IMD weather alert: Yellow warning for Himalayan states and heavy rain forecast for Kerala as monsoon strengthensHeightened weather activity is observed across India as storm systems over the Himalayas and the approaching southwest monsoon towards Kera...
25 May, 2026, 06.29 PM IST
Weather Today: No rain in Delhi, yellow alert for 7 Kerala districts. Check IMD's forecast for Bihar, Bengal, Tamil Nadu and other statesWeather update: India braces for above-normal May rainfall, with the southwest monsoon expected around May 14-16. Delhi anticipates partly ...
02 May, 2026, 07.51 AM IST
IBPS PO 2025: Check the list of centres for prelims and mains examThe IBPS PO 2025 Preliminary exam is scheduled for August 17, 23, and 24, followed by the Mains exam on October 12. The recruitment aims to...
08 Aug, 2025, 10.03 AM IST
Cabinet approves expansion of academic and infrastructure capacity of 5 IITsThe Union Cabinet has approved a significant expansion of five IITs in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, and Karnataka...
07 May, 2025, 01.32 PM IST
PM Modi-led Cabinet clears key reforms in skilling, IIT expansion, and coal allocationThe Union Cabinet has approved significant initiatives to bolster India's skill development, higher education, and energy security. These i...
07 May, 2025, 12.36 PM IST
The more (plugged in) IITs, the betterIITs are expanding their footprint with increased seats, aiming to accommodate 6,500 more students. This move needs to be complemented by b...
12 Mar, 2025, 11.03 PM IST
5 new IITs to add about 200 BTech seats per year, centre mulls timelinesThe five newer IITs are set to increase their undergraduate seats by 200 each annually over the next five years, doubling their current int...
10 Mar, 2025, 11.44 PM IST
More studs on tech crown: 5 IITs to get 6,500 new seatsThe budget has enabled the addition of 6,500 undergraduate seats at five IITs over five years, starting next academic session. Budgetary al...
02 Feb, 2025, 08.31 AM IST
President Droupadi Murmu approves appointment of new directors at 8 IITs: Education ministryWhile Venkayappaya R Desai from IIT Kharagpur's Department of Civil Engineering has been appointed as the Director of IIT Dhardwad, the ins...
20 Sep, 2022, 12.53 AM IST
Zero-tolerance policy for states that fail to allot land for Central institutes: HRD ministerThe Indian Institute of Technology-Goa and the National Institute of Technology-Sikkim are functioning out of temporary campuses.
19 Jun, 2019, 10.24 PM IST
Cabinet approves Rs 7,000 crore for construction of six IIT campuses"The Union Cabinet on October 24, 2017 approved a Rs 7,002 crore plan for construction of permanent campuses for six new IITs, to be comple...
27 Oct, 2017, 09.40 PM IST
IITs may soon decide their own fee structureThe Ministry had also decided to give a total fee waiver for the differently-abled, students from SC and ST community and those belonging t...
14 Oct, 2016, 03.16 PM IST
President nod for six new IITs in country; NIT in APThe Lok Sabha had on July 25 passed the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill. It got Rajya Sabha approval on August 2.
11 Aug, 2016, 05.14 PM IST
HRD Ministry forms search panel for selection of Directors of 6 new IIMsThe minister said that for appointment of Directors of six IITs in Tirupati, Palakkad, Bhilai, Dharwad, Jammu and Goa, an advertisement had...
28 Jul, 2016, 05.06 PM IST
Bill introduced in Lok Sabha to bring 6 new IITs, ISM under IIT ActHRD Minister Prakash Javadekar, who introduced the bill, in the statement of objects and reasons said the government has set up six new IIT...
19 Jul, 2016, 07.34 PM IST
Union Cabinet gives approval to five new IITsFive new IITs will come up at Tirupati, Palakkad, Dharwar, Bhilai, Goa and Jammu while ISM Dhanbad will also be upgraded to an IIT.
25 May, 2016, 05.34 PM IST
Chhattisgarh & Goa facing land hurdle for new IIT campusesWhile every state queues up to win an IIT or IIM, finding it a worthy enough campus in another battle altogether.
23 Mar, 2016, 02.02 AM IST