The Delhi High Court has set aside a Central Information Commission (CIC) order that directed the disclosure of information related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bachelor's degree.
The Cyberabad police that investigated the case informed the court that Rohith Vemula did not belong to Scheduled Caste and that he was aware of it.
The SP said Chopra is the kingpin of drugs in Hamirpur and added that this is the seventh case registered against him under the NDPS Act.
"Leaders like Vajpayee, Advani treated me with respect," the JD-U leader said.
Altogether 160 MLAs voted in favour of the confidence motion while no vote was cast against the same.
In a possible showdown between the Indian Institutes of Management and the Union HRD ministry, the IIM-A has 'rejected' recommendations of R C Bhargava Committee.
The medical entrance exam NEET was scheduled for July 26, while the JEE-Mains for admission to engineering colleges was to be held from July 18-23.
The meeting was attended by the JNU registrar, proctor and other admin officials who briefed the MHRD officials about the incident. Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' has vowed 'strong action' against the perpetrators of the violence at JNU.
Choudhary also posted on his Twitter account, a letter written by Union minister for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya to Irani using "dear", and accused her of "double standards" on this count.
The foundation stone laying ceremony of IIT Gandhinagar, the much-awaited event where Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal were likely to share dais, has been called off.
Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of trying to subvert India's growth story, Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said the party was suffering from 'paralysis' as it was not allowing Parliament to function, returning the barb directed at the government by the opposition.
A decision to that effect was taken at a meeting of directors of various IIMs here Tuesday. The meeting was presided over by Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal.
The decision was taken at a meeting held in New Delhi on January 24, attended by directors of the four existing IIITs of the country and HRD officials.
HRD minister Kapil Sibal calls 100 per cent cut-off for Delhi University's Sri Ram College of Commerce irrational. Says students need not worry.
Kapil Sibal, union minister of Human Resource Development, believes that higher education offered by US-based universities is much better than that offered by universities in the United Kingdom.
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The eight new IITs that were permitted to be set up in 2008 do not have the necessary infrastructure and are not up to the mark making it difficult for these institutes to retain their faculty, Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal said.
The Union HRD minister Smriti Irani visited Hindu college recently to sort the issue of non-extension of fee waiver for persons with disabilities.
IIM-Indore chairman L N Jhunjhunwala said, "Neither the Centre nor the Union HRD minister Arjun Singh were happy with the IIM-A's step to hike its fees". He said since the country is undergoing election process, the government was unable to take any decision on the issue, Jhunjhunwala told PTI on Monday.
"The Centre is planning to bring the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2010 in the Parliament," director of IIIT-Allahabad M D Tiwari told PTI in Allahabad. He said a meeting to discuss the final draft of the bill was held in New Delhi last week in which top officials of the Union HRD ministry and directors of four IIITs took part.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet colleagues celebrated the second International Day of Yoga on Tuesday at different parts of the country.
Kapil Sibal, union HRD minister, has the whole country talking about education. Careers360 team quizzed the Minister on how he will ensure that the fresh set of policies put an end to the rampant trickery institutes resort to to mislead students.
The sources said the ministers and HRD officials however assured the students that their genuine demands like better amenities inside the campus and improving the academic atmosphere will be addressed.
As per the detailed project report, submitted to the Union HRD Ministry by National Association of Software and Service Companies, each new IIITs will come up in partnership with a group of private companies. Each IIIT will have a capital base in which the government's contribution will be less than that of the partnering companies.
The mid-day meal tragedy has sparked a blame game with the Bihar government on Friday refuting Centre's contention of having sent alerts to 12 districts including Saran, where 23 children died after consuming food, over shortcomings in the implementation of the scheme.
Actors and singers such as Padmini Kolhapure, Manoj Joshi, Sudha Chandran, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, Anup Jalota, Kumar Sanu, Deepika Chikhalia and Shabbir Kumar would be among the prominent figures who would perform during 'Atal Geet Ganga', a poetry event to celebrate Vajpayee's 91st birthday
The government on Wednesday said it was 'entirely possible' to provide admissions in general categories in elite educational institutions, while putting on hold reservation for OBCs till the court decides.
"Though, for a student, receiving a master's degree is no less than any prestigious award. But on October 19, (the Convocation Day) I Sameer Gojwari won't accept it," said the student.
The government will also set up an IIM at Shillong.
'Does anyone believe for a moment that T R Baalu cares two hoots for a man without a mandate who happens to be living in Race Course Road by sheer accident?'
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.
Earlier, a judicial panel reportedly rejected his caste status in its probe report.
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has developed a new passenger-friendly technology under the Railway Technology Mission.\n
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
Some of the reaction to India's bombing on Pak terror camps.
"Dr Vipin Srivastava who took charge as the interim vice-chancellor of Hyderabad Central University has proceeded for leave from the afternoon of January 29 and the next senior most professor Dr M Pariasamy will perform the duties of the V-C till further orders," a university official said.
Indian Institutes of Management on Saturday ruled out taking a legal recourse against the drastic reduction in fees 'at the moment' but said all aspects of the government step will be discussed by the board of governors soon.
In the backdrop of suicide of a Dalit research scholar in Hyderabad University, Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Ramdas Athawale today demanded that members of the community be allowed to possess firearms given a "vertical rise" in incidents of "atrocities" against them.
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