Names of BJP veterans like L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi also do not figure in the list.
'They are employing graduates who have just passed out, paying them Rs 5,000 and making them teach. I said \n\nall this must stop,' says Dr U R Rao, whose report on technical education has created huge controversy.
Acting on Speaker Manohar Joshi's directive, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said she had spoken to Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani and he had sought a day's time to collect relevant information from the state government.
Tells the Liberhan Commission that the charge against Vajpayee, Advani and Joshi of being part of a conspiracy to demolish the Babri Masjid was made out of anger.
The entire opposition, including the BJPs ally the Bahujan Samaj Party, boycotted the function saying that they did not want to 'give credibility' to the activities and 'divisive policies' of Savarkar.
'The outbreak of COVID-19 in Ayodhya and surrounding areas is a matter of concern...Uttar Pradesh's minister Kamal Rani (Varun) lost life (due to the disease), while three other ministers are infected'
The BJP has dubbed the seer's arrest as an "assault on religion".
Joshi termed as 'absurd notion' the prosecution's view that the Shankaracharya could poison himself if he was allowed to cook his own food in jail.
He said the IITs, established on the same lines as IIMs, which were charging a mere Rs 30,000 annually, would certainly be prompted to raise the fees if not compelled.
Six establishments -- including Tata Motors -- have been selected as the best employers by the Central Board of Trustees of Employees Provident Fund Organisation.
The government aims to increase the number of Indian Institutes of Technology from seven to 12, Union Minister of Science and Technology Murli Manohar Joshi said on Wednesday.\n\n
The court also adjourned hearing on a petition seeking review of its earlier order upholding transfer of Ayodhya case trial to Rae Bareilly.
If the Congress recovers some of its earlier influence among the Dalits, the BJP will be in a quandary since the Dalits were among the party's latest acquisitions. To lose them will be a disaster for the saffron camp not only in UP, but all over India, observes Amulya Ganguli.
In a development marking the global market potential of Indian grassroots innovations, a foot-pedal sprayer pump has been patented in the United States and its technology transferred to a US company.\n\n\n\n
It will convene an all-party meeting to arrive at a consensus on the issue, Sushma Swaraj told the Lok Sabha.
Top Maharashtra politicians on Thursday called on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and sought Rs 6,000 crore assistance for an ambitious infrastructure development project for Mumbai.
Congress members repeatedly stormed the well raising anti-government slogans forcing Deputy Speaker P M Sayeed to adjourn the House for the day.
Time came to a halt in Parliament around 1705 IST on Thursday when all the wall clocks suddenly stopped in both Houses, the Central Hall, in ministers' chambers and rooms.
Sena sources said Thackeray's son Uddhav will not be present during the meeting.
'You are constantly subjected to the demands of people of different types. There are conflicting interests,' says Suresh Prabhu, MP.
Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has called a meeting of the directors and the chairmen of all the six premier Indian Institutes of Management on May 31.
The Shunglu committee, which went into the financial needs of the Indian Institutes of Management, is understood to have backed the drastic fee reduction mooted by Human Resources Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi.
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.
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 four rebels are -- Prasanna Patsani, Prabhat Samantray, Kumudini Patnaik, wife of former state Finance Minister Ramakrushna Patnaik, and Jagannath Mallick.
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