Jats to launch rail blockade in support of reservation demandA prominent Jat outfit today decided to join the Jat Khap panchayat's rail blockade in the district from March if the Centre did not take s...
27 Feb, 2014, 12.09 PM IST
Uttarakhand Congress working committee to meet on February 15A number of political resolutions will be adopted and party programmes for next three-four months will be formulated at the meeting, he sai...
08 Feb, 2014, 02.54 PM IST
Uttarakhand tragedy: Strict action against laxity in distribution of relief, says Yashpal AryaArya said the calamity affected victims should be treated with utmost compassion and sensitivity in this hour of crisis.
12 Jul, 2013, 02.23 PM IST
- India has potential to be skill capital of world: Hamid Ansari
"India has the potential to emerge as the skill capital of the world, provided we succeed in equipping our working age population with mark...
09 Apr, 2013, 07.41 PM IST
- Good higher education needs better paid teachers & more research
Teaching and research must be integrated. Action at the higher education level alone will not improve the quality of our graduates.
10 Sep, 2011, 06.28 AM IST
- A small beginning
We hope to see some more action in higher education reform.
20 Jan, 2010, 12.11 AM IST
- Sibal to now focus on Central Madarsa Board at CABE meet
The HRD ministry will raise the possibility of setting up a Central Madarsa Board at the meeting of the Central Advisory Board on Education...
29 Aug, 2009, 04.10 AM IST
- Sibal building consensus on education reforms
Afraid to be caught on the wrong foot again, HRD minister Kapil Sibal has embraced the ‘consensus mantra’. With just 20-odd days to complet...
15 Aug, 2009, 04.12 AM IST
- Universities should be given full autonomy: Yashpal
Advocating the need for complete overhauling of the present higher education system, a renowned educationist on Saturday asked the governme...
08 Aug, 2009, 02.50 PM IST
- End licence raj in education
Privatisation of education needs to be encouraged than viewed as scandal.
30 Jun, 2009, 05.26 AM IST
- HRD minister vows progress on Yashpal report in 100 days
Minister for human resource development Kapil Sibal said that government will try to initiate the process of implementing the recommendatio...
25 Jun, 2009, 03.53 AM IST
- Yashpal panel lays out road to reform
HRD minister Kapil Sibal's plans to bring in sweeping reforms will soon be put to test.
24 Jun, 2009, 01.47 AM IST
- All deemed university proposals in cold storage
In a first step to bring order in the higher education sector Kapil Sibal directed to keep all pending proposals for “deemed to be universi...
05 Jun, 2009, 05.55 AM IST
- Srikkanth is BCCI's new chief selector
Other selectors: R Venkat, S Bhave, N Hirwani & Yashpal Sharma.
27 Sep, 2008, 02.17 PM IST
- Srikkanth replaces Vengsarkar as chief selector
Srikkanth replaces Vengsarkar as BCCI selection committee chairman.
26 Sep, 2008, 04.27 PM IST
- BCCI okays foreign players in domestic cricket
The BCCI Technical Committee on Saturday allowed state associations to add a foreign player in their squads.
30 Aug, 2008, 07.32 PM IST
- Yashpal panel to review UGC’s role
Turf war and political compulsions may have rung the death knell for the National Commission for Higher Education.
10 Mar, 2008, 04.19 AM IST