They burnt an effigy of the Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh and shouted slogans against him.
Social and educational basis and not economic criteria should be the basis of reservation, which, he said, would improve the social condition of the OBCs.
This will raise the level of overall reservation in these institutes to 49.5 percent.
Increased reservation for backward categories in these premier central institutions is possible only with increased intakes.\n
Even as consensus eluded on the entry of foreign universities in the country, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh on Wednesday indicated the reservation policy will apply in these institutions.
Three years from now, Indian railway network will be based on sophisticated, hi-tech and indigenously developed infrastructure ensuring safety of every passenger.
The opposition has demanded that Arjun Singh apologise.
The move is apparently aimed at introducing the Bill before the end of the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament.
The decision to seek the amendment was taken after the Union human resources development ministry recently disallowed the business school from going ahead with its overseas expansion plan.
The union human resource development ministry has sanctioned an Indian Institute of Technology to Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy said in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
PM meets senior leaders over Natwar issue
Under fire in India, Arjun Singh makes all the right noises in Riyadh.
A delegation of top academicians, led by UGC Chairman Sukhdev Thorat will meet a group of Saudi businessmen in Riyadh to explore the possibility of setting up an Information and Communication Technology centre there with Indian assistance.
Painted in the colours of the Tricolour, Azadi Express, a mobile train exhibition on the freedom struggle began its journey to different parts of the country from the capital on Friday
Reacting to the government's move, IIM-Ahmedabad director Bakul Dholakia said there were deadlines for other institutions, which would expire and the IIMs would not be able to announce their admissions.
Deboo's choreographed sequence Rhythm Divine entrances Frankfurt Book Fair
A Central government decision with regard to percentage of reservation of seats is yet to be taken, Singh told the EC.
The prestigious Indian Institute of Managements in various parts of the country are facing shortage of faculty members with some having a short fall of 15 members or above.
The Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan sex scandal and the paternity suit a love child filed against Tiwari dogged him in his 80s.
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has developed a new passenger-friendly technology under the Railway Technology Mission.\n
There much controversy about whether or not the song would be sung.
The software is pure Android, the fingerprint sensor is 99 per cent accurate and very responsive and the notch doesn't bother me yet, says Veer Arjun Singh.
Are politicians raking up the national song controversy just to gain political mileage?
The Centre plans to open one of three proposed IITs in the 11th Plan period in Bihar.
Human Resources Minister Arjun Singh said it was passed by Lok Sabha with 'near consensus' and hoped that the Upper House too will follow suit.
Gaurav Ghei shot a flawless six-under studded in the opening round of the Macau Open golf tournament.
The committee is yet to give its opinion to the HRD ministry, Moily said, adding that the committee would finalize its interim by July 10 and then submit to the government.
With over a million Indians residing in the UAE, there is need to set up more Indian institutes of higher education in the emirates, Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh has said.
Giving a boost to their academic ties, India on Tuesday agreed to help Saudi Arabia in setting up centres of excellence in its universities to promote scientific research and higher studies.
The HRD Minister has said the number of seats may increase.
The students also received support from the Indian Medical Association, which has called for a daylong closure of health services.
He told a two-day conference of State Education Ministers here that the recommendations of Fatmi Committee for giving a boost to minority education were also under consideration.
Veer Arjun Singh visits Quorum, an upscale club in an equally upscale setting in Gurugram, and comes away impressed.
New syllabus, books endorsed by CABE amidst BJP boycott
This has been a bone of contention between the UPA's allies.
The Ultraboost19 will encourage both runners and subtle style statements, writes Veer Arjun Singh.
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