IIM-Indore chairman L N Jhunjhunwala said, "Neither the Centre nor the Union HRD minister Arjun Singh were happy with the IIM-A's step to hike its fees". He said since the country is undergoing election process, the government was unable to take any decision on the issue, Jhunjhunwala told PTI on Monday.
The 'world's cheapest laptop', developed in India, was unveiled by Union Minister for Human Resources Development Arjun Singh at the Tirupati temple on Tuesday evening.
The AMOLED screen at a resolution of 2560x1600 is vivid and offers deep blacks, says Veer Arjun Singh
Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh on Tuesday favoured a judicial inquiry into the Batla House gun battle in which the Delhi Police shot dead two suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists. "In democracies, it is always better to make things clear," Singh said. Singh also indicated that even the prime minister was thinking over the issue.
Samsung Galaxy M30 is a good-looking phone with a good screen, battery and camera, says Veer Arjun Singh.
With this phase, election will be over in 424 seats and polling in the remaining 118 seats will be held on May 12 and 19.
Abhishek Verma secured India's fifth Olympic quota place in shooting after winning the 10m air pistol gold medal at the ISSF World Cup, in Beijing, on Saturday. Participating in his maiden International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup final, the Indian led the field throughout the men's 10m air pistol final to clinch the top spot with a total score of 242.7.
Even Charlton Heston intervened on his behalf.
Agneepath, Hum and Khuda Gawah are a testament to the Bachchan-Mukul Anand actor-director chemistry. Of the three, Hum is a natural crowd-pleaser, says Sukanya Verma.
The institutes need to reach the optimum level of resource utilisation.
A roundup of what you can do from the comfort of your couch while sipping on a dalgona coffee in your pajamas.
Addressing a conference of the state minorities' commission, Patil said reservation has been provided for Scheduled Castes and Schedules Tribes in educational institutions and government jobs and now there is a demand from minorities also.
Puneet Issar tells the story of Mahabharata from the eyes of its greatest villain.
President A P J Abdul Kalam presented the awards in Central Hall of Parliament.
Against the backdrop of controversy over his remarks on democracy and definition of loyalty in the Congress, senior party leader and HRD Minister Arjun Singh on Wednesday heaped praise on Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi saying they have filled the void created by Rajiv Gandhi's death. "After the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, a vacuum was natural... We, however, are fortunate that this vacuum was filled by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi," Singh said.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi was on Sunday greeted by a host of dignitaries, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on her 62nd birthday.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss has sent a communication to Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh to take appropriate measures to check this increasing trend in all nniversities and educational institutions.
The government has said it would implement the Supreme Court verdict on the OBC quota and does not want to seek a review of the judgment. Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh sought to mollify allies upset over the exclusion of creamy layer, stating the government as also the United Progressive Alliance favoured reservation benefits for the creamy layer. Singh steered clear of the demands by allies, including the DMK, for a fair and just review of the verdict.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh, the man who proposed the 27 per cent OBC quota, wants to implement the reservation from academic year 2008-2009.
Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), specifically IIM-Ahmedabad (IIM-A), which have announced a steep hike in their fees last week are unlikely to revise (scale down) the new fee structures.Vijaypat Singhania, the chairman of the governing council of IIM-Ahmedabad who met Minister of Human Resource Development Arjun Singh, justified the fee hike and said they would take steps to ensure that all deserving students get into the premier institution.
The government appears to have hit upon a novel faculty-sharing solution to tackle the shortage of quality faculty at the premier Indian Institutes of Technology. The shortage will accentuate now that eight new IITs have been announced.
This year's Budget showers a lot of money for development of education in the country. In 2007-08, Rs 32,352 crore was allocated for education, which was 32 per cent above the allocation for 2006-07. However, the ministry demonstrated constraints to its absorptive capacity: The revised estimates indicated only Rs 28,674 crore had been spent.
The students also demanded the immediate resignation of Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh for putting the government in this shameful position.
At the expense of his latest victims who were too petrified to pronounce the biggies he threw at them, Shashi Tharoor had a good laugh on Twitter recently, says Veer Arjun Singh.
The OnePlus 7 is a leader by natural selection. Just don't expect any surprise enhancements, says Veer Arjun Singh.
The names for the posts were scrutinised at a high-level meeting held on Thursday. HRD Minister Arjun Singh is the chairman of the committee involved in the selection of directors. The HRD ministry had earlier asked the mentoring IITs to propose names for the director posts in the new IITs.
>The ABVP has put the onus on Delhi University to verify Ankiv Baisoya's degree and is defending its leader. But there's not a single word of support from its political masters.
The rally was addressed by BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav.
After Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), the nation's premier IITs may see a hike in tuition fees, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday. Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh said the Standing Committee of IIT Council (SCIC) has recommended an increase in the tuition fee for B Tech and M Tech courses. The Board of Governors (BoG) of six IIMs located at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore and Kozhikode had decided to increase the fees of the PGP.
Jayanthi Natrajan, the Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu, contradicted the statement of Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Karunanidhi that the time has come to make Rahul Gandhi the prime minister. "I would like to put it on record that Dr Manmohan Singh and his team have done excellent work. There is no vacancy for the post of prime minister," she said at her first press conference as AICC spokesperson.
'The India that 1857 represents is not the India where a Hindu police officer from Gujarat kills a Muslim in a fake, fascist, communal encounter.'
Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh said the government had, however, launched an Adolescence Education Programme for secondary and higher secondary classes.
The government on Wednesday said it was 'entirely possible' to provide admissions in general categories in elite educational institutions, while putting on hold reservation for OBCs till the court decides.
Though there was no official word on the discussion, sources said the government was 'anxious' for a solution.
Government has allocated Rs 988 crore (Rs 9.88 billion) in Budget estimates for 2007-08 for increasing infrastructure of IIT institutions.
Rahil Gangjee and three of his compatriots fell by the wayside, while veteran Gaurav Ghei just managed to finish inside the cut line as the Indian contingent put up a mundane show in the second round of the Bangkok Airways Open in Koh Samui on Friday.
Justices Imtiyaz Murtaza and V K Verma also asked the Uttar Pradesh government and the complainant Madhvendra Singh to file their counter-affidavits.
'Indian secularism doesn't deserve a tombstone. It needs a new shrine,' argues Shekhar Gupta.
Rahul Gandhi is neither Congress president, office-bearer nor Congress leader in Parliament. This technical leeway provides adequate cover for Shiv Sena-Congress ties taking a nosedive, says Rasheed Kidwai.
Reservation Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
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