Tuition fees for B.Tech and M.Tech courses at the National Institutes of Technology could be raised to Rs 50,000 a year from the 2012-13 academic year.
The council of the NITs, the body to decide such matters, today considered a proposal to hike fees from the Rs 35,000 the institutes charge at present. “The proposal [...]
Raising their pitch on the Lokpal Bill, the Anna Hazare team today alleged the government version of the ombudsman was not aimed at fighting corruption but to target those who complain against the menace.
The Hazare team felt the exclusion of a large chunk of the bureaucracy from the ambit of Lokpal was not proper. [...]
Condemning the police action against Baba Ramdev, Bharatiya Janata Party leaders said on Sunday that the party would now take it upon itself to move the protests forward.
Vijay Goel, All India General Secretary of the party, said, “The BJP was not directly involved with the protest earlier but we will make this a national [...]
Inaugurating the three day national executive meet of the party, BJP president Nitin Gadkari exhorted people from all castes, communities and political affiliations to come forward and help build a grand temple in Ayodhya. However, he added that Ram mandir is not a political issue for his party.
Gadkari admitted, “BJP’s performance in recent assembly [...]
The Tarun Gogoi ministry in Assam was expanded on Friday with the induction of 18 ministers, including 14 in the cabinet rank, taking the strength of the nine-day-old government to 19.
Six members of the previous ministry, including senior minister Bhumidhar Barman, were dropped in the exercise, which saw induction of five new faces – [...]
IIT dons take heart. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal will not let a slight go unanswered. Even if it came from a colleague.
On Thursday, Sibal hit back at Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh’s controversial remark that IIT and IIM faculty were not world class.
Sibal asserted that the IIT faculty was indeed world class and said teachers [...]
Actress-businesswoman Preity Zinta is drained after constantly travelling with her Indian Premier League team Kings XI Punjab for more than a month. She will unwind herself for a week before starting work on movies.
“Finally back home after da whole IPL drill! Am exhausted with all da travel! Chilling 4 a week (I hope) before [...]
Mamata Banerjee took oath from governor MK Narayanan in the presence of around 3,200 guests that included union home minister P Chidambaram, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, outgoing chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Left Front chairman Biman Bose and leaders of other LF partners. Trinamool Congress supremo is the first non-Marxist leader in 34 years to [...]
Read More... Governor J B Patnaik administered the oath of office to Gogoi in a function at Darbar Hall of Raj Bhavan in presence of a host of dignitaries and the newly elected Congress legislators.
Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Bijoy Krishna Handique, Congress leader Vincent Pala, Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma, chief [...]