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New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the government to clarify whether vacant seats reserved for backward category students in higher educational institutions could be given to general category ...

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) India and Israel are exploring new partnerships in culture and education to consolidate bilateral ties.An India-Israel Colloquium 'Preserving Cultural Identities in Today's World' Wednesday probed the intellectual ...

Cape Town, Sep 1 (IANS) A delegation of 52 students from a business school in India, the Indian Institute of Planning & Management (IIPM) headed home after a week-long study tour aimed ...

New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) A majority of the state commissions for backward classes Wednesday favoured an increase in the income limit for defining the 'creamy layer' or the better-off among to ...

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) A day after he resumed charge of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) upon the Supreme Court reinstating him, P. Venugopal Friday passed his first ...

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The reinstatement of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director P. Venugopal and the striking down of the act that limits the tenure of the office ...

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Central government-aided medical colleges will set aside 18 percent of total seats for the other backward classes (OBC) candidates from the next academic session, it was announced ...

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The government may double the income slab cut-off from the present Rs.250,000 to determine the creamy layer or the affluent among the other backward classes (OBC) so ...

Ahmedabad, April 13 (IANS) "We should move on," National Knowledge Commission chairman Sam Pitroda says in response to the Supreme Court ruling reserving 27 percent of seats in institutes of higher learning ...

By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow will not join the rest of the IIM fraternity in massively hiking course fee. "We have already ...

New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Friday felicitated Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh for the "historic verdict" of the Supreme Court that upheld the 27 percent quota for ...

New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), whose doctors were in the forefront of the anti-quota stir two years ago, will implement the 27 percent ...

Bangalore, April 10 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) will wait for central government notification to implement the other backward classes (OBC) quota after the Supreme Court Thursday upheld 27 percent ...

(Second Lead) New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the law providing 27 percent quota for other backward classes (OBCs) students in government-run institutes of higher learning but said the ...

(Roundup) New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Affirmative action in government-run institutes of higher learning was Thursday extended to India's other backward classes (OBCs) with the Supreme Court upholding 27 percent quota for the ...

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Educational institutions Thursday said they would implement the quotas for backward class students but their acquiescence was reserved in some cases. The Supreme Court upheld the law ...

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) While welcoming the Supreme Court upholding the 27 percent quota for other backward classes (OBCs) in institutes of higher learning, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Thursday expressed disappointment ...

(Lead) By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The six Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have decided to defer admission of fresh batches and wait for the central government direction on 27 ...

Noida (Uttar Pradesh), April 10 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow (IIM-L) will implement the quotas for backward class students in three years, institute director Devi Singh said Thursday. "We will wait ...

(Lead) New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Political parties Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict upholding 27 percent quota for other backward classes (OBCs) in institutes of higher learning, but some were upset with ...

(Lead) New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the law according 27 percent quota for backward class students in government-run institutes of higher learning but clarified that the 'creamy layer', ...

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) As consternation spread in campuses all over the country after the Supreme Court upheld additional quotas in institutes of higher learning, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Arjun ...

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Political parties Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict upholding 27 percent quota for other backward classes (OBCs) but some were upset with the ruling that excludes the ...

By Prashant K. Nanda Lucknow, March 16 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow (IIM-L) will admit 330 students for its two-year management programmes starting in the new academic year. It has also increased ...

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) A Rs.60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion) debt relief package benefiting 40 million farmers, increase in spending on social sector schemes and relief to income-tax payers are some ...