New Delhi: HRD Minister Smriti Irani today launched a social awareness programme for the girl child “I Am” at a school here, expressing the hope such programmes will empower especially those who are struggling to

New Delhi: A Delhi court fixed February 28 next year for hearing a criminal defamation complaint filed by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam against Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani.Metropolitan Magistrate Dheeraj Mittal, who

New Delhi: In a bid to promote the ambitious 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India Mission), Union Human Resource Development Minister (HRD) Smriti Irani on Wednesday morning made a surprise visit to a government school in

Mathura: Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said efforts were being made to impart education that promotes Indian culture.“Efforts are on to impart education that promotes Indian culture and paves the way for development,” Irani

Chandigarh/New Delhi: Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani Saturday "exhorted" all vice chancellors (VCs) of central universities to ensure prevention of sexual harassment.Irani said this at a two-day retreat of vice chancellors of central

New Delhi: A network of IITs and other institutes will evolve appropriate technologies for rural development under the 'Unnat Bharat Abhiyan' scheme, it was announced Thursday.The venture is coordinated by the Indian Institute of Technology

New Delhi: Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday stressed the need for a new education policy which would also address academic merit."The country now needs a new education policy in which a discussion

New Delhi: Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani Thursday appealed to vice chancellors of universities across the country to set up a chair in the name of Swami Vivekananda as proposed by the UGC.Irani

New Delhi: Deploring inequality in society, RSS today came out in support of reservation, saying it has to remain to bring equality to those suffering from discrimination but cautioned against politics on the quota issue.“We

New Delhi: HRD Minister Smriti Irani today favoured strong linkages between institutes of higher learning and rural India for the development of villages and suggested that they should start courses on rural development.  She said

Amethi: Union HRD minister Smriti Irani might have lost the recent Lok Sabha election to Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, but she has no plans of abandoning the constituency, and is instead planning to develop it

New Delhi: Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Friday said the central government would soon launch an online library to make study material available to all."Use of ICT (information and communication technology) in education

Panaji: Even as almost all Goa schools are gearing up to show live telecast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address on Teachers' Day tomorrow, Congress has questioned the "forceful viewing of the telecast.""Such action by

Lucknow: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will visit his parliamentary constituency Amethi for two days beginning Thursday.Gandhi will meet villagers in the Uttar Pradesh constituency and interact with Congress workers at the Munshiganj guest house

New Delhi: Amidst a row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's planned interaction with students on Teachers' Day, human resource development minister Smriti Irani on Monday said that the participation of students in the event was

Patna: Noted mathematician and founder of Super 30, Anand Kumar, today expressed concern over the plan to take the much sought after Joint Engineering Examination (JEE) online, saying the move would be disadvantageous for students

New Delhi: HRD Minister Smriti Irani today asked states to prepare an action plan for construction of toilets for girls in all government schools by July next year in keeping with the goal set up

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi has a unique quality of striking an instant chord with the masses as he delivers motivational speeches clubbed with satire and emotions. The entire nation was drawn to him during

New Delhi: The absence of Home Minister Rajnath Singh or Minister of State Kiren Rijiju led to the adjournment of the Lok Sabha today when a special discussion on growing communal incidents was taken up.The

New Delhi: The micro blogging site Twitter is buzzing with tweets mocking Smriti Irani's recent claim that she holds a degree from Yale University, in United States. The trend got viral when HRD ministry clarified