Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
08 Jun, 2026, 07.45 PM IST
SC forms high-powered expert panel to re-examine Aravalli definitionThe Supreme Court has formed a high-powered committee to review the Centre's report on the Aravalli hills. This panel will conduct an indep...
03 Jun, 2026, 11.24 AM IST
Red Fort area blast case: NIA files 7,500-page chargesheet against 10 accusedThe National Investigation Agency has filed a massive 7,500-page chargesheet in the Red Fort car bomb explosion case. Eleven people were ki...
14 May, 2026, 01.55 PM IST
BJP's 'preparation' for Punjab polls has begun: Kejriwal on ED raids against AAP MP MittalThe Enforcement Directorate raided AAP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Kumar Mittal's business and residential premises in Punjab and Haryana as part ...
15 Apr, 2026, 03.16 PM IST
From fake PAN cards to forged passports: Jammu and Kashmir Police unravels LeT's pan-India logistical webJammu and Kashmir Police, with central agencies, detained individuals from Haryana and Rajasthan for facilitating fake identities for Lashk...
12 Apr, 2026, 03.56 PM IST
Mann writes to Amit Shah, opposes any move to convert Panjab University into central varsityThe high court last month directed the Centre to examine the possibility of conversion of Panjab University into a central university
19 Jun, 2022, 09.59 PM IST
President approves appointment of vice chancellors to 12 varsitiesCentral university of South Bihar (Gaya), Manipur university, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), North-Eastern Hill University ...
23 Jul, 2021, 03.21 PM IST
13 Central varsities set to get full-time VCs; President’s nod likely this weekFiles on the appointments, which were held back in the ministry for months, were finally sent to the President in the last month of June wh...
12 Jul, 2021, 07.18 AM IST
Nearly half of 40 central universities without full-time VCAppointments of Vice-Chancellors at around half of central universities have been pending for months, even as the government embarks on an ...
08 Mar, 2021, 09.28 AM IST
Amid education revamp plans, 13 Central Universities without full time VCsAlthough the Covid-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown may have delayed the appointment of new VCs to some extent, there is little to expla...
18 Aug, 2020, 10.34 AM IST
Universities to get flexibility in holding exams while experts suggest six-day study weekMeanwhile, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is eyeing a 12-day window to complete school board examinations in test centres comp...
29 Apr, 2020, 08.49 AM IST
Cabinet approves Rs 3,600 cr for setting up 13 central varsitiesThe Union Cabinet on Wednesday granted approval to an expenditure of over Rs 3,600 crore for setting up of 13 new central universities with...
16 Jan, 2019, 05.12 PM IST
Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain is chancellor of Kashmir varsityThe appointments are of particular significance, especially in the light of the increasing alienation of the Kashmiri youth and record recr...
13 Jul, 2018, 08.18 AM IST
Haryana government forms Committee to overlook farm mechanization to check stubble burningThe committee has been constituted under the Chairmanship of chief secretary and it would oversee the implementation of scheme component th...
20 Jun, 2018, 02.09 PM IST
35% of faculty posts vacant in IITs, 53% in central varsitiesPrakash Javadekar said the government is monitoring the recruitment process every month and the universities have already started the recru...
20 Aug, 2017, 10.31 AM IST
Rajnath Singh, Radha Mohan Singh to attend Haryana agri leadership summitApart from this, an MoU for technology transfer would be signed between CIFE), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Mumbai and Departme...
16 Mar, 2017, 07.30 PM IST
Visitor's Annual Conference: Five CII companies sign MoUs to firm industry-academia collaborationIn all, forty-five pacts were signed yesterday at Visitor's Annual Conference at Rashtrapati Bhavan . The conference was presided over by t...
05 Nov, 2015, 04.57 PM IST