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. [...]
In a shocking incident, a 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped and killed in a police station in Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh.
The victim, Sonam, according to her parents, Tarranum and Intezam Ali, allegedly went missing on Friday morning after she had taken the cattle for grazing. When she did not return till late afternoon, her [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa, 63, was Monday sworn-in Tamil Nadu chief minister for a third time at a packed hall in Madras University as thousands lined up the nearby roads.
She was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala at the University Centenary Hall. Jayalalithaa will head a 34-member [...]