Naspers and Prosus CEO Bob van Dijk resigns; Myntra experiments with returnsIn a sudden move, Bob van Djik has resigned as CEO and board member of technology investment firm Prosus and its South African parent Naspe...
19 Sep, 2023, 07.33 AM IST
Cabinet approves conferring INI status to five IIITsThe Five IIITs in PPP mode at Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur will now be able to use the nomenclature of Bachelor of Techno...
05 Feb, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
Govt introduces bill to permit 15 IIITs award degreesTo help address the challenges faced by the country's information technology industry, the government has decided to set up 20 IIITs under ...
10 Apr, 2017, 05.35 PM IST
GST does not figure in Arun Jaitley-Jayalalitha talksJayalalithaa "apprised the Union Finance Minister of the calamity of unprecedented magnitude that struck" these districts, it said.
20 Dec, 2015, 02.13 PM IST
After deluge, Chennai faces uphill task of clearing 1L tonnes of trashWith water receding from most areas in Chennai and its suburbs, sanitation and conservancy workers face the mammoth task of removing one la...
08 Dec, 2015, 10.21 PM IST
Chennai floods: Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa announces further sops for rain ravaged districtsJayalalithaa said consumers of electricity need not pay their bills this month and can do so by January 31, 2016 and that no penalty will b...
08 Dec, 2015, 04.40 PM IST
Steps in education will be as per spirit of Constitution: Smriti IraniIrani sought to downplay her meetings with RSS ideologues and Sangh organisations, saying it was her responsibility, as a Minister, to list...
01 Dec, 2014, 08.43 PM IST
Indian Institutes of Information and Technology Bill gets Parliament nodHRD Minister said students passing from these institutes will now get degrees and the govt would make all efforts to attract the best of fa...
01 Dec, 2014, 08.13 PM IST
Bill in Lok Sabha to declare four IIITs as institutions of national importanceA bill seeking to declare 4 IIITs as institutions of national importance and empower them to grant degrees was introduced in the Lok Sabha ...
12 Aug, 2014, 05.00 PM IST
Human Resource Development Ministry sets agenda for 2014 Budget SessionAll 3 efforts would require Parliament to pass legislation. Officials said that work was under way on the proposed items of legislation and...
07 Jul, 2014, 05.41 AM IST
The new kind of elected members of ParliamentMeet the new kind of MP — the bouncer. The last days of the 15th Lok Sabha have created what is a novel role for an elected member of Parli...
19 Feb, 2014, 05.08 AM IST
Bill in LS to establish 20 more IIITsA bill to establish 20 more IIITs and declare the four existing ones as institutions of national importance was introduced in the Lok Sabha.
18 Mar, 2013, 03.14 PM IST
- Govt approves bill to set up 20 more IIITs
Government gave nod for a bill, which seeks to give IIITs administrative autonomy and enables setting up of 20 more such institutes.
17 Aug, 2012, 01.49 PM IST
- Kapil Sibal blames opposition for slow reforms in education sector
HRD minister Kapil Sibal has blamed the opposition for lack of progress in structural and administrative reforms in the education sector.
03 Apr, 2012, 04.31 AM IST
- Kapil Sibal introduces Copyright Bill, Education Bills likely to suffer
HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday managed to introduce the Copyright Bill in the Rajya Sabha.
21 Dec, 2011, 03.01 AM IST
- Kapil Sibal reaches out to UPA MPs for passage of education reform bills
Human resources development minister Kapil Sibal is trying to push through key education reform bills in the winter session of Parliament.
23 Nov, 2011, 02.47 AM IST
- Vedanthangal sanctuary to close from June 30 as birds fly back
Its time to rest your binoculars as the Vedanthangal bird sanctuary will officially be closed for visitors from June 30.
28 Jun, 2011, 06.18 AM IST