The board of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, will meet on April 3 to discuss the fee reduction issue in view of the Supreme Court on Friday disposing of the PIL filed in this regard, IIM-A Director Bakul Dholakia said Ahmedabad.
Acharya was one of the youngest deputy governors in the central bank's history and was in charge of the critical monetary policy department which also made him a part of the rate-setting panel.
Faced with a credibility crisis arising out of the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal, the BCCI has suggested to the Supreme Court a three-member committee made up of eminent persons to probe the corruption case on the directives of the apex court.
The major task of the country is to move as fast as it can to achieve a higher standard of living, said former RBI governor C Rangarajan.
The Union Cabinet has already approved the Bill for tabling in Parliament.
'The honourable prime minister virtually handpicked me for the Amritsar East seat.' 'Amit Shahji announced that if I am elected, the whole of Punjab will be drugs free.'
Buoyed by the response of the new government at the Centre, the directors of all six Indian Institutes of Managements would meet in Ahmedabad on Sunday to find a solution to the autonomy and the fee-structure issues.
The RBI is not statutorily independent from the government but has long enjoyed wide latitude
'Leaders of the Indian community in Hong Kong had broached the idea of developing the Andaman and Nicobar islands for investment and setting up manufacturing units,' points out Rup Narayan Das.
As professors of Indian Institutes of Technology resorted to the unprecedented step of day-long hunger strike on Thursday over the salary issue, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said he is open to having any kind of dialogue with them to discuss their demands, but ruled out world-class salaries due to lack of resources.
Pakistan's offer to normalise relations with India is an attempt to buy temporary peace due to its economic and politico-strategic compulsions, notes Brigadier Narender Kumar (retd).
Relations between the Mint Road and North Block have often been frosty, with the former's calls for lowering rates being the biggest point of difference
Cities are setting the rules that now carry life and death implications for their residents, and most of these rules are sought to be set by the municipal authorities who have never wielded such power, reports Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
Third of faculty positions vacant. One per cent seats empty. New institutes lag in infrastructure, research.
The Budget proposal to upgrade ITIs to train workers in specific skills should help meet industry demand.
'All of us have believed in decentralisation. You may not like property taxation, neither do I. My solution is that the Centre does the tax collection, but we can give a matching grant instead of redistribution,' says the outgoing CEA, Arvind Subramanian.
IHMCL implemented the FASTag electronic tolling of national highways, but due to technical glitches, road ministry is mulling the option of offering this job to a Korean company
'Under National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval and now Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, India began to actively work on Pakistani internal faultlines with a possibility of the break-up of Pakistan as the only solution,' observes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
'China's action towards India really gives you a good insight into how the Communist Party of China is thinking these days'
China on Friday said that any successor to the present Dalai Lama should be approved by it, ruling out recognition to any heir nominated by him or by his followers.
Afghanistan will remain a frontline state for Washington for a foreseeable future in terms of the potential threats to US national security from terrorist groups, asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who played a stellar role in beginning India's dealings in Afghanistan in 1994.
The big B-school event of 2007 was not just the battle over autonomy for management institutions or the huge salary hikes for MBAs.
The DMK feels its genuine gestures have had no bearing on the governor's politico-administrative conduct, which is 'more political and politicised than administrative and Constitutional', observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
UN intervention has been sought to address the grievances of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Alleging that the government is misusing CBI as a "private militia", BJP said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance that his dispensation will take all steps to ensure the agency's legitimacy are "strange and hypocratic".
He said the Aadhaar programme violated informational privacy, self-determination and data protection.
Major gainers in the Sensex pack were Hero Motocorp, which rallied 7.01 per cent, followed by Bharti Airtel (6.69 per cent), Yes Bank (5.30 per cent), Adani Ports (4.90 per cent), Tata Steel (3.75 per cent) and Bajaj Auto (3.70 per cent).
The party's research department team, which Rajya Sabha member M V Rajeev Gowda heads, has sifted through the suggestions received in the last five months, and the manifesto is slated to be released later this month, reports Archis Mohan.
'My wife has done everything... She has had to give up a lot,' HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar tells Sahil Makkar.
It is difficult to recall an Indian minister in modern times pushing back at the US publicly, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
He said it will be 'foolhardy' to diminish institutions for short-term political gains.
'A recent compromise by the state government is accepting NEET exams for medical entrance.'
India is too diverse to be governed centrally and with a single system. The way forward is for the central government to keep the monopoly of military power and a share of national resources while the provinces must have greater autonomy, recommends Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
'Tehran,' Foreign Minister Zarif said, 'had expected the Modi government to be "more resilient" in the face of Washington's bullying,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
IIT-B director denies controversy over wearing khadi at the convocation ceremony next month.
Britain and China have clashed over the offer of British National Overseas passports to Hong Kong residents, observes Rup Narayan Das.
According to a study, fathers play a key role in helping their young daughters overcome loneliness.
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