Former Niti Aayog Vice Chairman joins advisory board of India Sotheby's"India Sotheby's International Realty is a premier organisation in the real estate advisory and transaction segment. We all know that the r...
23 Nov, 2022, 06.21 AM IST
'Handa Bhonda' & 'Bantul The Great' creator Narayan Debnath passes away at 97West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee confirmed the news on social media.
18 Jan, 2022, 02.13 PM IST
D.Litt row: Kerala varsity VC says he was being careful with the grammar and spelling of his life"I am very careful not to lose the grammar and spelling of life. The hands tend to tremble when the mind is shaken and I do not see it as a...
11 Jan, 2022, 10.54 PM IST
Statements about recommendation to confer D.Litt on President are irresponsible, ignorant: Kerala Governor"What I have to speak, I have spoken. I am not going to respond to irresponsible, ignorant statements," Khan said.
02 Jan, 2022, 01.22 PM IST
New education system aims to create equitable society: Dr K KasturiranganDr Kasturirangan said the NEP provides an integrated yet flexible approach towards education and emphasis is given in the policy to the asp...
17 Dec, 2020, 07.16 PM IST
IIEST confers D.Litt on ex-President Pranab MukherjeeDirector of IIEST, Prof Ajoy Ray, said Mukherjee was chosen for the honour for his contributions in the fields of society, economics and th...
04 Mar, 2018, 06.34 PM IST
Pranab Mukherjee arrives in Bangladesh; to be honoured with D.LittThe former president, during his four-day visit, would join a three-day 'International Bengali Literature Conference' as the chief guest to...
14 Jan, 2018, 07.48 PM IST
Sikkim set to become fully literate in 2018: Pawan Kumar ChamlingSikkim Manipal University had honoured him with Ph.D degree in 2003 and Sikkim University with Doctorate of Philosophy degree in July this ...
06 Dec, 2017, 08.17 PM IST
Mrinal Sen to receive honorary doctorate from IIESTSen, who turns 94 in May this year, is however unlikely to be personally present at the convocation due to age related issues.
02 Mar, 2016, 03.56 PM IST
Need tolerance in India 'very badly': Amartya SenNobel Laureate Prof Amartya Sen asserted that India right now needs tolerance "very badly".
20 Jan, 2016, 08.16 PM IST
Government shouldn't dominate Presidency University: Amartya Sen"Presidency would certainly want government's help, but (it should) not (be) dominant," Sen said at a lecture at the university in Kolkata.
20 Jan, 2016, 04.39 PM IST
Writer Ashok Vajpeyi to return D. Litt from Hyderabad UniversityThe former Lalit Kala Akademi chairman was awarded D.Litt (Doctor of Letters, honoris causa) by the Central University of Hyderabad few yea...
19 Jan, 2016, 06.51 PM IST
Bengali novelist Mani Sankar Mukherjee to get honorary DLittThe 82-year-old's best known novel 'Chowringhee' continues to attract readers even after more than 50 years of its publication.
09 Jan, 2016, 01.42 PM IST
Politics degrading quality of education in varsities: Jayant NarlikarOne of the main reasons for the degrading quality of education in universities was that there was too much politics on campuses, astrophysi...
30 Aug, 2015, 02.40 PM IST
Rajesh Khanna's bungalow 'Aashirwad' to be demolishedActor Rajesh Khanna's bungalow 'Aashirwad', acquired by Mangalurean Shashi Kiran Shetty, will be demolished to make way for a multi-storey ...
19 Jun, 2015, 09.59 AM IST
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee conferred D.Litt by Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open UniversityHonour was conferred on the former PM, who was recently bestowed with country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, for his contribution i...
06 May, 2015, 11.18 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh Bhoj University to confer D.Litt on Atal Bihari VajpayeeAtal Bihari Vajpayee will be conferred a honorary D.Litt degree by Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University for his contribution in the fields...
05 May, 2015, 04.03 PM IST