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, 2009The week-long attempts by broadcasters at rallying political support against the Governments alleged move for censorship...
Sat, Jan 17, 2009With the Prime Ministers Office pitching in for academic reforms for all higher educational institutes...
Sat, Jan 17, 2009The 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, 2009Just 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, 2009An 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, 2009The US Federal Register maintains a strict record of every gift that comes to its federal officers from foreign governments...
Sun, Jan 11, 2009A fortnight after the Madras High Court struck down the appointment of IIT Madras director M S Ananth because it had not...
Sat, Jan 10, 2009CBSE 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, 2009A 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, 2006The 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, 2006At 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, 2006One 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, 2006This 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, 2006Yesterday, 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, 2005In 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, 2005Famous 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, 2005Vegetarians travelling on Virgin Atlantic (VA) flights might have been misled into eating chicken and fish toppings served in the ‘Hind...
Fri, Jul 01, 2005Back 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, 2005When 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, 2004The 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