Students of Saveetha University, one of the 44 deemed universities whose derecognition has been sought, went on a rampage on its premises near here.The students started damaging the property Monday night and continued their rampage Tuesday, fearing d ..

SBI General Insurance has put in place its top management team and is expected to commence operations by June. The company has appointed Mr R.R. Bele as its Managing Director and CEO. Prior to this, Mr Bele held the position of General Manager with S ..

Students in deemed universities will not suffer, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said Tuesday, a day after the central government submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court to take away deemed university status from 44 institut ..

The concept of deemed universities will be abolished in India, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said Tuesday, a day after the government moved an affidavit in the Supreme Court seeking derecognition of 44 such institutions." ..

The concept of deemed universities will be abolished in India, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Tuesday, a day after the central government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that 44 such institutions would be derecog ..

The central government Monday told the Supreme Court that it was all set to divest 44 universities of their special "deemed university" status as they were being run as "family fiefdoms" rather than institutions of academic excell ..

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has urged the government to offer tax incentives to companies that save energy and to individuals to encourage them to save and invest more."Tax deduction has always stimulated individuals to save or in ..

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is the world's largest, with its student base extending to three million, Unesco has said."IGNOU is the largest University in the world. Almost three million students in India and 33 other c ..

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday called for a sharp increase in the enrolment of girls in schools to make them equal citizens and said every child should be made literate over the next decade with the aim of achieving 100 percent literacy." ..

China Sunday launched an orbiter into space for its satellite navigation and positioning network. It was the third orbiter that China has launched for its independent satellite navigation and positioning network, also known as Beidou or Compass syste ..

An estimated 55 million Americans were infected with the H1N1 swine flu from the time the disease first emerged in mid-April until mid-December, and about 11,200 people died, according to official figures. The flu, which is no longer causing widespre ..

Thousands of people, especially in the southern districts of Kerala, viewed the millennium's longest solar eclipse Friday. A clear sky helped them have an excellent view.The maximum crowd was gathered at the Kanakakunnu Palace hill in the heart o ..

Economists Friday suggested to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to continue the stimulus packages till the country's economy recovered further."It is not the time to withdraw the stimulus. It is the general feeling of the economists,"  ..

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday praised the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), saying the central bank had made the national credit system more sensitive to the needs of the rural population."It played a very important role in the establishment o ..

Led by emerging market economies, especially in Asia, the global economy is recovering significantly faster than previously expected, but growth is still dependent in most advanced economies on government stimulus measures, the IMF has said. Growth r ..

US stocks Friday ended the week by posting the largest one-day drop of 2010, fuelled by lower-then-expected quarterly revenue from banking giant JP Morgan Chase. JP Morgan, the first major financial firm to release fourth-quarter earnings, reported t ..

A benchmark index of Indian equities was trading on a tepid note about an hour before closing bell Friday, even as broader indices held on to their gains. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 17,60 ..

The country's second largest private lender HDFC Bank Friday reported a 31.6 percent rise in net profits for the quarter ended Dec 31 to Rs.818.5 crore from Rs.621.7 crore it made in the like month last year. The company's total income, howev ..

The creditor banks of indebted Japan Airlines Corp (JAL) have abandoned their opposition to state-led bankruptcy proceedings.Mizuho Corporate Bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking as well as the Development Bank of Japan had  ..

Eight swine flu deaths were reported in India Thursday, taking the toll to 1,108, Indian health authorities said here. Also, 62 new cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of people affected with the contagious virus to 28,047. Wh ..