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Orissa medicos protest quotas, burn Arjun's effigy

Orissa medicos protest quotas, burn Arjun's effigy

Rediff.com4 May 2006

They burnt an effigy of the Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh and shouted slogans against him.

No vacancy for PM's post: Congress

No vacancy for PM's post: Congress

Rediff.com15 Apr 2008

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.

Bankers seek parent comfort in student loans

Bankers seek parent comfort in student loans

Rediff.com5 Jan 2007

Banks want parents of students seeking educational loans to be made co-borrowers to facilitate loan recovery after completion of studies as part of a proposed student educational loan finance scheme.

Study management at Symbiosis

Study management at Symbiosis

Rediff.com27 Dec 2006

The Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development invites applications for admission to its two-year, full-time Master of Business Administration programme.

Chennai to London: What my remote internship taught me

Chennai to London: What my remote internship taught me

Rediff.com29 Jun 2020

'The internship made me realise that pursuing online courses will not add any value if one does not know where to apply it in the real world.'

Quota decision in IIMs final: Arjun

Quota decision in IIMs final: Arjun

Rediff.com8 Apr 2006

This will raise the level of overall reservation in these institutes to 49.5 percent.

HC stays arrest of Arjun's grandson

HC stays arrest of Arjun's grandson

Rediff.com14 Aug 2007

Justices Imtiyaz Murtaza and V K Verma also asked the Uttar Pradesh government and the complainant Madhvendra Singh to file their counter-affidavits.

IITs, IIMs may admit more students

IITs, IIMs may admit more students

Rediff.com28 Mar 2006

Increased reservation for backward categories in these premier central institutions is possible only with increased intakes.\n

Alert: Post Grad Courses in Management

Alert: Post Grad Courses in Management

Rediff.com4 Aug 2004

Applications are invited for the Post Graduate Programme in Management Studies (PGPMS) for 2005-2007, K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research.

Toyota, Suzuki ink pact to launch electric vehicles in India

Toyota, Suzuki ink pact to launch electric vehicles in India

Rediff.com17 Nov 2017

Suzuki will produce EVs for the Indian market and will supply some of them to Toyota, which will provide technical support.

Defence ministry to order for 126 aircraft

Defence ministry to order for 126 aircraft

Rediff.com3 Oct 2006

Mukherjee said some state governments were not carrying out rehabilitation of ex-servicemen in accordance with the norms laid down.

Quota will apply to foreign institutes: Arjun

Quota will apply to foreign institutes: Arjun

Rediff.com20 Sep 2006

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.

Railway safety to go hi-tech soon

Railway safety to go hi-tech soon

Rediff.com15 Sep 2006

Three years from now, Indian railway network will be based on sophisticated, hi-tech and indigenously developed infrastructure ensuring safety of every passenger.

India, S Africa ratify extradition treaty

India, S Africa ratify extradition treaty

Rediff.com6 Dec 2005

The two countries concluded a Joint Ministerial Commission meeting in New Delhi.

Jamia names road after Arjun Singh

Jamia names road after Arjun Singh

Rediff.com5 May 2007

Singh himself inaugurated the Noam Chomsky complex in the campus that will house the Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, the Munshi Premchand Archives and Literary Centre and a boys' hostel.

JNU forms panel to probe attack; students hold march

JNU forms panel to probe attack; students hold march

Rediff.com9 Jan 2020

The five-member panel will recommend measures to ensure safety of students and will probe lapses in security, if any. The students and civil society members, meanwhile, took out a protest march demanding resignation of the V-C.

218 newly-elected MLAs take oath in Patna

218 newly-elected MLAs take oath in Patna

Rediff.com28 Nov 2005

Rabri Devi was also one of them.

Vande Mataram debate rocks Lok Sabha

Vande Mataram debate rocks Lok Sabha

Rediff.com22 Aug 2006

The opposition has demanded that Arjun Singh apologise.

Union Cabinet may clear quota bill on Monday

Union Cabinet may clear quota bill on Monday

Rediff.com20 Aug 2006

The move is apparently aimed at introducing the Bill before the end of the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament.

