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.
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
Governor Tathagata Roy also administered the oath of office to BJP leader Jishnu Deb Burman as the deputy chief minister along with seven other ministers, including Indigenous People's Front of Tripura chief N C Debbarma.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 four rebels are -- Prasanna Patsani, Prabhat Samantray, Kumudini Patnaik, wife of former state Finance Minister Ramakrushna Patnaik, and Jagannath Mallick.
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.
It has sought permission to begin prosecution proceedings against Deputy Prime Minister Advani, Union minister M M Joshi and 19 others.
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'I believe and agree with the view that the demolition case is politically motivated and that it does not involve issues of criminal and moral turpitude,' he said.\n\n\n\n
The petition challenges the Rae Bareli court decision against him in the Ayodhya demolition case.
He expressed his resolve to take the Ayodhya issue to the people and fight the case to its logical conclusion in the court.
A spokesperson told reporters in New York that Vajpayee has been in touch with Joshi, who resigned after a special court in Rae Bareli decided to frame charges against him and six others in the Babri Masjid demolition case on Friday.
The case is thus political motivated and does not have any moral turpitude, he said.
The Special Court trying the Ayodhya demolition case reserved its orders on the framing of charges till September 12 next.
Aam Aadmi Party termed BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as "an autocrat and dictator in his party" and claimed that even senior BJP leaders L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi have "no say" before him.
The event brings to fruition the Bharatiya Janata Party's 'mandir' movement that defined its politics for three decades and took it to the heights of power.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said he was betrayed by the BJP-RSS leadership.
The special court hearing the demolition case fixed May 31 for the next hearing.
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