries on the FIR filed against him and industrialist Mukesh Ambani in Delhi in connection with the pricing of natural gas. "There......