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Sunday, November 9, 2025
TopicHRD Ministry

Topic: HRD Ministry

Ambedkar Navodayas, scholarships — Modi govt eyes education sector for Dalit outreach 

Modi govt is considering a proposal to set up 150 Ambedkar Navodaya Vidyalayas, on the lines of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, for SC students.

JNU hostel fee hike issue sorted, protests not justified now: HRD minister Pokhriyal

While JNU students have continued to hold protests, union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said the utility and service charge will now be borne by the UGC.

HRD says sacking JNU V-C Jagadesh Kumar not the solution, rules it out

Amid demands by students to remove vice chancellor Jagadesh Kumar, the government said its focus was to address the main issues that have cropped up on JNU.

Hundreds march from Mandi House to HRD ministry to protest Sunday’s JNU attack

Around 34 people were injured after a masked mob stormed the campus and attacked students and teachers in three hostels with sticks and iron rods.

V-C Jagadesh Kumar came to JNU to change its character: HRD ministry told PMO last year

HRD ministry wrote to PMO in November last year during fee hike protests that ‘there’s no love lost between the VC and the student community’.

No ABVP or Left in JNU report on Sunday attack, it says students scuffled at JNUTA meet

JNU report avoids mentioning Left or ABVP in context of Sunday violence. Instead addresses them as ‘students who did not want others to register’ and ‘others who wanted to register’.

HRD ministry meets JNU officials to take stock, Vice-Chancellor skips meeting

The govt on Sunday sought an immediate report from JNU Registrar Pramod Kumar after the attack on students and teachers took place.

Smriti Irani’s HRD successors have removed 3 V-Cs she appointed, reversed other decisions

Irani’s successors Prakash Javadekar and Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ have overturned decisions on issues like the New Education Policy and autonomy of IIMs.

HRD minister ‘Nishank’ urges JNU students to maintain peace, ministry seeks report

HRD ministry asks JNU registrar Pramod Kumar to file an immediate report on the attack on students and teachers by a masked mob Sunday.

Introduce on-demand exams at undergraduate level, UGC panel tells Modi govt

The panel on evaluation reforms has suggested that exams should take place ‘when the learners consider themselves ready to appear’.  

On Camera

Bihar’s Opposition parties are looking at migration the wrong way

There is a shift in the socio-economic status of a large section of migrants and their families. It helps them acquire dignified status in society.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.