Ram Rajya to Sanatan Dharma: Why Lord Ram was painted greenIn contemporary discourse, the concept of Sanatan Dharma has become a battleground for political maneuvering. While it is often framed as a...
25 Apr, 2026, 12.48 AM IST
CUET PG Result 2026 out: Check likely DU, JNU, BHU expected cut-off for all courses & categoriesThe National Testing Agency has released the CUET PG 2026 results. Candidates can now check their scores online. Top universities like Delh...
24 Apr, 2026, 07.00 PM IST
Over 40,000 manuscripts identified in J&K under Gyan Bharatam MissionJammu and Kashmir has identified over 40,000 manuscripts under the national Gyan Bharatam mission. A 16th-century Takri script manuscript w...
18 Apr, 2026, 01.01 AM IST
'Narendra Arohanam': Sanskrit scholar from Odisha authors 'Mahakavya' on PM Modi's lifeSomanath Dash, an associate professor at the National Sanskrit University, has authored a 700-page Sanskrit Mahakavya detailing Prime Minis...
11 Jan, 2025, 02.33 PM IST
Four Central Universities functioning without full-time VCs: Govt to RSThe varsities are -- National Sanskrit University in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar Mahatma Gandhi Central University in Bihar, Central University o...
16 Mar, 2022, 05.38 PM IST
Sanskrit helps nurture knowledge, strengthens national unity, says PM ModiAddressing the 80th edition of his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat', Prime Minister Modi said, "Through its thoughts and medium of li...
29 Aug, 2021, 01.00 PM IST
Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day amid Opposition uproar over Delhi violenceAs the Upper House re-assembled at 2 pm after an adjournment earlier in the day, Opposition MPs including those belonging to the Congress, ...
02 Mar, 2020, 05.21 PM IST
After Hindi push, plans afoot for Sanskrit central varsities nowThe case was especially made for Delhi’s Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan which has expanded hugely and over 60 institutions are affiliated with...
11 Jun, 2019, 07.11 AM IST
Government plans Sanskrit push ahead of Lok Sabha electionsThe government has made a strong pitch for Sanskrit in the education system since 2014 when it took charge.
24 Oct, 2018, 08.53 AM IST
DU admissions expose sorry state of ancient Indian languagesAccording to Pankaj Mishra, an associate professor of Sanskrit at St Stephen's College, the diminishing interest in the language is due to ...
10 Jul, 2018, 04.59 PM IST
Shun 'colonised' mindset to conserve Sanskrit: Najma HeptullaThe Minority Affairs Minister made the remarks during launch of author Rajiv Malhotra's book The Battle for Sanskrit at Delhi University.
02 Feb, 2016, 05.07 PM IST
HRD Ministry sets up panel on SanskritHRD ministry has constituted a 13-member expert panel headed by former CEC N Gopalaswami to deliberate on issues related to Sanskrit as par...
23 Nov, 2015, 07.13 PM IST
HRD ministry asks UGC to change rule to let Sanskrit Sansthan expandRashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan vice chancellor Parameshwara Narayana Shastry confirmed to ET that an amendment was being proposed in UGC regul...
29 Oct, 2015, 09.08 AM IST
University of Kashmir’s Sanskrit department struggles to find students; remains defunct since 1990This has been the story of department ever since militancy erupted in the Valley in 1990, changing the social situation in the state overni...
24 Jun, 2015, 03.45 AM IST
HRD Minister Smriti Irani to hit back at Sanskrit baitersThe ministry has dug out circulars issued towards the fag end of the UPA-II government that proposed making Sanskrit compulsory in all scho...
04 Dec, 2014, 06.40 AM IST
Decisions to make Sanksrit compulsory taken by UPA: HRD MinistryOfficials of the Ministry referred to the circulars issued shortly after a national conference in Lucknow in September last year where it r...
04 Dec, 2014, 02.46 AM IST
Central universities told to explore possibility of having Sanskrit department: GovernmentHRD Minister Smriti Irani said UGC was also providing plan and non-plan grants to five Sanskrit universities and two Sanskrit deemed-to-be-...
03 Dec, 2014, 04.41 PM IST