Govt constitutes panel to revisit criteria for determining economically weaker sectionsIn an official memorandum issued on Tuesday, the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry said the government constituted the committee in a...
30 Nov, 2021, 09.26 PM IST
J&K L-G Manoj Sinha ask vice chancellors to prepare roadmap to improve functioning of universitiesSinha was holding a meeting to review the functioning of Universities at the Raj Bhavan, Srinagar on Friday. He sought suggestions and reco...
14 Aug, 2020, 10.12 PM IST
ICSSR and research bodies cross swords on performance standardsSocial science council says compliance below par; some institutes say quality under threat.
08 May, 2019, 11.29 PM IST
3 India-specific research schemes to be launchedThe schemes will be opened to both government and private institutes to ensure a level playing field and healthy competition.
10 Aug, 2018, 08.53 AM IST
ICSSR to conduct research on NRI brides in countryKumar said that once the feasibility study is done and preliminary material is available, the project will be sanctioned and work initiated.
21 Jan, 2018, 11.36 AM IST
English textbooks may have passages from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's memoirBB Kumar,Chairman of ICSSR, a body under the HRD Ministry, has recommended a regular policy update in the sphere of education, linking manp...
14 Jan, 2018, 11.40 AM IST
Third eye: Sarkar? Central or Uttar PradeshAt least nine UP cadre IAS officers, including current secretary of the IAS association, Sanjay Bhoosreddy, have been recalled by the Yogi ...
09 May, 2017, 01.15 AM IST
Braj Bihari Kumar to succeed economist S K Thorat as ICSSR chief76-year-old Kumar has been serving as the editor of the two quarterly journals, published by a society called Astha Bharati, of which he is...
03 May, 2017, 01.50 PM IST
Haryana Jats better off than their counterparts in other states like Bihar: ICSSR reportThe ICSSR report noted that in Haryana, nearly 87 per cent of Jats are engaged in agriculture with the remaining in animal husbandry and tr...
15 Mar, 2016, 05.53 AM IST
Quota only if a community has faced discrimination, says Prof Sukhadeo ThoratProf Sukhadeo Thorat, says case of quota for Jats and similar groups like Patels should have to be based on sufficient evidence on discrimi...
24 Feb, 2016, 11.20 AM IST
To retain own man at helm, HRD ministry cancels ICSSR meetWhat irked the ministry is the secret agenda of the meeting that was to finalize search-cum-selection committee to appoint the new member-s...
11 Jun, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
Jats put in OBC as per Constitutional mandate: Centre to SCThe Centre had moved the court days after a Jat delegation met PM Modi, who assured them that his regime would try to find a solution withi...
05 Apr, 2015, 12.15 PM IST
NDA supports UPA's decision on Jat reservationThe NDA government contended that Centre had acted bonafide and in public interest after considering the ground realities.
11 Aug, 2014, 06.42 PM IST
Jat reservation: NCBC to conduct public hearing in 9 statesIt is widely believed that inclusion of Jat community members in the central list of OBCs would benefit the Congress electorally.
21 Jan, 2014, 04.51 PM IST
British Deputy High Commissioner praises IndiaDeputy High Commissioner of British High Commission, Chandigarh, David Lelliott today praised the way India has managed its pluralism.
23 Oct, 2013, 10.34 PM IST
- Pant unhappy with corp governance, divestment moves
Planning Commission deputy chairman KC Pant today took a rather critical view of corporate governance in India and the country's experiment...
28 Nov, 2003, 02.32 AM IST
- Progress in privatisation not quite satisfactory: Pant
The progress in privatisation in India has not been quite satisfactory and has encountered significant roadblocks making the process slow a...
27 Nov, 2003, 08.46 PM IST