Parties react sharply to TMC MP's 'Bengal will burn' remark

CHENNAI: The third edition of the ThinkEdu Conclave orga­nised by The New Indian Express on February 20 and 21 at ITC Grand Chola in the city lived up to the high standards set by the previous editions in finding solutions to problems plaguing the ...

CHENNAI: Although at the outset, most speakers at the conclave concurred that there should be no government interference in education, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Nirmala Sitharaman pointed out at the final session on day two ...

WHITE flags flutter in the air as hundreds of student activists from across the country, holding SFI banners, marched in the national capital on February 26 to ward off the threat of saffronisation of education. Hum ladenge, Hum jeetenge (Well ...

If ideology has crept into Indian education, it is not something new. Union Minister of State Nirmala Sitharaman, drew from experiences studying at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, to state that persons who wore a certain colour on their hands had ...

Day 1 10.20 am: Lamp Lighting 10:30 am: Introductory remarks by Prabhu Chawla, Editorial Director, The New Indian Express 10:40 am: Keynote address by Chief Guest Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology 10:50 am: Inaugural ...

Former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has not been visible inside the Lok Sabha during the ongoing winter session of Parliament. Senior Congress leaders say that Singh, who is also Deputy Leader of the party in the lower house, is upset ...

The issue of Ponzi schemes cheating small investors of crores of rupees in West Bengal was raised in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, leading to a clash between arch-rivals CPM and TMC. Raising the issue of mushrooming of non-banking finance companies in West ...

The Rajya Sabha on Friday witnessed a clash between the CPI(M) and its arch rival, the Trinamul Congress, over the issue of Ponzi schemes cheating small investors of crores of rupees in West Bengal. Raising the issue of mushrooming of non-banking finance ...