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• Kapil Sibal tried to bribe me with Aakash tablet: Narendra Modi

  The war of words between Narendra Modi and Kapil Sibal over the tablet computer Aakash is refusing to die out. Today Mr Modi has accused the education minister, whose ministry has worked on the tablet, of misusing public funds and trying to "bribe" him with a couple of the computers. Mr Sibal has retorted that the Gujarat chief minister is unhappy ...

• IIT exam format decided, board exams will decide who's eligible

  The IIT council has decided that starting next year, students who score in the top 20% of their board exams will take the main or multiple-choice exam. 50,000 students will then take the advanced exam, which will not be held on the same day.

• What do you think of the new IIT exam format?

  The compromise between IIT Senate and Kapil Sibal means that class 12 exam results will not be given importance and IIT will conduct two sets of tests for admissions.

• Kapil Sibal, IITs reach a compromise: Top 5 developments

  The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have agreed on a compromise formula on the common entrance exam after revolting against HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's earlier 'one nation one test' formula. At a meeting of IIT Council in New Delhi on Wednesday, the directors of all the 15 IITs agreed to implement the new admission format from next year.

• Kapil Sibal skips key meeting with IIT directors

  A revolt by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) against the new exam formula fixed by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal, to decide who gets into India's most prestigious engineering colleges, was discussed threadbare today at a meeting of the IIT Council.

• Entrance exam row: IIT Council to meet today; will the impasse end?

  The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Council, headed by Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, will meet in New Delhi today with the hope of ending the impasse over the new entrance exam format.

• Entrance test row: IIT Directors discuss compromise formula proposed by Kapil Sibal

  It's a compromise formula devised by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal ahead of a crucial meeting of the IIT Council on June 27 on the new entrance format for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

• IIT Directors to meet today over entrance test row

  In the backdrop of raging row over government proposal for single entrance test, IIT Directors will meet in Delhi today to chalk out a plan of action amid indications that some more of the elite institutions could follow Delhi and Kanpur in rejecting it. The meeting of the IIT Joint Admission Board, comprising Directors of these institutions, is t...

• IIT revolt: Sibal calls emergency meet; students caught in between

  A day after Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi rejected the entrance exam format announced by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on May 28 and said it would hold its own entrance exam, much like IIT Kanpur, the government has called for a special meeting of the IIT Council on June 27 to address the concerns of students.

• IIT Bombay, Kharagpur likely to join revolt, hold own entrance exam: Sources

  A day after Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi rejected the new entrance exam format announced by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on May 28 and said it would hold its own entrance exam, sources have told NDTV that IIT Bombay and Kharagpur are also likely to follow suit. IIT Bombay Senate is expected to hold a meeting ...

• IIT Delhi rejects proposal for new entrance format, adopts four-point resolution

  Following the footsteps of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the Senate body of IIT Delhi has rejected the proposal of the new entrance format for the IITs by the Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal. The Senate, comprising of 200 faculty members, unanimously rejected the proposal announced by Mr Sibal on May 28. Here i...

• IIT Kanpur, Delhi to hold own entrance exam; Bombay, Kharagpur likely to revolt too

  Following the footsteps of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the Senate body of IIT Delhi has rejected the proposal of the new entrance format for the IITs by the Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal. The Senate, comprising of 200 faculty members, unanimously rejected the proposal announced by Mr Sibal on May 28.

• IIT faculty federation to meet Prime Minister today; seek rollback of common entrance test

  The row over the new entrance format for all centrally-funded engineering colleges proposed by Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal, has now reached the Prime Minister's office.

• No intent to infringe on autonomy of IITs, says Kapil Sibal

  With the growing chorus of opposition to his 'one nation, one test' format, Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal has said that there is no intent on the part of the government to "infringe on the autonomy" of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

• IITs band against Kapil Sibal's 'one nation, one test'

  The clash between Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has intensified over the new one test format instituted by Mr Sibal for engineering schools across the country. A day after IIT Kanpur's decision to hold its own entrance exam and endorse it, IIT Kharagpur's director has also backe...