Following a major reshuffle-cum-expansion of his cabinet, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday allotted the important portfolios of home and industries to Harsh Sanghavi who has been......
With elections to local bodies looming, the Maharashtra cabinet took 21 decisions on Tuesday, an unusual number for a single meeting, including the closure of the state's asset reconstruction......
What began as a car accident near Vadgaon bridge in Pune has now spiralled into a political controversy, drawing in senior Maharashtra leaders and sparking off a debate over political interference,......
'We kept importing educational models from outside that had no connection to our cultural and intellectual strengths.' IMAGE: Professor V N Jha. Photograph: Shivanand Kanavi Professor V N Jha is......
'The heat shield technology for re-entry vehicles was first mastered in DRDO for the Agni missile.''This is why the Americans were so opposed to Agni in the 1980s, unlike other missiles -- it was a......
The Budget allocation for higher and technical education in the country is set to treble in the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-2012) with the Planning Commission expected to allocate over Rs 26,000......
The Union government indicated on Thursday that it might welcome foreign direct investment in the field of higher education and formulate a policy on it."I don't think ideologically anything wrong......
Higher education will receive massive investment in the 11th Five Year Plan, with 30 new Central Universities and 370 new colleges in educationally backward districts being planned during the......
Asserting that quality of education will energise the youth, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday unleashed measures to revamp the country’s education system, including setting up......
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has become the second institute, after its Chennai counterpart, to have set-up a Digital Innovation Lab in the country to provide higher technical......
Nothing is going to change in a hurry unless attitudes change and punishments are speedy and fair, notes Ramesh Menon. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Worms are daily crawling......
The All India Chess Federation did not utilise Rs 3.12 crore out of the central government's allocation of Rs 5.2 crore during FY25. Photograph: Kind courtesy Pixabay The Indian chess......
'It was a tough field, and I was nervous going in.''But once I stepped onto the court, I focused only on giving my best.' IMAGE: Anika Dubey, 15, has been rising in the Indian squash ranks with......