HRD Ministry reconstitutes Indian Council for Philosophical Research, brings in Sanskrit scholars, BJP manHRD ministry has reconstituted ICPR bringing in Sanskrit scholars, a former BJP member of the Legislative Council, a retired IPS officer, e...
HRD Ministry likely to appoint Sanskritist and philosopher Siddheshwar Bhatt as ICPR chiefAfter the Indian Council of Historical Research, it is now the turn of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) to see a new hea...
CBI, CVC give view on Lokpal amendments to Parliamentary panel"We are taking up the matter of the bill one by one. We cannot given any timeframe. But it is a priority for us," Natchiappan told PTI.
Lokpal search committee to be reconstituted"There is no search committee for the Lokpal at the moment. It will be reconstituted," a senior government official said requesting anonymi...
Lokpal selection committee may go ahead without leader of oppositionWith none of the non-NDA parties having managed the minimum 55 MPs needed to stake claim to the Lokpal post, Sumitra Mahajan is yet to deci...
New government to modify Lokpal rulesGovt decided to modify Lokpal rules to give more powers to the search committee mandated to recommend names for appointment of chairperson ...
Ravi Shankar Prasad to have a "look" at Lokpal lawRavi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said he will have a "look" at the Lokpal Act in his new role as the Law Minister.
Government declines information on Lokpal aspirants, calls it 'personal'Govt, however, gave names of 8 persons chosen for appointment as chairperson or members of the Search Committee during a meeting held in Fe...
DU's 4-year UG programme: UGC names advisory panel to track progressAll speculation about the launch of the much-debated four-year under graduate programme by DU has been put to an end with UGC today constit...
- Experts object deleting cartoons from NCERT textbooks
After JNU professor MSS Pandian, a member of the Thorat Committee, objected to deleting cartoons from the NCERT political science textbooks...
- Experts object to cartoons in NCERT political science textbooks
The experts are likely to make a joint petition to the NCERT ahead of the July 14 meeting of the textbook monitoring committee.
- Thorat panel member files a dissenting note, favours use of cartoons in textbooks
Sources in NCERT said that Professor MSS Pandian had disagreed with the committee, and sent in his dissent note.
It's shame on Ambedkar's memory: Yogendra YadavWith the govt forced into withdrawing the NCERT's textbook, Indian Constitution at Work, Yogendra Yadav & S Palshikar quit as the Council's...
- SC advice on ‘unfit’ varsities vexes HRD
The central government could find itself in a spot with the Supreme Court asking it to consider the possibility of shifting some of the 44 ...
Centre finds 44 doomed universitiesIn what appears to be a indictment of UPA-I’s ‘education merchandise,’ the Centre has approached the Supreme Court with the recommendation ...
- Govt may find it difficult to undo irregularities
With a HRD ministry-constituted panel has detected serious irregularities in the awarding of deemed to be universities status to institutio...
- Left changes tack as V-P poll nears
Till now, the Left has been entertaining the vanity that the candidate would be picked by its leaders.