
New Delhi: The government on Sunday announced a board to help operationalise the national manufacturing policy that aims to create 100 million additional jobs and boost the share of manufacturing in the country's GDP to 25 per cent in the next 10 years from the current around 16 per cent. The new board called Manufacturing Industry Promotion Board (MIPB), will be headed by Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma. The...

02:17 AM, Jun 04, 2012

Patna: On the first anniversary of the police firing at Forbesganj in which four members of the minority community were killed and many others injured, the Opposition parties on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the incident. Demanding the probe, RJD state unit chief Ramchandra Purve who led an 'Aakrosh March' in Patna during the day alleged that atrocities against the minorities have increased during the NDA rule. Slamming the...

08:12 PM, Jun 03, 2012

New Delhi: Contending that IIT Council's nod to hold the engineering entrance test under a new format is a "breach of trust", IIT-Kanpur faculty federation on Sunday said any new system should not be introduced before 2014. "For students aspiring to appear in JEE 2013, the IIT Council proposal is a breach of trust. Both the processes and content of the new examination will not be clear to them any...

04:19 PM, Jun 03, 2012

Lucknow: Police have busted a gang of vehicle thieves headed by an engineering student in Uttar Pradesh. The gang used to lift luxury cars from Noida, adjoining Delhi, and sell them in Gorakhpur and Bihar, a police official said on Saturday. A Honda City car was seized from the student. The police stumbled upon the criminals when they intercepted a car and sought to see its papers. When police verified...

08:23 AM, Jun 03, 2012

New Delhi: Information technology sector in the country witnessed steep decline in hiring activities as most companies embraced cost cutting measures to tide over uncertain economic conditions, say experts. "Hiring activities have seen a dip of 29 per cent in IT and ITeS sectors in May 2012 from the preceding month," MyHiringClub.com CEO Rajesh Kumar said. However, he said that other industries have increased recruitment activities by 13-15 per cent...

04:44 PM, Jun 01, 2012

New Delhi: The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) results for 2012 are expected to be declared on Friday, June 1. Over 11 lakh students across the country are anxiously waiting for the same. Candidates can go to http://aieee.nic.in/aieee2012/aieee/welcome.html to check out their results. The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) is conducted to screen candidates for admission into various engineering courses offered by the National Institute of Technology (NITs)....

12:46 PM, Jun 01, 2012

New Delhi: In the backdrop of government's announcement to hold a common entrance test for undergraduate programmes in IITs under a new format, the Faculty federation of the institutes on Thursday alleged the new pattern would erode the autonomy of the elite institutions. "As far as holding the test is concerned, the new format will erode the autonomous status enjoyed by IITs," said President of Faculty Federation of IIT-Delhi, Sanjeev...

11:55 PM, May 31, 2012

For the year, growth dropped to a three year low - 6.5 per cent against a robust 7.8 percent last year. ...

10:06 PM, May 31, 2012

New Delhi: The opinion over making Class XII results count for IIT entrances has been divided. While career counselors say it will increase stress on students, IITs insist the move will rejuvenate the schooling system. Speaking to CNN-IBN Career counselor Zubin Malhotra said, "I am of the opinion that it is wrong on just about every objective that this new format seeks to address. Let's try and understand what those...

08:50 AM, May 29, 2012

Starting 2013, a joint entrance examination will be held for admission into the central funded engineering institutions such as IITs, NITs and IIITs. ...

11:36 PM, May 28, 2012

New Delhi: Starting 2013, a joint entrance examination will be held for admission into the central funded engineering institutions such as IITs, NITs and IIITs. The councils of the IITs, NITs and IIITs on Monday decided to have joint entrance test for engineering colleges that come under these three councils. According to the decision taken, for the first time, the class XII examinations will count towards entrance. There will be...

04:56 PM, May 28, 2012

Toronto: Wilted, starving, thirsty houseplants could soon be getting more tender loving care thanks to a new plant sensor and app that tells owners when it is time for watering and feeding. The Koubachi Wifi Plant Sensor, which is placed in the soil of the potted plant, connects with a smartphone app that alerts users when plants need watering, misting, fertilizer or more sun or shade. "There's very little information...

03:57 PM, May 28, 2012

New Delhi: The joint council of the IITs and NITs will meet on Monday to discuss the government's move to hold a single entrance test for undergraduate technical courses. Sources say that the IITs, by and large, have opted to retain the existing format of JEE for 2013. Ahead of Monday's crucial meeting, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday met the IIT faculty federation and is understood to have sought...

09:01 AM, May 28, 2012

The Indian Engineering Services (IES/ES) constitute of engineers that work under the government of India to manage a large segment of public sector economy which constitutes Railroads, Public works, Power, Telecommunications, etc. A combined competitive examination is conducted by the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) for recruitment to the Indian Engineering Services. The Examination constitutes of a written examination followed by an interview for personality test. The recruitment of qualified...

05:26 PM, May 22, 2012

Kanarraville: The sun and moon aligned over the earth in a rare astronomical event on Sunday - an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire. Eclipses of some type occur almost every year, but stargazers have not seen an annular - shaped like a ring - eclipse on US soil since 1994, and the...

08:38 AM, May 21, 2012