The IIT-JEE reforms introduced by the human resources development ministry have sparked a national debate in India.
Talking to reporters at his Shastri Bhavan office, Joshi made light of the Congress threat to boycott him in Parliament.
Bharatiya Janata Party's National Democratic Alliance partners have got five cabinet ministerial berths in the third term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as against none in the outgoing government, given the party's dependence on allies for a majority in the Lok Sabha.
Sitaram Yechury said the party will make a detailed comment after studying the order of the special court.
The court also adjourned hearing on a petition seeking review of its earlier order upholding transfer of Ayodhya case trial to Rae Bareilly.
The institute authorities had earlier expelled the students from the hostel for ragging first year student Prakash Rajpurohit.
The bill also empowers a magistrate to pass protection orders in favour of an aggrieved person.
"Our legal experts have been on the job and either on Thursday or Friday, we will file our petition before the Supreme court to review its earlier order," Arjun Singh told mediapersons at a press conference in Delhi on Wednesday evening.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh also endorsed the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The BJP leadership too has rallied behind Vajpayee, saying he would remain the party's undisputed leader.
The government has decided to set up three new Indian Institutes of Technology during 11th Five Year Plan, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
'The choice is clear: We either embrace this transformation and cement our global leadership, or hesitate, lose ground, and fade into irrelevance.'
Describing Adi Sankara and Sree Narayana Guru as the two illustrious sons of Kerala, he said their teachings and those of others who worked for an egalitarian society should be known to everybody.
The government plans to increase the 2 per cent education cess in the coming Budget, but it is not going to mean more money for education.
The reason: The Planning Commission has decided to cut the allocation for higher and technical education in the Budget 2007-08.
The commerce ministry and industry bodies are in favour of FDI in the education sector. However, the HRD ministry is opposed to it.
India's large population can become a liability rather than an advantage as limited progress in human resources development has been made so far, Infosys chairman N R Narayana Murthy said.
India is committed to protecting the interests, safety and honour of its professionals working in foreign countries, Union Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi asserted on Saturday.
The Centre plans to open one of three proposed IITs in the 11th Plan period in Bihar.
The direction from Modi came following a review of the status of human resources in all government departments and ministries.
The government was considering the report of the S K Joshi Committee to constitute an expert group to assess the suitability of transforming seven institutions to the level of Indian Institutes of Technology
Indian Institute of Technology graduates, numbering an estimated 40,000 in the US, plan to hold a Global IIT Alumni Conference from May 20-22 in Washington
Released by secretary of state Antony Blinken, the annual human rights reports of the state department is a mandatory requirement of the US Congress giving details of human rights status in countries across the world.
The share of Information Technology industry in India's GDP was 5.2 per cent or $ 48.1 bn in 2006-07, the government said on Monday, quoting a Nasscom report. Minister of State for Human Resource Development D Purandeswari said of the $ 48.1 bn, hardware and software products comprised $ 11.5 billion and IT services $ 36.6 bn. Nasscom report also pointed out that around 16.30 lakh people were employed in the IT sector during 2006-07 & 375,000 more jobs were to be generated.
The premier Indian Institutes of Management will have to draw on all their management skills to solve the current financial imbroglio they are in. On the one hand, the fee hike by IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore has caused heartburn not only among students and the Union Human Resource Development Ministry but also among the other IIMs who say they were not consulted despite an existing agreement to do so. IIM-A and IIM-B have said that a fee hike is a prerogative of their own
The defamation suit was filed after the minister alleged that the RSS had a hand in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
The government on Tuesday said it will allow setting up of world-class foreign universities in Gandhinagar's GIFT City, free from domestic regulations, to facilitate availability of skilled manpower in the financial services space. In addition, an international arbitration centre will be set up in the GIFT City for timely settlement of disputes under international jurisprudence, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while presenting the Union Budget for 2022-23. The centre could be on the lines of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, or the London Commercial Arbitration Centre.
The Union HRD minister alleged that the RSS swears by the philosophy of hate and violence.
Education ministers of Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states staged a walk-out protesting against the Union government's attempt to push its own agenda.
The minister said the quota will be applied to existing number of seats in all centrally aided educational institutes.
The Human Resources Development ministry has constituted a Search Committee under the leadership of former UGC chairman Prof Yash Pal, to select Rajput's successor.