'Turn BHU-ITI into full-fledged IIT'

'Turn BHU-ITI into full-fledged IIT'

Rediff.com18 Nov 2005

A three-member expert committee has recommended to the Union human resource development ministry, upgrading Banaras Hindu University's Information Technology Institute into a full-fledged Indian Institute of Technology.

PM should convene all party meet on quota: Nitish

PM should convene all party meet on quota: Nitish

Rediff.com9 Apr 2007

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.

You could be president one day: Astrologer to HRD Minister Smriti Irani

You could be president one day: Astrologer to HRD Minister Smriti Irani

Rediff.com24 Nov 2014

Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani attracted all the media glare after photographs of her meeting an astrologer were published on Monday.

Students Islamic body condemns sex education

Students Islamic body condemns sex education

Rediff.com24 Mar 2007

The sex education syllabus, prepared by UNICEF and other UN entities, has been designed keeping in mind the needs and conditions of Western society that is completely inappropriate in Indian scenario.

Management programme for executives @ Symbiosis

Management programme for executives @ Symbiosis

Rediff.com13 Jul 2006

The Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development invites applications for admission to its two-year Executive Post-graduate Diploma in Management programme for working professionals.

GATE 2006 on February 12

GATE 2006 on February 12

Rediff.com30 Sep 2005

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering will be held on February 12, 2006.

Drop out rate among girls higher at senior levels

Drop out rate among girls higher at senior levels

Rediff.com7 Mar 2007

It becomes distinctly higher further up with girls dropping out at rate of 63.88 per cent and boys at 60.41 per cent between Class-I and Class X.

Tiranga yatra triggers row at AMU

Tiranga yatra triggers row at AMU

Rediff.com24 Jan 2019

The university said it followed procedure and believed that the motorcycle procession was meant to polarise students on the campus.

ARIIA: A true sangam of Lakshmi and Saraswati

ARIIA: A true sangam of Lakshmi and Saraswati

Rediff.com5 Sep 2018

'If India has to emerge as the world's laboratory and a global innovation hub, the minds of our youngsters must get an opportunity to flourish.'

Status of Muslims would be enhanced: Singh

Status of Muslims would be enhanced: Singh

Rediff.com1 Jun 2006

Under fire in India, Arjun Singh makes all the right noises in Riyadh.

Now, a PC with Internet for Rs 5000!

Now, a PC with Internet for Rs 5000!

Rediff.com25 Sep 2007

Unlike the normal PC, Nova netPC does away with many hardware requirements like a central processing unit or CPU. It, instead, uses a central network server to run software applications and store data.

IT share in GDP pegged at 5.2%

IT share in GDP pegged at 5.2%

Rediff.com21 Apr 2008

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.

IIMs scramble to get finances right

IIMs scramble to get finances right

Rediff.com21 Apr 2008

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

Exit tax on IIT & IIM grads? Something innovative

Exit tax on IIT & IIM grads? Something innovative

Rediff.com10 Sep 2007

We asked readers about what they think of the union HRD ministry's proposal to levy an exit tax on IIT and IIM graduates who go to work abroad for lucrative salaries or to pursue higher studies. Here's the readers' response on the subject.

Exit tax on IIT & IIM grads? Are they nuts?

Exit tax on IIT & IIM grads? Are they nuts?

Rediff.com10 Sep 2007

We asked readers about what they think of the union HRD ministry's proposal to levy an exit tax on IIT and IIM graduates who go to work abroad for lucrative salaries or to pursue higher studies. Here's the readers' response on the subject.

Should there be an exit tax on IIT & IIM graduates

Should there be an exit tax on IIT & IIM graduates

Rediff.com6 Sep 2007

The recent report of the union HRD minsitry wants to impose an exit tax on IIT & IIM grads who leave India. Tell us what you think: Should such a tax be imposed and if so, why? Or why not?

Arjun Singh mum on quotas

Arjun Singh mum on quotas

Rediff.com30 Apr 2006

Arjun Singh said he will speak after election results are out.