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  Vajpayee's 100th birth anniversary: CM Dhami, Rajat Sharma attend special programme in Dehradun

  India | December 25, 2024 18:19 IST

  Atal Bihari Vajpayee birth anniversary: Vajpayee was born on December 25, 1924, in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, and was elected three times as the nation's prime minister. Vajpayee served as the Prime Minister of India from May 16, 1996, to June 1, 1996, and again from March 19, 1998, to May 22, 2004.

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  Education minister Pokriyal to hold virtual meet with IITs, NITs, IISER and IISCs directors today

  Education | May 20, 2021 11:58 IST

  In this virtual meeting, the minister will discuss the management of COVID-19, online learning, and the latest status of implementation of the New Education Policy-2020.

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  Education Minister Pokhriyal to hold virtual meeting with all state education secretaries on May 17

  Education | May 15, 2021 11:47 IST

  In the virtual meeting, the minister will also review the promotion of online education and implementation of the New Education policy.

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  Govt launches website for 'India Toy Fair - 2021'

  India | February 12, 2021 8:28 IST

  The website for India Toy Fair - 2021, the country's first such event to be held virtually from February 27 to March 2, was jointly launched on Thursday by Union ministers Smriti Irani, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, and Piyush Goyal.

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  CBSE Board Exams: Education Minister says exams will begin May 4 onwards, to wrap up by June 10

  Education | December 31, 2020 19:56 IST

  CBSE Class 10, 12 Board Exam Dates: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pohkriyal 'Nishank' on Thursday announced the CBSE class 10, 12 board exam dates.

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  CBSE Class 10, 12 exams date: Education minister to interact with teachers on Dec 22

  Education | December 17, 2020 16:17 IST

  Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank took to his Twitter handle to announce that his virtual interaction with teachers, which was earlier scheduled to be held today, will now be held on December 22 at 4 PM.

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  JEE (Main) exam to be held four times in 2021? Here's what Education minister said

  Education | December 10, 2020 17:12 IST

  ​Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Thursday said the suggestion for holding JEE (Main) 2021 four times a year would be examined positively. The minister was addressing concerns raised by students regarding their upcoming examinations during an online interaction.

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  Ramesh Pokhriyal to launch AICTE’s Lilavati Award 2020 today

  Education | November 17, 2020 12:05 IST

  AICTE of India has shared the messages on Twitter, “Hon'ble Minister of #Education, Shri @DrRPNishank would be launching ‘#AICTE's Lilavati Award 2020 – Creating Better Society for #women in India' on 17th November 2020 at 5 PM”.

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  JEE Main to be conducted in more regional languages, in line with NEP 2020: Ramesh Pokhriyal

  Higher Studies | October 22, 2020 22:45 IST

  The Joint Admission Board (JAB) of JEE (Main) has decided to conduct the examination in more regional languages of India, announced Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Thursday. He added that it is in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

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  Bring transparency, examination reform to NIOS: Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

  Education | August 24, 2020 19:10 IST

  Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank reviewed various activities of NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) today and suggested creating a dashboard that must contain detailed information and contacts of all centres across the country

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  Uninformed commentary on exclusion of topics from CBSE syllabus: HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

  Education | July 09, 2020 14:34 IST

  Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Thursday said there has been an "uninformed commentary" on the exclusion of certain topics from the CBSE syllabus to portray a false narrative. The comments by the minister came following a controversy over the reduction of syllabus by the CBSE due to the COVID-19 situation.

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  CBSE to conduct remaining Class 10, 12 board exams at 15,000 centres across country

  Education | May 25, 2020 13:24 IST

  The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the remaining board exams for class 10, class 12 at over 15,000 centres across the country. The Board was slated to hold the exams at only 3,000 centres only, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has informed.

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  JEE, NEET exam dates announced by Education Minister RP Nishank | Watch

  Education | May 05, 2020 13:52 IST

  Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday announced the dates for competitive exams including JEE 2020, NEET during a live interaction with students.

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  JEE Main, NEET 2020 exam dates announced. Watch full Q & A with Education Minister RP Nishank

  Education | May 05, 2020 13:14 IST

  Union Human Resources and Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will interact with students from all over the country LIVE today from 12 pm onwards to answer various queries including updates on competitive exam dates, exam results, amid coronavirus lockdown. Students are also welcome to ask their questions, share suggestions to the government.

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  HRD minister presents awards to 23 student teams for innovation

  India | February 24, 2020 23:42 IST

  Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Monday awarded 23 student teams with Chhatra Vishwakarma Awards for their innovations.

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  DHRUV learning programme to be launched from ISRO Headquarter

  Education | October 09, 2019 20:53 IST

  ISRO Chairman Dr K Sivan, Wing Cdr Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to enter space and Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, Prof K Vijay Raghavan will be the guests of honour at the launch of the programme.

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  HRD Ministry launches school education portal 'Shagun'

  India | August 28, 2019 15:10 IST

  "The progress of the country is dependent on education and the foundation of education needs to be solid. Shagun is an important initiative and through this portal. More than 2.3 lakh educational websites can be integrated," the minister said.  

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  Yogi Adityanath writes to HRD minister urging him to establish IISER in Uttar Pradesh

  India | July 07, 2019 16:50 IST

  Adityanath has said the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) has been providing inter-disciplinary education and in order to promote science education, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has established seven such institutes in the country.

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  Uttarakhand High Court quashes notice issued to Nishank on land scam case

  India | June 26, 2014 20:19 IST

  Dehradun: In a major reprieve to former Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank, the Uttarakhand High Court quashed a notice issued to him by the Tripathi Commission in connection with an alleged land scam during his