Centre to conduct linguistic survey

The centre will conduct a linguistic survey of the country, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. The report of the survey would, however, be available after ten years of its commissioning,......

Why an ex-UPA minister is fighting on a BJP ticket

Daggubati Purandeswari is the only Union minister to have joined the BJP this election. 'Everybody knows Dr Manmohan Singh is a man of great integrity and I consider it an honour to have worked......

IT manpower shortage: Govt steps in

Governmentsaid on Tuesday steps are being taken to overcome the shortage of quality engineers in the IT industry.National Association of Software and Services Companieshas raised the issue of lack......

Govt may allow IITs, IIMs to open campus abroad

Shifting from its earlier stand, the governmentindicated on Tuesday that it may allow the IITs and IIMs to open campuses in foreign countries. Minister of state for human resource development D......

All IIMs to reserve seats for OBC

The Indian Institutes of Management will have to provide reservation for the other backward classes in addition to schedulecastes and schedule tribes from the coming academic session, Rajya Sabha......

Three new IITs during 11th Plan

The government has decided to set up three new Indian Institutes of Technology during 11th Five Year Plan, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.In a reply, the Minister of State for Human Resource......