Congress apologises after flak over Abul Kalam Azad not featuring in plenary adThe full-page advertisement, published in dailies on the third day of the plenary session on Saturday, featured Congress leaders of the pas...
26 Feb, 2023, 08.02 PM IST
National Education Day: History, theme, significance, and celebrationTo honor Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the Ministry of Human Resource Development announced 11th November as 'National Education Day' on 11th Se...
11 Nov, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
Mallikarjun Kharge visits B R Ambedkar's memorial, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's graveAfter visiting Ambedkar's memorial here, Kharge posted a quote of the former law minister and the chief architect of the Constitution on Tw...
28 Oct, 2022, 11.57 PM IST
PM Modi pays tributes to Maulana Azad, Acharya Kripalani on their birth anniversaryBoth Azad and Kripalani were Congress presidents, and Azad was also the first education minister of India. A Gandhian and socialist, Kripal...
11 Nov, 2020, 05.31 PM IST
India celebrates National Education Day 2020Although the day is celebrated nationwide, there is no holiday to mark the occasion. The day is usually observed by schools with various fu...
11 Nov, 2020, 03.01 PM IST
Google Doodle marks Urdu writer Abdul Qavi Desnavi's 87th birth anniversaryDesnavi exerted powerful influence on the evolution of Urdu literature and academic thought in India.
01 Nov, 2017, 12.55 PM IST
Two Jan Sangh-educationists Ashutosh Mukherjee, KM Munshi to figure with 8 others in UGC anthologyThe UGC will soon release “an anthology of thoughts on education” by eminent personalities, following a request made by the HRD ministry.
15 Oct, 2015, 04.58 AM IST
Abul Kalam book row reaches HRD minister Smriti IraniA book on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad financed by NCPUL, under HRD ministry, has sparked a wave of protest which has now reached Smriti Irani.
01 Aug, 2015, 12.26 PM IST
Anushka Sharma cops Twitter flak after getting Abdul Kalam's name wrongAnushka Sharma got President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's name wrong while tweeting her tribute to him.
28 Jul, 2015, 12.15 PM IST
Don't know who morphed picture with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: Najma Heptulla to HCEarlier, the court had rapped CBI over its failure to find out who allegedly morphed a picture of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Heptulla.
11 Mar, 2015, 04.47 PM IST
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad-Najma Heptulla photo morphing could not be proved: CBI to HCHC gave direction to CBI after Azad's grandnephew Firoz Bakht Ahmed alleged that morphing was done at instance of Heptulla when she was hea...
18 Dec, 2014, 10.22 PM IST
Azad-Heptulla 'morphed' photo: CBI seeks more time to file status reportA bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru granted two weeks time to CBI after its counsel sought "reasonable" time for submitting the report.
14 Nov, 2014, 08.04 PM IST
Delhi High Court seeks CBI response on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad-Najma Heptulla 'morphed' photoA plea was moved by Azad's grandnephew Firoz Bakht Ahmed who alleged that morphing was done at the instance of Heptulla when she was headin...
07 Nov, 2014, 08.36 PM IST
- Government to launch portal on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on November 11
A national portal to commemorate 125th birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Education Minister, will be launched on ...
08 Nov, 2013, 10.52 PM IST
- Bangladesh court hands down death penalty to 1971 war criminal
The three-member International Crimes Tribunal-2 sentenced Abul Kalam Azad, an anchor of Islamic programmes at a private TV channel, to dea...
21 Jan, 2013, 01.21 PM IST
- Bangladesh expects $7-9 billion investment by Indian power companies
Bangladesh expects Indian companies to invest $ 7-9 billion in its power sector and a few entities have already evinced interest.
04 Mar, 2012, 10.56 AM IST
- Indian crew, ship survive pirates' attack
FSUI foiled Somali pirates attempts to attack Indian crew.
01 Jan, 2009, 08.11 PM IST