
New Delhi: Strongly opposing the new format for admission to IITs and other central institutes from 2013, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) alumni association have decided to take the Union Human Resource Development(HRD) ministry to court. The association will be moving the Delhi High Court on Monday. In a meeting on Friday, the alumni and faculty members of institutions like the IIT, NIT and IIIT have decided to file...

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Pakistan's 3-0 sweep of England, the No. 1 Test team, in the UAE was the most glittering result for a team that has managed to hold its own on the field despite facing a mountain of problems off it. Here's a look at the key players in Pakistan's resurgence as a Test team. Misbah-ul-Haq Ten months ago, Misbah-ul-Haq was a condemned man whose time as an international cricketer seemed over...

06:11 PM, Apr 21, 2008

Karachi: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has attributed his team's current success to his players' determination to restore pride in their country after the 2010 corruption scandal. Misbah's team took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in their three-match series against England with a 72-run victory in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. The win followed series victories over New Zealand, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka after Misbah succeeded Salman Butt as national captain. Butt and his ...

01:58 AM, Apr 17, 2008

Former Mumbai cricketer, Amol Mazumdar talks about Wasim Jaffer breaking his record of most number of runs in Ranji Trophy. ...

03:30 PM, Apr 02, 2008

Melbourne: Phil Hughes and Usman Khawaja have been dropped and former captain Ricky Ponting has gained another reprieve and been included in Australia's 13-man squad for the first Test against India beginning on December 26. Batsmen Ed Cowan and Shaun Marsh and paceman Ben Hilfenhaus were added to the squad named on Wednesday. Cowan won a call-up for the first time after scoring centuries in his past four games, including...

06:54 PM, Apr 01, 2008

The Indian Institutes of Management and Indian Institutes of Technology will put admissions on hold. ...

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The Bill, which has no mention of creamy layer, will be tabled before Parliament's monsoon session ends. ...

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