Simhashta Kumbh Mela 2027: Maharashtra govt starts 'Purohit-Kanishtha Sahayak Purohit' courseMaharashtra government is training junior assistant priests for the 2027 Simhashta Kumbh Mela in Nashik. The 21-day course teaches Vedic ri...
29 Dec, 2025, 04.09 PM IST
Draft UG maths curriculum has grave defects: Over 900 researchers, mathematicians tell UGCOver 900 researchers have petitioned the UGC to withdraw its draft undergraduate mathematics curriculum, citing grave defects and inadequat...
18 Sep, 2025, 04.53 PM IST
Noida: Police arrest gang for duping parents of Rs 31 lakh by running fake coaching centreFour individuals, including a couple, were arrested in Greater Noida for running a fake coaching center under the guise of skill developmen...
16 Feb, 2025, 12.54 PM IST
Bhagavad Gita for Humanity, Dharma & Religion: new papers likely at DU's Hindu Studies CentreThe Delhi University's Centre for Hindu Studies is proposing to introduce six new elective papers including Introduction to Vedic Literatur...
08 Jul, 2024, 05.33 PM IST
Education Ministry revives Vedic education proposalA meeting has been scheduled where representatives of MSRVP and officials of Department of School Education, the National Council of Educat...
18 Feb, 2021, 07.57 AM IST
Government considering class 10 & 12 equivalence for Vedic certificationsThe Ujjain-based 'Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan' —an autonomous body under the HRD ministry—admits students from Clas...
29 Jun, 2018, 08.55 AM IST
Lingayat row to linger long after Karnataka electionsBasavanna’s religion was founded in present-day Basavakalyana in Bidar district. Given his revolutionary teachings, he was persecuted by th...
10 May, 2018, 10.53 AM IST
IIT-Kharagpur rolls out course to connect ancient India to modern sciencesNew course offered by the department of social sciences seeks to find out the contribution by Indian science to the modern sciences, and sh...
01 May, 2018, 11.13 AM IST
Proposal for yoga, culture courses in JNU rejected againThe proposal to introduce three short-term courses in these subjects had come last year against the backdrop of right-wing organisations, i...
09 Oct, 2016, 11.03 AM IST
JNU to reconsider introducing courses in yoga and cultureThe document further said that Indian culture cannot be understood without the help of "Indian literature, which are generally written by s...
29 May, 2016, 12.14 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
Smriti Irani, RSS bodies discuss new education policy, prospective appointmentsIrani held discussion with RSS bodies on new education policy during which they are understood to have discussed appointments of possible c...
18 Jul, 2015, 10.59 PM IST
Vedic Vidyalayas catch people’s fancy in Hindi beltThese vidyalayas are run jointly by Vishwa Ved Sansthan (an organ of VHP) and Maharshi Ved Vyas Pratisthan and offer a 7 year course in Ved...
16 Jul, 2015, 10.50 AM IST
Vedic Maths: Not quite adding upWritten by Shankaracharya Bharti Krishna Tirthaji, the book's introduction states clearly that the work is the result of the author's study...
11 Jan, 2015, 01.03 PM IST
How techniques like Vedic Math, Abacus, and Soroban are making mathematics fun for kidsThe Soroban, or the Japanese equivalent of an abacus, is a tool that consists of a wooden frame with columns of beads that represent either...
16 Nov, 2014, 01.42 PM IST
- It's raining jobs for priests in Rajasthan
Rajasthan govt is on a lookout for priests trained in all kind of vedic pursuits & karmkand. According to sources in Devasthan department, ...
05 Nov, 2009, 06.07 PM IST
- Turmoil in West Bengal CPM; Buddha's vedanta won't work
Crisis deepened following Left Front govt's decision to scrap IT project.
08 Sep, 2009, 04.07 AM IST