Assam Governor changes language requirements for Hindi, Bengali and Sanskrit thesesActing on a series of complaints on the language of the thesis of the subjects like Hindi, Bengali and Sanskrit - which were being requeste...
13 Aug, 2022, 08.29 PM IST
Shouldn’t minorities, Dalits talk about Indian culture: Kanimozhi asks CentreThe RSS-BJP combine has been eager to showcase ancient Indian history as one of victory of the Hindus over others, and of a united Hindu so...
16 Sep, 2020, 08.05 AM 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
Ramdev's Bharitya Shiksha Board brings in RSS's Atul Kothari as special inviteeAtul Kothari of the RSS affiliated body and the Nyas he represents as its National Secretary- recently objected to ‘sex education’ being ad...
19 Nov, 2019, 02.08 PM IST
Uttarakhand madrassas to teach SanskritA six-member lower committee of the board yesterday cleared the proposal for inclusion of Sanskrit and Computer Science as optional subject...
11 Jan, 2018, 05.39 PM IST
Sanskrit will flourish despite Prejudices of Left, Libtards: Chamu Krishna ShastryOn the new trend in translation works, Shastry said there was a lot of work going on in translating knowledge material from other languages...
26 Jan, 2017, 04.14 PM IST
DMK to protest Centre's bid to make Sanskrit learning mustThe agitation, to be led by DMK district secretaries in front of state and central government offices in all districts, will also oppose th...
09 Jan, 2017, 05.49 PM IST
Hold national test after class 12 for college admissions, recommends panelThe committee proposed a SAT-type test irrespective of examination board to fix the problem of multiple entrance tests for admission to col...
18 Jun, 2016, 10.26 AM IST
Sheldon Pollock offers scholarly opinion on Sanskrit - a language that the government seems keen to massifySanskrit has always been identified as central to the idea of Indianness and culture. And, the world over, the language has been appreciate...
01 May, 2016, 01.02 PM IST
Panel for pay parity for Sanskrit teachers, says HRD Ministry- appointed committeeGopalaswami said the committee pitched for support to oriental research institutes and manuscript libraries where a lot of good work is bei...
07 Feb, 2016, 12.27 PM IST
Don’t favour making any language compulsory in school, says panel for Sanskrit promotionThe committee, set up by the HRD ministry, said that all Sanskrit Pathsalas and Vedic Schools should be affiliated to some board.
05 Feb, 2016, 12.55 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
German language row: HRD ministry to draft new language policy for education sectorA committee will look into contentious issues such as establishing a link language (read common language) for educational purposes.
08 Jan, 2015, 10.19 AM IST
Haryana government to form advisory committee for new education policy: Ram Bilas SharmaThe new education policy aims to raise the level of qualitative education in government schools, the Cabinet minister said yesterday.
22 Dec, 2014, 07.50 PM IST
Sanskrit to be taught in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas tooThe move would require approval of the executive committee—the highest decision-making body of the NVS headed by HRD Minister Smriti Irani.
08 Dec, 2014, 05.13 AM IST
Opposition if schools forced to adopt Sanskrit as 3rd language: ElangovanSC asked the Centre to consider not replacing German language with Sanskrit in Kendriya Vidyalayas in the middle of the ongoing academic se...
29 Nov, 2014, 06.39 PM IST
2 sexual harassment complaints received by HRD Ministry: Smriti IraniIrani said apart from her Ministry, each autonomous institutions is having a complaints committee to look into the issue of sexual harassme...
16 Jul, 2014, 05.38 PM IST