January 20, 2009 00:33 IST
As it enters the last lap of its term,the UPA Government has decided to revive the Central Madrasa Board plan that had been shot down in 2007 after objection from influential seminaries...
Tue, Jan 20, 2009January 17, 2009 23:40 IST
The week-long attempts by broadcasters at rallying political support against the Governments alleged move for censorship...
Sat, Jan 17, 2009January 17, 2009 00:14 IST
With the Prime Ministers Office pitching in for academic reforms for all higher educational institutes...
Sat, Jan 17, 2009January 14, 2009 23:42 IST
The tug-of-war between the government and the news channels over censorship looks set to intensify with broadcasters now rallying political support in their favour...
Wed, Jan 14, 2009January 14, 2009 01:36 IST
Just a year ago,employers jostled with each other to hire students from the Indian Institutes of Technology,but even the premier institutions are uncertain about placement...
Wed, Jan 14, 2009January 13, 2009 15:03 IST
An MP and UK's Secretary of State for International Development,<b>Douglas Alexander</b>,was recently on his maiden visit to India. In an interview with <b>ANUBHUTI VISHNOI</b>...
Tue, Jan 13, 2009January 11, 2009 00:59 IST
The US Federal Register maintains a strict record of every gift that comes to its federal officers from foreign governments...
Sun, Jan 11, 2009January 10, 2009 23:53 IST
A fortnight after the Madras High Court struck down the appointment of IIT Madras director M S Ananth because it had not...
Sat, Jan 10, 2009January 05, 2009 01:03 IST
CBSE is preparing to look within. Following a proposal from the Board,the Union HRD Ministry is in the process of setting up a committee...
Mon, Jan 05, 2009
February 26, 2006 01:02 IST
A cat-and-mouse game is going on between the Left and the Delhi police just a few days before US President George Bush’s visit.The Traf...
Sun, Feb 26, 2006
February 18, 2006 02:32 IST
The chefs at New Delhi’s ITC Maurya Sheraton are busy planning a menu just right for President George Bush. And it features a lavish In...
Sat, Feb 18, 2006
February 15, 2006 01:52 IST
At Km 97 on NH1 A in Jammu & Kashmir lies a nondescript town called Kunjwani. Lining the two-lane road are mounds of freshly dug soil even a...
Wed, Feb 15, 2006
February 03, 2006 01:54 IST
One more day of this strike and the terminal 1 B lounge will become the epicentre of an epidemic,’’ fumed A Raja S. Solomon, an ad...
Fri, Feb 03, 2006
January 26, 2006 00:22 IST
This is the Delhi Metro, we stick to deadlines. In fact, we beat all deadlines and finish ahead of schedule.’’ It’s a tribute...
Thu, Jan 26, 2006
December 25, 2005 02:27 IST
Yesterday, The Indian Express exposed one reason why the head of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Ram Babu Sharma rails against the demolition of ...
Sun, Dec 25, 2005
December 15, 2005 01:45 IST
In a town where salwar-kameez was the norm, Kamna Chaudhary stood out in jeans and tops.‘‘She was a mediocre student... I noticed ...
Thu, Dec 15, 2005
October 16, 2005 00:00 IST
Famous for its Shekhawati havelis, Fatehpur in Sikar district in Rajasthan is now overtaken with a sense of waste. Fading frescoes share spa...
Sun, Oct 16, 2005
July 01, 2005 00:00 IST
Vegetarians travelling on Virgin Atlantic (VA) flights might have been misled into eating chicken and fish toppings served in the ‘Hind...
Fri, Jul 01, 2005
January 24, 2005 00:41 IST
Back from the Australia Open, it was time for the four Indian ball kids to throw some names. Excitement overflowed at the IG Airport as the ...
Mon, Jan 24, 2005
October 03, 2004 02:27 IST
When a history scholar from JNU asked the National Archives of India for a document, her request was turned down. She was told it was ‘...
Sun, Oct 03, 2004
July 26, 2004 01:57 IST
The venue was the Rain Centre in Meerut. The guests were farmers from Aligarh, Dehra Dun, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh. And their aim: To lear...
Mon, Jul 26, 2004




